Indiana Senate Bill 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: Passed on April 25 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-25 - Public Law 162
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

School curriculum. Requires each school corporation, charter school, and accredited nonpublic school to offer Indiana studies as a one semester elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school year. Provides that the course may be offered through a course access program administered by the department of education (department). Makes changes to a provision regarding a functional workplace Spanish designation. Provides that the department shall conduct a survey of elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, and members of governing bodies regarding whether the individuals surveyed are in favor of or opposed to mandatory instruction of cursive writing

School curriculum. Requires each school corporation, charter school, and accredited nonpublic school to offer Indiana studies as a one semester elective course in its high school curriculum at least once every school year. Provides that the course may be offered through a course access program administered by the department of education (department). Makes changes to a provision regarding a functional workplace Spanish designation. Provides that the department shall conduct a survey of elementary and secondary school teachers, administrators, and members of governing bodies regarding whether the individuals surveyed are in favor of or opposed to mandatory instruction of cursive writing

Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Sen. James Smith [R]	Sen. Rodric Bray [R]	Rep. Anthony Cook [R]	Rep. Sheila Klinker [D]
Rep. Edward Clere [R]

2017-04-20 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 89 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 9) [PASS]
2017-04-20 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 41 N: 5 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-06 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2017-04-03 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 47 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-11 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-25	Senate	Public Law 162
2017-04-25	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-21	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-04-21	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-04-20	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 489: yeas 41, nays 5
2017-04-20	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 509: yeas 89, nays 1
2017-04-20	Senate	Senator Leising added as third author
2017-04-19	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2017-04-19	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2017-04-12	House	House advisors appointed: Burton, Jordan and Candelaria Reardon
2017-04-12	House	House conferees appointed: Cook and Klinker
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Kruse and Melton
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Koch and Mrvan
2017-04-11	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2017-04-11	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2017-04-07	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2017-04-06	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 404: yeas 95, nays 0
2017-04-05	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-04-03	House	Representative Clere added as cosponsor
2017-04-03	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-03-30	House	Representative Klinker added as cosponsor
2017-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2017-01-25	Senate	Referred to the House
2017-01-24	Senate	Senator Bray added as coauthor
2017-01-24	Senate	Senator Smith added as coauthor
2017-01-23	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2017-01-23	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Cook
2017-01-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 11: yeas 47, nays 3
2017-01-17	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-01-12	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-01-04	Senate	Senator Kruse added as second author
2017-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2017-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Koch

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/29/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/3/9/aa39eddf/SB0029.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/9/d/2/19d25c07/SB0029.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/e/9/f/2e9f008b/SB0029.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/3/e/a/f3ea3241/SB0029.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/a/7/37a7672b/SB0029.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/b/9/0/cb902e73/SB0029.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/6/2/2/86225a25/SB0029.04.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/a/0/1ea04952/SB0029.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/c/3/b/8c3bbc08/SB0029.11.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/a/7/0/1a70a03a/SB0029.02.COMS.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/9/d/7/d9d76975/SB0029.404.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/0/a/2/90a2c9ef/SB0029.489.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/8/f/a/38fa399c/SB0029.509.pdf