Indiana Senate Bill 6

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 11 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - Public Law 7
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Reading proficiency. Requires the department of education (department) to develop a method to identify students in grade 4 through grade 8 who: (1) did not pass the determinant evaluation of reading skills approved by the state board of education; and (2) are at risk of not being proficient in reading as determined by Lexile scores on the statewide summative assessment. Requires the department to develop guidance for schools regarding how to support students who are at risk of not being proficient in reading.

Reading proficiency.

Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]
Rep. Robert Behning [R]

2024-02-20 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2024-01-30 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-11	Senate	Public Law 7
2024-03-11	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2024-03-08	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2024-03-04	House	Signed by the Speaker
2024-02-29	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2024-02-21	House	Returned to the Senate without amendments
2024-02-20	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 163: yeas 92, nays 1
2024-02-19	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2024-02-15	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2024-02-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2024-01-31	Senate	Referred to the House
2024-01-30	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2024-01-30	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2024-01-30	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 49, nays 0
2024-01-29	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2024-01-25	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2024-01-18	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2024-01-11	Senate	Senator Crane added as coauthor
2024-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2024-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Raatz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/6/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/SB0006.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/SB0006.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/SB0006.03.COMH.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/SB0006.04.ENRH.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/votesheets/SB0006.01.INTR.05.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/committee-reports/SB0006.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.03.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/votesheets/SB0006.02.COMS.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/committee-reports/SB0006.02.COMS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.03.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.03.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/fiscal-notes/SB0006.04.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/rollcalls/SB0006.56_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0006/rollcalls/SB0006.163_H.pdf