republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-78.md

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Bill	Wireless communication device policy.	Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools. Requires the department of education to publish model policy language and implementation guidance. Provides that, with exceptions, a school corporation, a school maintained by a school corporation, and a charter school, including school personnel, are immune from civil liability for any actions taken in good faith to comply with the school's wireless communication device policy.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 78	Indiana SB 78 (2026)	bill	ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Immunity and Exemption from Liability EDUCATION; Generally SCHOOLS; Generally SCHOOLS; Pupils (Other than Disciplinary Matters) SCHOOLS; Teachers TECHNOLOGY; Computers Cell Phones and Devices	enacted	Greg Goode Jake Teshka Jeff Raatz	6	36	4	2025-12-08	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/15967e84-6b99-487e-95c3-510a7f0fbd5e	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0078	758c64e864ece2a5448082d2ece0c5bb079f7f22299cb6cc6730b9a17c05f447	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 78 (2026) — Wireless communication device policy.

Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools. Requires the department of education to publish model policy language and implementation guidance. Provides that, with exceptions, a school corporation, a school maintained by a school corporation, and a charter school, including school personnel, are immune from civil liability for any actions taken in good faith to comply with the school's wireless communication device policy.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 78 - Raatz — 36–12 (pass) · upper
• SB 78 - Teshka - 2nd Reading — 42–51 (fail) · lower
• SB 78 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — 28–19 (pass) · upper
• SB 78 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — 82–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greg Goode — primary (person)
• Jake Teshka — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
• Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Matt Commons — cosponsor (person)
• Vernon Smith — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-08 Senators Byrne, Rogers added as coauthors
• 2025-12-08 Authored by Senators Raatz, Goode
• 2025-12-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-12 Amendment #4 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-12 Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-12 Amendment #5 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-12 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-12 Placed back on second reading Division of the Senate: yeas 34, nays 10
• 2026-01-12 Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-12 Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-13 Amendment #6 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-13 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2026-01-13 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 37: yeas 28, nays 19 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-20 House sponsor: Representative Teshka
• 2026-01-20 Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Commons
• 2026-01-22 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Representative Smith V added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• 2026-02-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #5 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #3 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 320: yeas 42, nays 51 amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #4 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 336: yeas 82, nays 13 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 291: yeas 36, nays 12
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 107 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/15967e84-6b99-487e-95c3-510a7f0fbd5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).