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Bill Instruction on human sexuality. Provides that, if a school provides instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted infections, the instruction must include instruction concerning consent to sexual activity and a presentation on human growth and development during pregnancy. Provides that a school maintained by a school corporation may not use curricular materials to provide instruction on human sexuality that have not been approved by the governing body of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to include certain information concerning instruction on human sexuality in the written consent forms provided to a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, before the student may receive instruction on human sexuality. Requires the governing body of a school corporation to publish a list of materials used in connection with instruction on human sexuality on the school's website and to include a link to the list of materials on electronically formatted written consent forms. Replaces references to "sexually transmitted diseases" with "sexually transmitted infections". Makes conforming changes. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 442 Indiana SB 442 (2025)
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EDUCATION; Local School Boards
HEALTH; Communicable Diseases
Infectious Diseases
HEALTH; Pregnancy
SCHOOLS; Charter Schools
SCHOOLS; Curricula
SCHOOLS; Generally
SCHOOLS; Health and Safety Issues
SCHOOLS; Private Schools
SCHOOLS; Textbooks
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Gary Byrne
Jeff Raatz
Michael Young
Michelle Davis
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Indiana SB 442 (2025) — Instruction on human sexuality.

Provides that, if a school provides instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted infections, the instruction must include instruction concerning consent to sexual activity and a presentation on human growth and development during pregnancy. Provides that a school maintained by a school corporation may not use curricular materials to provide instruction on human sexuality that have not been approved by the governing body of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to include certain information concerning instruction on human sexuality in the written consent forms provided to a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, before the student may receive instruction on human sexuality. Requires the governing body of a school corporation to publish a list of materials used in connection with instruction on human sexuality on the school's website and to include a link to the list of materials on electronically formatted written consent forms. Replaces references to "sexually transmitted diseases" with "sexually transmitted infections". Makes conforming changes.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • SB 442 - Davis - 2nd Reading — 3159 (fail) · lower
  • SB 442 - Byrne — 3512 (pass) · upper
  • SB 442 - Davis — 7220 (pass) · lower
  • SB 442 - Byrne - 3rd Reading — 399 (pass) · upper
  • SB 442 - Davis - 3rd Reading — 7619 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gary Byrne — primary (person)
  • Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
  • Michael Young — primary (person)
  • Michelle Davis — primary (person)
  • David Abbott — cosponsor (person)
  • Joanna King — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-13 Authored by Senator Byrne
  • 2025-02-03 Senator Raatz added as second author
  • 2025-02-03 Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
  • 2025-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Senator Young M added as third author
  • 2025-02-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-12 Referred to the House referral
  • 2025-02-11 House sponsor: Representative Davis
  • 2025-02-11 Cosponsor: Representative King
  • 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 39, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-17 Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
  • 2025-04-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-04-14 Amendment #2 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 439: yeas 31, nays 59 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2025-04-14 Amendment #3 (Pfaff) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-14 Amendment #1 (Hamilton) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-04-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 451: yeas 76, nays 19 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-16 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-16 Senate dissented from House amendments
  • 2025-04-16 House conferees appointed: Davis and Pfaff
  • 2025-04-16 Motion to dissent filed filing
  • 2025-04-16 House advisors appointed: Behning, Cash, Payne, DeLaney, Klinker and Smith V
  • 2025-04-17 Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Raatz
  • 2025-04-17 Senate conferees appointed: Byrne and Hunley
  • 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Schmitt removed as coauthor
  • 2025-04-23 Representative McGuire added as conferee
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Hunley removed as conferee
  • 2025-04-23 Representative Pfaff removed as conferee
  • 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
  • 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 534: yeas 72, nays 20
  • 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 499: yeas 35, nays 12
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Raatz removed as advisor
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Raatz added as conferee
  • 2025-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-05-06 Public Law 204 became-law
  • 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fd1974ff-0f2d-495f-a774-0e58426c7eb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).