Indiana House Bill 1483 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 238
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Discipline rules regarding bullying. Provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must include timetables for reporting bullying incidents to parents of both the targeted student and the alleged perpetrator in an expedited manner that is not later than five business days after the incident is reported. (Current law provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must include timetables for reporting bullying incidents to parents of both the targeted student and the bully in an expedited manner.) Provides that discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation: (1) must include provisions that require a school to prioritize the safety of the victim; (2) may include provisions to determine: (A) the severity of an incident of bullying; and (B) whether an incident of bullying may warrant the transfer of the victim or the alleged perpetrator to another school in the school corporation; and (3) must include policies to allow a parent of a child in the school corporation to review any materials used in any bullying prevention or suicide prevention program. Requires public schools to document acts of bullying and abusive behaviors against a victim and committed by a verified perpetrator.

Discipline rules regarding bullying.

Rep. Vernon Smith [D]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Becky Cash [R]	Rep. Martin Carbaugh [R]
Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. Eddie Melton [D]	Sen. Brian Buchanan [R]
Sen. Spencer Deery [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]

2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 46 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 41 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 238
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-27	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 510: yeas 46, nays 3
2023-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 527: yeas 95, nays 0
2023-04-26	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-26	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-24	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Deery and Yoder
2023-04-24	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Ford J.D.
2023-04-20	House	House advisors appointed: McGuire, Cash and Klinker
2023-04-20	House	House conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V
2023-04-20	House	Concurrence withdrawn; House dissented from Senate amendments
2023-04-20	House	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-19	House	Motion to concur filed
2023-04-19	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 443: yeas 41, nays 9
2023-04-13	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-13	Senate	Amendment #4 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	Senate	Amendment #6 (Ford J.D.) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-10	Senate	Senators Deery and Rogers added as cosponsors
2023-04-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-06	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-02-28	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-27	House	Cosponsor: Senator Buchanan
2023-02-27	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 244: yeas 92, nays 1
2023-02-27	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Ford J.D., Melton
2023-02-23	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-23	House	Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-20	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-20	House	Representatives Cash B and Carbaugh added as coauthors
2023-02-20	House	Representative Behning added as coauthor
2023-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-17	House	Authored by Representative Smith V

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#3.ENGH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#4.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#5.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#6.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#H244
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#S443
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#H527
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1483/#S510