republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1104.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School safety."
description: "Provides that a school safety plan developed by a school corporation or charter school must establish an armed intruder drill protocol. Requires safe school committees to develop a policy that considers the effect of armed intruder drills on the safety and mental health of students, faculty, and staff. Prohibits an armed intruder drill that includes sensory components or activities from: (1) requiring student participation; or (2) taking place during regular school hours if a majority of the student body is present on school property. Allows a school corporation or charter school that: (1) employs a school resource officer; or (2) enters into a contract or a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency, private entity, or nonprofit corporation to employ a school resource officer; to participate in the 1977 fund. Provides that a school resource officer hired or rehired after June 30, 2024, who is a member of the 1977 fund shall remain in the 1977 fund. Provides that a school resource officer may become a member of the 1977 fund by meeting certain age and training requirements. Makes corresponding changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1104"
citation: "Indiana HB 1104 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Buildings and Grounds", "SCHOOLS; Health and Safety Issues", "SCHOOLS; Officers and Employees (Other than Teachers)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Michelle Davis", "Spencer Deery"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a38d4189-623e-4246-b649-6ef521e2ca57"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1104"
source_hash: "f810e0c25f3c28e56ece9c88705a28e71acb213808bc96a60b3887073a89ce4e"
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 HB 1104 (2024) — School safety.

Provides that a school safety plan developed by a school corporation or charter school must establish an armed intruder drill protocol. Requires safe school committees to develop a policy that considers the effect of armed intruder drills on the safety and mental health of students, faculty, and staff. Prohibits an armed intruder drill that includes sensory components or activities from: (1) requiring student participation; or (2) taking place during regular school hours if a majority of the student body is present on school property. Allows a school corporation or charter school that: (1) employs a school resource officer; or (2) enters into a contract or a memorandum of understanding with a local law enforcement agency, private entity, or nonprofit corporation to employ a school resource officer; to participate in the 1977 fund. Provides that a school resource officer hired or rehired after June 30, 2024, who is a member of the 1977 fund shall remain in the 1977 fund. Provides that a school resource officer may become a member of the 1977 fund by meeting certain age and training requirements. Makes corresponding changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1104/HB1104.06.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1104/HB1104.07.ENRS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1104/HB1104.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1104/HB1104.05.COMS.pdf)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1104/HB1104.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1104 - Deery - 3rd Reading — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- HB 1104 - Davis — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1104 - Davis - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Michelle Davis — primary (person)
- Spencer Deery — primary (person)
- Cory Criswell — coauthor (person)
- Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-08** Authored by Representative Davis
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2024-01-23** Representatives McNamara, Criswell C, Pfaff added as coauthors
- **2024-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-30** Senate sponsors: Senators Deery and Carrasco
- **2024-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-27** Amendment #3 (Hunley) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 217: yeas 47, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 275: yeas 93, nays 0
- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 135 `became-law`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-13** 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/a38d4189-623e-4246-b649-6ef521e2ca57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).