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type: "Bill"
title: "Student eligibility in interscholastic sports."
description: "Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to expressly designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. Prohibits a male, based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport. Requires state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to establish grievance procedures for a violation of these provisions. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions are not subject to liability in a civil, administrative, disciplinary, or criminal action for acting in compliance with these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1041"
citation: "Indiana HB 1041 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "CHILDREN AND MINORS; Youth Programs", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "HIGHER EDUCATION; Athletics", "RESOLUTIONS; Recognition; School Academic Teams", "Musicians", "and Outstanding Students Congratulated", "SCHOOLS; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Private Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michelle Davis", "Stacey Donato"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91455d0d-f13f-4f22-a42f-2d76bd2e9151"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1041"
source_hash: "f736073c92a334f1d49f0278a5d9928febd65276d500ce75871daedad553f070"
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 1041 (2025) — Student eligibility in interscholastic sports.
Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to expressly designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport. (2) A female, women's, or girls' team or sport. (3) A coeducational or mixed team or sport. Prohibits a male, based on the student's biological sex at birth in accordance with the student's genetics and reproductive biology, from participating on an athletic team or sport designated as being a female, women's, or girls' athletic team or sport. Requires state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to establish grievance procedures for a violation of these provisions. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions are not subject to liability in a civil, administrative, disciplinary, or criminal action for acting in compliance with these provisions.
## 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/124/2025/house/bills/HB1041/HB1041.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1041/HB1041.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1041/HB1041.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1041/HB1041.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1041 - Davis - 2nd Reading — **3066** (fail) · lower
- HB 1041 - Davis - 3rd Reading — **7125** (pass) · lower
- HB 1041 - Donato - 2nd Reading — **939** (fail) · upper
- HB 1041 - Donato - 2nd Reading — **939** (fail) · upper
- HB 1041 - Donato - 3rd Reading — **426** (pass) · upper
- HB 1041 - Davis - 2nd Reading — **2867** (fail) · lower
- HB 1041 - Donato - 2nd Reading — **940** (fail) · upper
- HB 1041 - Donato - 2nd Reading — **1039** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Michelle Davis — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Gary Byrne — cosponsor (person)
- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Robert Heaton — coauthor (person)
- Spencer Deery — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, King, Heaton
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Davis
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment #5 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 177: yeas 30, nays 66 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-02-17** Amendment #4 (Gore) failed; Roll Call 178: yeas 28, nays 67 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 202: yeas 71, nays 25 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Donato
- **2025-02-19** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Senator Deery added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-20** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-27** Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-01** Amendment #5 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-04-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 313: yeas 9, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 314: yeas 10, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment #3 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 315: yeas 9, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-04-01** Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 316: yeas 9, nays 40 `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2025-04-04** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 334: yeas 42, nays 6 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Public Law 83 `became-law`
- **2025-04-16** 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/91455d0d-f13f-4f22-a42f-2d76bd2e9151`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).