republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-88.md

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Bill	Education matters.	Amends good citizenship instruction requirements. Includes the Classic Learning Test in certain references to nationally recognized college entrance examinations. Requires a state educational institution (SEI) to accept the Classic Learning Test examination to the same extent the SEI accepts the ACT or SAT examination with respect to admission criteria. Requires the department of education to identify schools that allow students who are not enrolled in the school to take certain examinations at the school and present the information in a manner that can be conveniently and easily accessed from the department's website.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 88	Indiana SB 88 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education SCHOOLS; Academic Achievements and Outcomes (Including Diplomas) SCHOOLS; Curricula SCHOOLS; ILEARN (Formerly ISTEP) and Testing Programs STATE GOVERNMENT; History Culture and Preservation TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet Phone Lines Print Media Radio and Television)	enacted	Gary Byrne Jeff Raatz Martin Carbaugh Spencer Deery	6	33	3	2025-12-08	2026-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/d70d0db3-afb3-46da-b0d9-83ea049b1fcd	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0088	8c98fa68b98d7d96d6080f0e79c58612dae2b02168be97b6fe384e8b028e066d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 88 (2026) — Education matters.

Amends good citizenship instruction requirements. Includes the Classic Learning Test in certain references to nationally recognized college entrance examinations. Requires a state educational institution (SEI) to accept the Classic Learning Test examination to the same extent the SEI accepts the ACT or SAT examination with respect to admission criteria. Requires the department of education to identify schools that allow students who are not enrolled in the school to take certain examinations at the school and present the information in a manner that can be conveniently and easily accessed from the department's website.

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 88 - Carbaugh - 3rd Reading — 67–29 (pass) · lower
• SB 88 - Byrne - 3rd Reading — 39–9 (pass) · upper
• SB 88 - Byrne — 34–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gary Byrne — primary (person)
• Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
• Martin Carbaugh — primary (person)
• Spencer Deery — primary (person)
• Becky Cash — cosponsor (person)
• Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
• Jake Teshka — cosponsor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
• Michael Young — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-12-08 Authored by Senator Byrne
• 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-26 Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-26 Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-01-26 Senator Young M added as coauthor
• 2026-01-26 Senator Raatz added as second author
• 2026-01-26 Senator Deery added as third author
• 2026-01-27 Placed back on second reading
• 2026-01-28 Amendment #3 (Byrne) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-28 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-29 House sponsor: Representative Carbaugh
• 2026-01-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 39, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-29 Cosponsors: Representatives Teshka, DeVon
• 2026-01-29 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2026-01-29 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-02-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Representative Cash added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #1 (Carbaugh) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #4 (Cash) prevailed; Division of the House: yeas 62, nays 29 amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 337: yeas 67, nays 29 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 292: yeas 34, nays 14
• 2026-02-26 Senator Brown L added as coauthor
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-05 Public Law 108 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d70d0db3-afb3-46da-b0d9-83ea049b1fcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).