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---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 65"
citation: "Indiana SB 65 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SCHOOLS", "Curricula"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Dennis Kruse", "Michael Young", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7277e4a-1f20-46b6-bf6d-6a0d0788a160"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/65"
source_hash: "1dbcacc0eaa2e9ff1754aca41d847791e9deaf5d5d6cd031bb9619f3e3c908d0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---
# Indiana SB 65 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0065/versions/sb0065.04.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0065/versions/sb0065.05.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0065/versions/sb0065.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0065/versions/sb0065.03.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0065/versions/sb0065.02.coms)
## Votes
- SB 65 - Kruse - 3rd Reading — **3712** (pass) · legislature
- SB 65 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **7026** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Dennis Kruse — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Dale DeVon — cosponsor (person)
- Douglas Eckerty — coauthor (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
- Erin Houchin — coauthor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- James Merritt — coauthor (person)
- James Smith — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- Jeff Raatz — coauthor (person)
- Jeffrey Thompson — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Joseph Zakas — coauthor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Michael Delph — coauthor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Travis Holdman — coauthor (person)
- Woody Burton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senators Kruse, Doriot and Young M
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Senators Raatz, Tomes, Crane added as coauthors
- **2018-01-16** Senators Houchin and Freeman added as coauthors
- **2018-01-22** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** Amendment #1 (Tallian) failed; Roll Call 74: yeas 8, nays 41 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-29** Amendment #2 (Breaux) failed; Roll Call 75: yeas 9, nays 40 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-01-29** Senators Zay and Delph added as coauthors
- **2018-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 97: yeas 37, nays 12 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Wesco
- **2018-01-30** Cosponsors: Representatives Thompson, Burton and DeVon
- **2018-01-30** Senator Ford added as coauthor
- **2018-01-30** Senators Brown L, Buck, Eckerty, Grooms, Holdman, Koch, Niemeyer, Smith J, Sandlin, Crider added as coauthors
- **2018-02-01** Senator Merritt added as coauthor
- **2018-02-01** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #11 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #7 (Clere) failed; Division of the House: yeas 41, nays 50 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #4 (Pelath) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #8 (Nisly) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Amendment #6 (Clere) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 266: yeas 70, nays 26 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Kruse and Stoops
- **2018-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Doriot, Melton, Young M, Raatz, Crane and Walker
- **2018-03-08** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** House advisors appointed: Lehman, Thompson, Wolkins and Smith V
- **2018-03-08** House conferees appointed: Wesco and Errington
- **2018-03-13** Dissent rescinded
- **2018-03-13** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-14** Senator Zakas added as coauthor
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 397: yeas 41, nays 8 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 154
- **2018-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7277e4a-1f20-46b6-bf6d-6a0d0788a160`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).