Indiana Senate Bill 167 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 20 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-20 - Public Law 29
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

FAFSA. Requires all students, except for students at certain nonpublic schools, in the student's senior year to complete and submit the FAFSA not later than April 15 unless: (1) a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an emancipated minor, signs a waiver that the student understands what the FAFSA is and declines to complete it; or (2) the principal or school counselor of the student's high school waives the requirement for a group of students due to the principal or school counselor being unable to reach the parents or guardians of the students by April 15 after at least two reasonable attempts to contact the parents or guardians. Requires that the: (1) model notice prepared by the commission for higher education; and (2) notice that each school corporation is required to send regarding the FAFSA; include information regarding the requirements and exceptions for completing the FAFSA. Expires certain requirements on June 30, 2033. Makes a conforming change and technical corrections.

FAFSA.

Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. J.D. Ford [D]	Sen. Rodney Pol [D]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Cindy Ledbetter [R]	Rep. Edward DeLaney [D]

2023-04-04 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 45 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2023-03-21 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 84 N: 9 NV: 2 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 43 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-20	Senate	Public Law 29
2023-04-20	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-04-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-11	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-06	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-04	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 318: yeas 45, nays 3
2023-04-03	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2023-03-22	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-03-21	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 280: yeas 84, nays 9
2023-03-20	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-03-16	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-02-22	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-21	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-21	Senate	Senator Pol added as coauthor
2023-02-21	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Ledbetter C and DeLaney
2023-02-21	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2023-02-21	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 43, nays 3
2023-02-20	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-20	Senate	Amendment #1 (Leising) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-16	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-02-09	Senate	Senator Donato added as second author
2023-01-26	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Leising

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#3.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#4.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#5.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#S136
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#H280
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/167/#S318