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type: "Bill"
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title: "Twenty-first century scholars program."
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description: "Provides that the commission for higher education shall do the following: (1) In cooperation with the department of education, identify students who meet the requirements to participate in the twenty-first century scholars program (program). (2) Notify the student and the custodial parent or guardian of the student, if the student is an unemancipated minor, that: (A) the student is eligible to participate in the program; (B) the student must agree to the conditions required to participate in the program; and (C) the student has the right to opt out of the program at any time."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 1449"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1449 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "HIGHER EDUCATION", "Colleges and Universities", "STUDENT ASSISTANCE", "LOANS", "AND GRANTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Earl Harris", "Eddie Melton", "Jeff Raatz", "Jon Ford"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-17"
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last_action: "2023-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36e2cf5c-103d-417f-be89-74b4fab45efd"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1449"
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source_hash: "0aacc28bc01f7b397253b8e390b67a705f6591baa5f6c2b79a481a94eb335e2f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1449 (2023) — Twenty-first century scholars program.
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Provides that the commission for higher education shall do the following: (1) In cooperation with the department of education, identify students who meet the requirements to participate in the twenty-first century scholars program (program). (2) Notify the student and the custodial parent or guardian of the student, if the student is an unemancipated minor, that: (A) the student is eligible to participate in the program; (B) the student must agree to the conditions required to participate in the program; and (C) the student has the right to opt out of the program at any time.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.06.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.02.COMH)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.03.COMH)
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4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.04.COMS)
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5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.05.COMS)
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6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1449/versions/HB1449.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1449 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Earl Harris — primary (person)
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- Eddie Melton — primary (person)
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- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
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- Jon Ford — primary (person)
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- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
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- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
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- Vernon Smith — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-17** Authored by Representative Harris
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- **2023-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-17** Representative Smith, V. added as coauthor
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- **2023-01-30** Representatives Behning and Davis M added as coauthors
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- **2023-02-02** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-02** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
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- **2023-02-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-16** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Melton, Ford Jon
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- **2023-02-16** Cosponsor: Senator Qaddoura
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- **2023-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 148: yeas 92, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-16** Representative Davis M removed as coauthor
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- **2023-02-16** Representative Morris added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-14** Senators Ford J.D. and Leising added as cosponsors
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- **2023-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 374: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-11** Senator Becker added as cosponsor
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- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-17** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-19** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 456: yeas 89, nays 1
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- **2023-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-04** Public Law 235 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36e2cf5c-103d-417f-be89-74b4fab45efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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