Indiana Senate Bill 287

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 18 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-03-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

School board matters. Requires candidates for school board offices to be nominated in the same manner as candidates for all other elected offices are nominated. Repeals the current statute relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices. Repeals other superseded statutes and makes conforming changes. Modifies the annual amount that the governing body of a school corporation may pay a member of the governing body from $2,000 (under current law) to an amount not to exceed 10% of the lowest starting salary of a teacher employed by the school corporation.

School board matters.

Sen. Gary Byrne [R]	Sen. Chris Garten [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Mike Gaskill [R]
Rep. John Prescott [R]	Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]	Rep. Michelle Davis [R]	Rep. Robert Heaton [R]

2025-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 26 N: 20 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-13 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 11 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-03-03	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2025-02-18	Senate	Referred to the House
2025-02-17	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Wesco, Davis, Heaton
2025-02-17	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Prescott
2025-02-17	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 26, nays 20
2025-02-13	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-02-13	Senate	Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 121: yeas 11, nays 34
2025-02-10	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2025-01-30	Senate	Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
2025-01-21	Senate	Senator Doriot added as third author
2025-01-21	Senate	Senator Garten added as second author
2025-01-21	Senate	Senator Doriot removed as second author
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senators Byrne and Doriot

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/287/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/SB0287.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/SB0287.02.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/committee-amendments/drafts/AM028702.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/committee-amendments/drafts/AM028701.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/amendments/SB0287.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/fiscal-notes/SB0287.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/votesheets/SB0287.01.INTR.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/committee-reports/SB0287.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/fiscal-notes/SB0287.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/fiscal-notes/SB0287.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/fiscal-notes/SB0287.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/rollcalls/SB0287.121_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0287/rollcalls/SB0287.140_S.pdf