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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unlawful discrimination."
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description: "Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees. Prohibits unlawful discrimination in education, public employment, and licensure. Allows participation in public contracts by a minority business enterprise, women's business enterprise, and veteran business enterprise, as currently authorized by law. Permits scholarships based on a personal characteristic of the recipient if the scholarship is not funded by state funds or resources, and permits the renewal of specified state funded minority teaching scholarships for those recipients who were initially awarded the scholarship before July 1, 2025. Changes the criteria for certain state funded teaching scholarships from minority status to residence in an underserved county and an agreement to teach in an underserved county. Prohibits requiring as a condition of licensure that a person affirm that a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Prohibits a public employer from requiring training asserting that, or implementing the theory that, a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Permits a person injured by a violation to bring a civil action for actual damages, court costs, and injunctive relief."
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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: "SB 289"
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citation: "Indiana SB 289 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Generally", "CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Employees", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally", "PROTECTED CLASSES", "SCHOOLS; Charter Schools", "SCHOOLS; Curricula", "SCHOOLS; Generally", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Employees", "TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Jeter", "Gary Byrne", "Tyler Johnson"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6420d759-3251-4e95-83bc-00c0eb3ebd3d"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0289"
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source_hash: "c013190c01292528db4c7a13cbe2e99b92fe9e02d7519a40370e0af0b001cc9b"
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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 SB 289 (2025) — Unlawful discrimination.
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Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees. Prohibits unlawful discrimination in education, public employment, and licensure. Allows participation in public contracts by a minority business enterprise, women's business enterprise, and veteran business enterprise, as currently authorized by law. Permits scholarships based on a personal characteristic of the recipient if the scholarship is not funded by state funds or resources, and permits the renewal of specified state funded minority teaching scholarships for those recipients who were initially awarded the scholarship before July 1, 2025. Changes the criteria for certain state funded teaching scholarships from minority status to residence in an underserved county and an agreement to teach in an underserved county. Prohibits requiring as a condition of licensure that a person affirm that a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Prohibits a public employer from requiring training asserting that, or implementing the theory that, a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Permits a person injured by a violation to bring a civil action for actual damages, court costs, and injunctive relief.
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0289/SB0289.03.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0289/SB0289.05.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0289/SB0289.06.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0289/SB0289.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0289/SB0289.04.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0289/SB0289.02.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 289 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — **67–27** (pass) · lower
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- SB 289 - Byrne - 3rd Reading — **34–13** (pass) · upper
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- SB 289 - Byrne — **34–16** (pass) · upper
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- SB 289 - Byrne - 2nd Reading — **10–39** (fail) · upper
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- SB 289 - Jeter — **64–26** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
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- Gary Byrne — primary (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
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- Randy Maxwell — coauthor (person)
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- Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)
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- Shane Lindauer — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Senators Tomes and Young M added as coauthors
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- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Byrne
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Johnson T added as second author
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- **2025-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-27** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-28** Senator Alexander added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-03** Senator Maxwell added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-04** Amendment #5 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 64: yeas 10, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-04** Amendment #8 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Amendment #4 (Hunley) failed; Division of the Senate: yeas 10, nays 38 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-04** Amendment #3 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 34, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
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- **2025-02-06** Cosponsor: Representative McNamara
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- **2025-02-07** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Representative Lindauer added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-07** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Amendment #17 (Harris) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 441: yeas 67, nays 27 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-17** House conferees appointed: Jeter and Garcia Wilburn
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- **2025-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Johnson T
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- **2025-04-17** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2025-04-17** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Byrne and Pol
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- **2025-04-17** House advisors appointed: McNamara, Steuerwald, DeLaney and Harris
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Pol removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** Representative Garcia Wilburn removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** Representative Steuerwald added as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Johnson T removed as advisor
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Johnson T added as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** Representative Steuerwald removed as advisor
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 506: yeas 34, nays 16
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 196 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 548: yeas 64, nays 26
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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/6420d759-3251-4e95-83bc-00c0eb3ebd3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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