republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Robotics competition program."
description: "Amends the robotics competition program (program) definition of \"allowable expenses\" to allow a robotics competition team to use grant funds on expenses associated with a robotics competition. (Current law allows expenditures for expenses associated with attendance at a robotics competition.) Amends the program definition of \"eligible school\" to include a nonpublic school accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Amends the program definition of \"eligible team\" to include a community based robotics competition team. Requires the department of education (department) to consider the number of participants when developing a guideline to award grants. Requires the department to award grants for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year. Specifies that the program and any participation by a team mentor and team coach in the program is not subject to collective bargaining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1233"
citation: "Indiana HB 1233 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT; Collective Bargaining", "Benefits", "and Wages", "SCHOOLS; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Private Schools", "SCHOOLS; Special Education and Special Programs", "STATE GOVERNMENT; State and Local Funding", "TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Buchanan", "Chuck Goodrich", "Eric Bassler", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8244442e-981b-44bb-bc16-669780f5cc32"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1233"
source_hash: "62f78b18bc36e3f0b6d8232da119e617fa194182ecae03ca897c87568facb369"
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 1233 (2024) — Robotics competition program.

Amends the robotics competition program (program) definition of "allowable expenses" to allow a robotics competition team to use grant funds on expenses associated with a robotics competition. (Current law allows expenditures for expenses associated with attendance at a robotics competition.) Amends the program definition of "eligible school" to include a nonpublic school accredited by a national or regional accreditation agency that is recognized by the state board of education. Amends the program definition of "eligible team" to include a community based robotics competition team. Requires the department of education (department) to consider the number of participants when developing a guideline to award grants. Requires the department to award grants for each school year not later than August 1 of the applicable school year. Specifies that the program and any participation by a team mentor and team coach in the program is not subject to collective bargaining.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1233/HB1233.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1233 - Goodrich - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1233 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Buchanan — primary (person)
- Chuck Goodrich — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Cyndi Carrasco — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
- Robert Behning — coauthor (person)
- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Behning and Karickhoff
- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Goodrich
- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-01-23** Representatives Lauer and Klinker added as coauthors
- **2024-01-23** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-01-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Rogers, Bassler, Buchanan
- **2024-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-19** Senator Carrasco added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 171: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-21** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Public Law 64 `became-law`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-11** 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/8244442e-981b-44bb-bc16-669780f5cc32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).