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type: "Bill"
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title: "Various education matters."
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description: "Extends the date by which public schools, including charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools must provide age appropriate research and evidence based or research or evidence based instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2021, the department of workforce development must implement a new Indiana career explorer program (program). Establishes requirements for the program. Requires the department of workforce development to issue, not later than December 31, 2020, a request for proposals regarding the part of the program that includes educational and career assessments or tools. Amends grade levels to which certain career exploration models and career preparation models apply. Removes provisions regarding a pilot program for instruction in and use of the Indiana career explorer program and standards. Requires the department of education (department) to prepare and submit an annual report to the state board of education, general assembly, and commission for higher education regarding certain computer science metrics. Requires the department to post the report on its Internet web site."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 295"
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citation: "Indiana SB 295 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "State Superintendent", "State Department and Boards", "SCHOOLS", "Buses", "SCHOOLS", "Curricula", "EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeff Raatz", "John Crane", "Linda Rogers", "Robert Behning"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2020-01-09"
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last_action: "2020-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/630e5268-8d0e-49a6-938f-b21b6829c7c1"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/295"
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source_hash: "c7a3779cc6017467dda34387bb2d19b4b732daee9bc3a8b55ad4e87ef5cc70d7"
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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 295 (2020) — Various education matters.
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Extends the date by which public schools, including charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools must provide age appropriate research and evidence based or research or evidence based instruction on child abuse and child sexual abuse to students. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2021, the department of workforce development must implement a new Indiana career explorer program (program). Establishes requirements for the program. Requires the department of workforce development to issue, not later than December 31, 2020, a request for proposals regarding the part of the program that includes educational and career assessments or tools. Amends grade levels to which certain career exploration models and career preparation models apply. Removes provisions regarding a pilot program for instruction in and use of the Indiana career explorer program and standards. Requires the department of education (department) to prepare and submit an annual report to the state board of education, general assembly, and commission for higher education regarding certain computer science metrics. Requires the department to post the report on its Internet web site.
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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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0295/versions/SB0295.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0295/versions/SB0295.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0295/versions/SB0295.02.COMS)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0295/versions/SB0295.03.COMH)
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## Votes
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- SB 295 - Raatz - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- SB 295 - Behning - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
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- John Crane — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Robert Behning — primary (person)
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- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
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- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-09** Authored by Senator Raatz
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- **2020-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Senator Crane added as second author
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- **2020-01-21** Senator Zay added as coauthor
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- **2020-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-30** Senator Crane removed as second author
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- **2020-01-30** Senator Rogers added as second author
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- **2020-01-30** Senator Crane added as third author
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- **2020-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2020-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 158: yeas 48, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Behning
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- **2020-02-04** Senator Grooms added as coauthor
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- **2020-02-05** Referred to the House
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- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Amendment #3 (Dvorak) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-02-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 88, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Representative Clere added as cosponsor
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- **2020-03-03** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-03** Motion to dissent filed
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- **2020-03-03** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2020-03-03** Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Melton
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- **2020-03-03** Senate advisors appointed: Rogers, Stoops and Crane
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- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Behning and Goodin
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- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: DeVon, Jordan, Clere, DeLaney, Pfaff and Smith V
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- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
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- **2020-03-11** CCR # 1 filed in the House
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- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 384: yeas 49, nays 0
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- **2020-03-11** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 388: yeas 92, nays 0
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-18** Public Law 76
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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/630e5268-8d0e-49a6-938f-b21b6829c7c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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