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type: "Bill"
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title: "Education matters."
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description: "Provides that certain students have the opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation of reading skills at least twice in the summer before grade 3 retention requirements apply. Requires the department of education to establish a registration process for schools to exempt certain English language learners from compliance with grade 3 retention requirements until the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. Allows required career fairs to be held off of school property if the school provides transportation. Amends agreement requirements with regard to the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes a technical correction."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1499"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1499 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "SCHOOLS; Curricula", "SCHOOLS; Funds and Budgets", "SCHOOLS; Teachers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gary Byrne", "Linda Rogers", "Robert Behning"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6ac5d31-663f-4eff-abb5-56d556506d7f"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1499"
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source_hash: "95e4109d748bd61a35fd951c66cacb0d95a36953d6d84c4e7b956ec2547f2881"
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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 1499 (2025) — Education matters.
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Provides that certain students have the opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation of reading skills at least twice in the summer before grade 3 retention requirements apply. Requires the department of education to establish a registration process for schools to exempt certain English language learners from compliance with grade 3 retention requirements until the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. Allows required career fairs to be held off of school property if the school provides transportation. Amends agreement requirements with regard to the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes a technical correction.
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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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1499/HB1499.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1499/HB1499.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1499/HB1499.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1499/HB1499.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1499 - Rogers - 3rd Reading — **46–1** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1499 - Behning — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1499 - Behning - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gary Byrne — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Robert Behning — primary (person)
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- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
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- Julie McGuire — coauthor (person)
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- Sheila Klinker — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Behning
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- **2025-02-13** Representative Klinker added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Representatives McGuire and Teshka added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Rogers
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- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 200: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-25** Senator Byrne added as second sponsor
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- **2025-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 46, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-22** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 514: yeas 90, nays 0
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-01** Public Law 177 `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/f6ac5d31-663f-4eff-abb5-56d556506d7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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