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type: "Bill"
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title: "Teacher compensation."
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description: "Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Amends the requirements for a school corporation and the department if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot meet minimum teacher salary requirements. Removes a provision that provides that the matrix rating system may not rank or compare teacher preparation programs."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 146"
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citation: "Indiana SB 146 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Commission for Higher Education (CHE)", "AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Adoption", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Foster Care", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Generally", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Uniform Laws and Compacts", "HEALTH; Pregnancy", "INSURANCE; Health Insurance", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining", "Benefits", "and Wages", "SCHOOLS; Charter Schools", "SCHOOLS; Financial Assistance (Including Vouchers", "Choice Scholarships", "and Education Savings Accounts)", "SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets", "SCHOOLS; Officers and Employees (Other than Teachers)", "SCHOOLS; Teachers", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Schmitt", "Jake Teshka", "Jeff Raatz", "Linda Rogers"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e11a45e-705a-4337-b4d2-cd368d498d26"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0146"
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source_hash: "3efbf7943a1f6e1f659e9abb66b848fcbc81cef34aa37c245bbba92cd9aa7366"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 146 (2025) — Teacher compensation.
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Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Amends the requirements for a school corporation and the department if the school corporation determines that the school corporation cannot meet minimum teacher salary requirements. Removes a provision that provides that the matrix rating system may not rank or compare teacher preparation programs.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.06.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.04.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.05.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 146 - Rogers - 2nd Reading — **11–38** (fail) · upper
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- SB 146 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 146 - Rogers - 2nd Reading — **9–40** (fail) · upper
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- SB 146 - Teshka — **90–1** (pass) · lower
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- SB 146 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — **90–1** (pass) · lower
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- SB 146 - Rogers — **47–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Daryl Schmitt — primary (person)
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- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
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- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Brian Buchanan — coauthor (person)
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- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
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- Greg Goode — coauthor (person)
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- Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Behning — cosponsor (person)
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- Ron Alting — coauthor (person)
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- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Rogers
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- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-23** Senator Raatz added as second author
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- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 47: yeas 9, nays 40 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-03** Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 46: yeas 11, nays 38 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Senator Schmitt added as third author
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- **2025-02-04** Senator Goode added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-04** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-04** Senators Byrne, Deery, Johnson T added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-04** Senators Donato and Buchanan added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Teshka
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- **2025-02-04** Cosponsors: Representatives Behning and McGuire
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Representative Cash added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2025-04-03** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** Amendment #1 (Klinker) ruled out of order
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- **2025-04-08** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 395: yeas 90, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Behning, Cash, McGuire, DeLaney, Pfaff and Smith V
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- **2025-04-15** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
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- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: Teshka and Klinker
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- **2025-04-15** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-15** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2025-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Rogers and Hunley
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- **2025-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Raatz
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Alting added as coauthor
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 532: yeas 90, nays 1
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 47, nays 0
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 190 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e11a45e-705a-4337-b4d2-cd368d498d26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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