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Bill Indianapolis public education corporation. Establishes the Indianapolis public education corporation (corporation) and board (corporation board). Establishes the duties and powers of the corporation and corporation board. Provides that the Indianapolis public schools school corporation (school city) is not subject to building closure or certain transfer of school building laws. Allows only certain authorizers to grant or renew charters for charter schools located within the geographic boundaries of the school city. Specifies authority and duties of the corporation related to imposition of property taxes. Provides that the corporation is authorized to pursue a controlled project, operating referendum, or school safety referendum (instead of the school city). Requires the county auditor to transfer to the corporation a percentage of the amount of revenue collected from the operations fund property tax levy that would otherwise be distributed to the school city and applicable charter schools. Establishes the corporation operations fund and corporation debt service fund. Provides that the corporation may issue bonds, enter leases, or otherwise incur indebtedness after March 31, 2026, and before July 1, 2027, only if the board of school commissioners of the school city first adopts a resolution approving the issuance of the bonds, entering into the lease, or incurring of indebtedness. Provides, beginning April 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the reduction of distributions to pay for debt service obligations issued by the corporation must be made from reductions of distributions to the school city for failure to pay debt service obligations. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2026 HB 1423 Indiana HB 1423 (2026)
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AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education
CITIES; Indianapolis
COUNTIES; Marion
EDUCATION; Generally
EDUCATION; Local School Boards
LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; Auditors
SCHOOLS; Charter Schools
SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets
SCHOOLS; Generally
SCHOOLS; Private Schools
TAXES; Property Taxes
TAXES; School Taxes
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Jeff Raatz
Robert Behning
6 40 12 2026-01-08 2026-03-04 openstates ocd-bill/ea44ed79-3b5d-413d-ae2c-7b8c6f984c57 https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1423 d57731c3f2e8c4d1506d4a3b3a19890c1a968241b172f87617b99301e5c233eb 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HB 1423 (2026) — Indianapolis public education corporation.

Establishes the Indianapolis public education corporation (corporation) and board (corporation board). Establishes the duties and powers of the corporation and corporation board. Provides that the Indianapolis public schools school corporation (school city) is not subject to building closure or certain transfer of school building laws. Allows only certain authorizers to grant or renew charters for charter schools located within the geographic boundaries of the school city. Specifies authority and duties of the corporation related to imposition of property taxes. Provides that the corporation is authorized to pursue a controlled project, operating referendum, or school safety referendum (instead of the school city). Requires the county auditor to transfer to the corporation a percentage of the amount of revenue collected from the operations fund property tax levy that would otherwise be distributed to the school city and applicable charter schools. Establishes the corporation operations fund and corporation debt service fund. Provides that the corporation may issue bonds, enter leases, or otherwise incur indebtedness after March 31, 2026, and before July 1, 2027, only if the board of school commissioners of the school city first adopts a resolution approving the issuance of the bonds, entering into the lease, or incurring of indebtedness. Provides, beginning April 1, 2026, and ending June 30, 2027, the reduction of distributions to pay for debt service obligations issued by the corporation must be made from reductions of distributions to the school city for failure to pay debt service obligations.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HB 1423 - Behning - 2nd Reading — 2562 (fail) · lower
  • HB 1423 - Behning - 2nd Reading — 2463 (fail) · lower
  • HB 1423 - Raatz - 2nd Reading — 1038 (fail) · upper
  • HB 1423 - Raatz - 2nd Reading — 839 (fail) · upper
  • HB 1423 - Raatz - 2nd Reading — 739 (fail) · upper
  • HB 1423 - Raatz - 2nd Reading — 939 (fail) · upper
  • HB 1423 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 2721 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1423 - Behning — 6730 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1423 - Behning - 2nd Reading — 2860 (fail) · lower
  • HB 1423 - Raatz - 2nd Reading — 939 (fail) · upper
  • HB 1423 - Behning - 2nd Reading — 2660 (fail) · lower
  • HB 1423 - Behning - 3rd Reading — 6830 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
  • Robert Behning — primary (person)
  • Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-08 Coauthored by Representative McGuire
  • 2026-01-08 Authored by Representative Behning
  • 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-22 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
  • 2026-01-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-01-29 Amendment #10 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2026-01-29 Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 161: yeas 28, nays 60 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-01-29 Amendment #9 (Bartlett) failed; Roll Call 162: yeas 26, nays 60 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-01-29 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-01-29 Amendment #6 (Smith V) failed; Roll Call 163: yeas 25, nays 62 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-01-29 Amendment #8 (Smith V) failed; Roll Call 164: yeas 24, nays 63 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 198: yeas 68, nays 30 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-02 Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Johnson T
  • 2026-02-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-03 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2026-02-19 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #5 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 217: yeas 8, nays 39 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 218: yeas 7, nays 39 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 219: yeas 9, nays 39 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #7 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #10 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 220: yeas 9, nays 39 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #11 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #8 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #12 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 221: yeas 10, nays 38 amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #6 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Amendment #9 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 27, nays 21 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2026-02-24 Senator Johnson T removed as second sponsor
  • 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 384: yeas 67, nays 30
  • 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
  • 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2026-03-04 Public Law 101 became-law
  • 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea44ed79-3b5d-413d-ae2c-7b8c6f984c57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).