Indiana House Bill 1492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: Passed on May 1 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-01 - Public Law 150
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

School safety. Makes changes to the permissible uses of the Indiana secured school fund. Moves provisions in the Indiana Code pertaining to the appointment of a school safety specialist, school safety specialist programs, and school safety plans. Makes changes to the Indiana secured school fund application procedures. Makes changes to the Indiana secured school fund reporting requirements. Makes various changes to provisions regulating the appointment of a school safety specialist, school safety specialist program, and school safety plans. Requires before December 31, 2023, that each county shall establish a county school safety commission. (Current law provides that a county may establish a county school safety commission.) Requires each school corporation and charter school to establish a safe school committee. Requires the division of school building physical security and safety of the department of education to establish and maintain guidelines, in consultation with the department of homeland security and institute for criminal justice, for developing and maintaining school safety plans and assist the secured school safety board in conducting the review and submitting certain reports. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation or charter school organizer shall: (1) approve or disapprove all school safety specialists chosen by the superintendent of the school corporation or leadership of the charter school; and (2) review the school safety plan. Makes changes to the duties of a school resource officer. Makes changes to information reported by a school corporation or charter school pertaining to a school resource officer that is reported to the department of homeland security. Requires the secured schools safety board to include certain aggregate information relating to the number of school resource officers employed by schools. Provides that an organizer of a charter school shall require each charter school under the authority of the organizer to conduct annual emergency preparedness drills. Makes changes to distribution amounts from the state user fee fund. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals provisions establishing the Indiana safe schools fund, school safe haven programs, and existing provisions relating to the establishment of school safety specialists, county school safety commissions, school safety specialist training and safe school programs. Defines various terms. Provides that a school corporation, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school may receive a matching grant from the Indiana secured school fund to purchase student safety management technology. Makes a technical correction.

School safety.

Rep. Wendy McNamara [R]	Rep. Michelle Davis [R]	Rep. Chuck Goodrich [R]	Rep. Tonya Pfaff [D]
Sen. Michael Crider [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]

2023-04-20 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 92 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2023-04-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-01	House	Public Law 150
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-24	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-20	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 466: yeas 92, nays 0
2023-04-20	House	Motion to concur filed
2023-04-19	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-18	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
2023-04-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 444: yeas 50, nays 0
2023-04-17	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #1 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-13	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-04-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-03-01	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-02-22	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-21	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
2023-02-21	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 186: yeas 95, nays 0
2023-02-20	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-16	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-06	House	Representative Pfaff added as coauthor
2023-02-02	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2023-02-02	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-17	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-17	House	Authored by Representative McNamara
2023-01-17	House	Coauthored by Representatives Davis and Goodrich

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#4.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#5.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#6.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#7.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#H186
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#S444
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1492/#H466