republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1098.md

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Bill	Work based learning liability.	Requires an intermediary and an employer to enter into an agreement that sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the intermediary and the employer when participating in a work based learning program. Repeals provisions relating to the federal School to Work Opportunities Act under the worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation laws. Provides that, subject to certain limitations, a student who performs services for an employer as part of a work based learning program is entitled to benefits under the worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation laws. Provides that any underwriting decision made by an insurer or rating factor applied to a participant must be based on objective risk based criteria that are applied uniformly and without regard to the age of the student to be covered under the policy.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1098	Indiana HB 1098 (2026)	bill	CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties INSURANCE; Generally SCHOOLS; Vocational Education (Including Apprenticeships and Workforce Training)	enacted	Jeff Raatz Linda Rogers Matt Commons	4	22	3	2026-01-05	2026-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b2550d52-301d-4d3a-b3f9-9ddc96113531	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1098	9bc71eba056c41752c239d21c0e54ce0c732453f3e5dee418b4ed7efbbab48c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1098 (2026) — Work based learning liability.

Requires an intermediary and an employer to enter into an agreement that sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the intermediary and the employer when participating in a work based learning program. Repeals provisions relating to the federal School to Work Opportunities Act under the worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation laws. Provides that, subject to certain limitations, a student who performs services for an employer as part of a work based learning program is entitled to benefits under the worker's compensation and worker's occupational diseases compensation laws. Provides that any underwriting decision made by an insurer or rating factor applied to a participant must be based on objective risk based criteria that are applied uniformly and without regard to the age of the student to be covered under the policy.

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 1098 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — 44–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1098 - Commons — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1098 - Commons - 3rd Reading — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Matt Commons — primary (person)
• Alex Burton — coauthor (person)
• Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Robert Behning — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-05 Authored by Representative Commons
• 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-12 Representatives Behning, Teshka, Burton added as coauthors
• 2026-01-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
• 2026-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 146: yeas 89, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-16 Senator Raatz added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-16 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-16 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 44, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 361: yeas 79, nays 0
• 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-03 Public Law 51 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2550d52-301d-4d3a-b3f9-9ddc96113531. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).