Indiana House Bill 1421 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 19 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-19 - Public Law 151
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

School discipline. Provides that the department of education's (department) model evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline must: (1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in discipline and expulsion; (2) limit referrals to law enforcement or arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school employees; and (3) include policies to address instances of bullying and cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation. Provides that, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations, educational

School discipline. Provides that the department of education's (department) model evidence based plan for improving student behavior and discipline must: (1) reduce out-of-school suspension and disproportionality in discipline and expulsion; (2) limit referrals to law enforcement or arrests on school property to cases in which referral to law enforcement or arrest is necessary to protect the health and safety of students or school employees; and (3) include policies to address instances of bullying and cyberbullying on school property of a school corporation. Provides that, beginning in the 2019-2020 school year, the department, in collaboration with parent organizations, teacher organizations, educational

Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Gregory Porter [D]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]
Sen. Mark Stoops [D]

2018-03-08 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 80 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 19) [PASS]
2018-03-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 46 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2018-02-28 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-05 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2018-01-30 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-19	House	Public Law 151
2018-03-19	House	Signed by the Governor
2018-03-19	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2018-03-14	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2018-03-13	House	Signed by the Speaker
2018-03-08	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 363: yeas 80, nays 0
2018-03-08	House	Motion to concur filed
2018-03-06	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2018-03-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 335: yeas 46, nays 3
2018-03-05	Senate	Amendment #2 (Kruse) prevailed; voice vote
2018-03-05	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2018-03-01	Senate	Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
2018-03-01	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2018-02-07	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2018-02-06	House	Referred to the Senate
2018-02-05	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Kruse and Raatz
2018-02-05	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 148: yeas 92, nays 0
2018-02-01	House	Amendment #1 (Smith V) prevailed; voice vote
2018-02-01	House	Amendment #2 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote
2018-02-01	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2018-01-30	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2018-01-22	House	Representative Porter added as coauthor
2018-01-16	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2018-01-16	House	Authored by Representative Behning

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1421/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/5/d/ae5dbf99/HB1421.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/4/3/3/94332ecb/HB1421.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/b/e/5/bbe52fc7/HB1421.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/3/9/a/939a64f5/HB1421.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/c/c/f/0ccf381d/HB1421.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/3/5/7/33578a5a/HB1421.03.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/8/f/4/58f4db3f/HB1421.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/0/b/9/e0b942e8/HB1421.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/4/5/d04591ff/HB1421.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/e/d/1/8ed17981/HB1421.05.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/9/d/d/f9dd73e8/HB1421.06.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/4/8/f/648f7f85/HB1421.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/2/d/1/f2d12520/HB1421.148.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/a/1/d3a1960a/HB1421.03.ENGH.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/c/e/c/fcec7c93/HB1421.335.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/9/8/e/398e42e9/HB1421.363.pdf