Indiana Senate Bill 233 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 16 2015 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-02 - First Reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
Pending: House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Winter holidays in schools, cities, and towns. Provides that a school corporation may: (1) instruct students about the history of traditional winter celebrations; (2) allow the use of traditional greetings concerning the celebrations; and (3) display on school property scenes or symbols associated with traditional winter celebrations if certain conditions are met and the scenes or symbols do not include a message that encourages a particular religious belief. Requires the state board of education to develop guidelines to assist school corporations in developing appropriate instruction and displays. Provides that the legislative body of a city, including a consolidated city, or

Winter holidays in schools, cities, and towns. Provides that a school corporation may: (1) instruct students about the history of traditional winter celebrations; (2) allow the use of traditional greetings concerning the celebrations; and (3) display on school property scenes or symbols associated with traditional winter celebrations if certain conditions are met and the scenes or symbols do not include a message that encourages a particular religious belief. Requires the state board of education to develop guidelines to assist school corporations in developing appropriate instruction and displays. Provides that the legislative body of a city, including a consolidated city, or

Sen. James Smith [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]
Sen. Michael Young [R]	Rep. Milo Smith [R]	Rep. Charles Burton [R]

2015-02-10 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-04 - Senate - Senate Committee on Education & Career Development - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-02	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform
2015-02-16	Senate	Referred to the House
2015-02-10	Senate	Senators Leising, Young, M. added as coauthors
2015-02-10	Senate	Representative Burton added as cosponsor
2015-02-10	Senate	Representative Smith, M. added as sponsor
2015-02-10	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 121: yeas 48, nays 2
2015-02-09	Senate	Amendment #1 (Stoops) failed; Division of the Senate: yeas 9, nays 31
2015-02-09	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-05	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2015-01-20	Senate	Senator Tomes added as third author
2015-01-14	Senate	Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Education & Career Development
2015-01-07	Senate	Senator Kruse added as second author
2015-01-06	Senate	First Reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
2015-01-06	Senate	Authored by Senator Smith J

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/233/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/3/5/5/8355280a/SB0233.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/2/c/722c55dd/SB0233.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/2/5/d025c464/SB0233.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/4/6/8/44684d0f/SB0233.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/0/e/a70e85b2/SB0233.121.pdf