Indiana House Bill 1220 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Enrolled on February 21 2012 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-03-16 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Allows the commission for higher education to approve or disapprove existing or new associate, baccalaureate, or graduate degrees, or programs leading to a certificate or other indication of accomplishment. Requires degree proposals submitted to the commission for higher education for approval to provide justifications for any additional credit requirements. Requires each state educational institution to review its undergraduate degree programs to determine the number of credit hours required for the degree and to report the results of the review to the commission, including a justification for any associate degree program of more than 60 hours or baccalaureate degree program of more than 120 hours.

Commission for higher education.

Rep. Robert Behning [R]

Rep. Cynthia Noe [R]

Rep. Rhonda Rhoads [R]

2012-03-06 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 62 N: 21 NV: 1 Abs: 16) [PASS]
2012-02-21 - Senate - Senate - Third reading: passed (Y: 39 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-31 - House - House - Third reading: passed (Y: 60 N: 35 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-16		Signed by the Governor
2012-03-08		Signed by the President of the Senate
2012-03-07		Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2012-03-06		Signed by the Speaker
2012-03-06		House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 342: yeas 62, nays 21
2012-02-21		Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
2012-02-21		Returned to the House with amendments
2012-02-21		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 39 and nays 11
2012-02-20		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2012-02-16		Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2012-02-13		Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
2012-02-01		First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2012-01-31		Senate sponsors: Senators Leising, Yoder and Banks
2012-01-31		Referred to the Senate
2012-01-31		Third reading: passed; Roll Call 164: yeas 60, nays 35
2012-01-17		Third reading: call withdrawn
2012-01-13		Representative Noe added as coauthor
2012-01-13		Second reading: ordered engrossed
2012-01-11		Committee report: do pass, adopted
2012-01-09		First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2012-01-09		Coauthored by Representative Behning
2012-01-09		Authored by Representative Rhoads

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1220
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN1220.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HB/HB1220.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/EH/EH1220.1.html
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/HE/HE1220.1.html
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/Hrollcal/0164.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/Srollcal/0228.PDF.pdf
Roll Call	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/PDF/Hrollcal/0342.PDF.pdf