republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1660.md

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Bill	Excused absence from school.	Provides that the governing body of a school corporation or the chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school system shall authorize the absence and excuse of a school student if the student participates in certain events offered by the National FFA Organization, the Indiana FFA Association, or a 4-H club. Provides that a student's excused absences may not exceed six days in a school year. Provides that the student must be in good academic standing.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1660	Indiana HB 1660 (2025)	bill	EDUCATION; Generally SCHOOLS; Generally	enacted	Beau Baird Brian Buchanan Jean Leising	4	21	2	2025-01-21	2025-04-16	openstates	ocd-bill/affc6662-7297-491a-8209-a3a546890e0e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1660	413aa527a1650de60a231f12bd8d67c01d5651753e19a01bd1ae28a7b4f7cdfe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1660 (2025) — Excused absence from school.

Provides that the governing body of a school corporation or the chief administrative officer of a nonpublic school system shall authorize the absence and excuse of a school student if the student participates in certain events offered by the National FFA Organization, the Indiana FFA Association, or a 4-H club. Provides that a student's excused absences may not exceed six days in a school year. Provides that the student must be in good academic standing.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1660 - Baird - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1660 - Buchanan - 3rd Reading — 45–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Beau Baird — primary (person)
• Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
• Jean Leising — primary (person)
• Becky Cash — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
• Kendell Culp — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Baird
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-06 Representative Prescott added as coauthor
• 2025-02-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-10 Representative Cash added as coauthor
• 2025-02-10 Representative Culp added as coauthor
• 2025-02-12 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-11 Senate sponsor: Senators Buchanan and Leising
• 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 146: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-27 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-31 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-02 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2025-04-01 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 330: yeas 45, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-09 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-16 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-16 Public Law 97 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/affc6662-7297-491a-8209-a3a546890e0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).