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type: "Bill"
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title: "Wireless communication device policy."
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description: "Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools. Requires the department of education to publish model policy language and implementation guidance. Provides that, with exceptions, a school corporation, a school maintained by a school corporation, and a charter school, including school personnel, are immune from civil liability for any actions taken in good faith to comply with the school's wireless communication device policy."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 78"
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citation: "Indiana SB 78 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ADMINISTRATIVE LAW; Generally", "AGENCIES; Department of Education (DOE) and Secretary of Education", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Immunity and Exemption from Liability", "EDUCATION; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Pupils (Other than Disciplinary Matters)", "SCHOOLS; Teachers", "TECHNOLOGY; Computers", "Cell Phones", "and Devices"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Greg Goode", "Jake Teshka", "Jeff Raatz"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-12-08"
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last_action: "2026-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15967e84-6b99-487e-95c3-510a7f0fbd5e"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0078"
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source_hash: "758c64e864ece2a5448082d2ece0c5bb079f7f22299cb6cc6730b9a17c05f447"
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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 78 (2026) — Wireless communication device policy.
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Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools. Requires the department of education to publish model policy language and implementation guidance. Provides that, with exceptions, a school corporation, a school maintained by a school corporation, and a charter school, including school personnel, are immune from civil liability for any actions taken in good faith to comply with the school's wireless communication device policy.
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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/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0078/SB0078.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0078/SB0078.07.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0078/SB0078.08.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0078/SB0078.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0078/SB0078.06.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0078/SB0078.02.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 78 - Raatz — **36–12** (pass) · upper
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- SB 78 - Teshka - 2nd Reading — **42–51** (fail) · lower
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- SB 78 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **28–19** (pass) · upper
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- SB 78 - Teshka - 3rd Reading — **82–13** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Goode — primary (person)
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- Jake Teshka — primary (person)
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- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
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- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
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- Julie McGuire — cosponsor (person)
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- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Matt Commons — cosponsor (person)
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- Vernon Smith — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-08** Senators Byrne, Rogers added as coauthors
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- **2025-12-08** Authored by Senators Raatz, Goode
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- **2025-12-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-08** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Amendment #4 (Rogers) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2026-01-12** Amendment #5 (Qaddoura) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-12** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-12** Placed back on second reading Division of the Senate: yeas 34, nays 10
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- **2026-01-12** Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2026-01-12** Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-13** Amendment #6 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-01-13** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-13** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 37: yeas 28, nays 19 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-20** House sponsor: Representative Teshka
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- **2026-01-20** Cosponsors: Representatives McGuire, Commons
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Representative Smith V added as cosponsor
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- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2026-02-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #5 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #3 (Hamilton) failed; Roll Call 320: yeas 42, nays 51 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2026-02-23** Amendment #4 (Teshka) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 336: yeas 82, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 291: yeas 36, nays 12
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-05** Public Law 107 `became-law`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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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/15967e84-6b99-487e-95c3-510a7f0fbd5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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