SB0442: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.
Page last updated: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM (America/Indianapolis).
General Information
- Stage: Enrolled Senate Bill (S)
- Current Chamber: senate
- Origin Chamber: senate
- Description: Instruction on human sexuality.
Legislators
Authors (3)
Coauthors (0)
Sponsors (1)
Advisors (1)
Conferees (3)
Actions (41 total)
- May 5, 2025, 8:00 PM: Public Law 204
- May 5, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the Governor
- Apr 28, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the President of the Senate
- Apr 23, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the Speaker
- Apr 23, 2025, 8:00 PM: Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- Apr 23, 2025, 1:04 PM: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 499: yeas 35, nays 12
- Apr 23, 2025, 10:30 AM: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 534: yeas 72, nays 20
- Apr 23, 2025, 8:18 AM: CCR # 1 filed in the House
- Apr 23, 2025, 8:18 AM: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- Apr 23, 2025, 7:43 AM: Senator Schmitt removed as coauthor
- Apr 23, 2025, 6:43 AM: Representative McGuire added as conferee
- Apr 23, 2025, 6:42 AM: Representative Pfaff removed as conferee
- Apr 23, 2025, 5:11 AM: Senator Raatz added as conferee
- Apr 23, 2025, 5:10 AM: Senator Hunley removed as conferee
- Apr 23, 2025, 5:10 AM: Senator Raatz removed as advisor
- Apr 17, 2025, 11:08 AM: Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Raatz
- Apr 17, 2025, 11:08 AM: Senate conferees appointed: Byrne and Hunley
- Apr 16, 2025, 12:34 PM: House advisors appointed: Behning, Cash, Payne, DeLaney, Klinker and Smith V
- Apr 16, 2025, 12:34 PM: House conferees appointed: Davis and Pfaff
- Apr 16, 2025, 10:03 AM: Senate dissented from House amendments
- Apr 16, 2025, 8:57 AM: Motion to dissent filed
- Apr 16, 2025, 4:02 AM: Returned to the Senate with amendments
- Apr 15, 2025, 11:10 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 451: yeas 76, nays 19
- Apr 14, 2025, 12:21 PM: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
- Apr 14, 2025, 12:20 PM: Amendment #2 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 439: yeas 31, nays 59
- Apr 14, 2025, 12:10 PM: Amendment #1 (Hamilton) prevailed; voice vote
- Apr 14, 2025, 12:09 PM: Amendment #3 (Pfaff) prevailed; voice vote
- Apr 9, 2025, 1:17 PM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- Mar 17, 2025, 10:07 AM: Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
- Mar 3, 2025, 11:30 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 12, 2025, 11:14 AM: Referred to the House
- Feb 11, 2025, 10:25 AM: Cosponsor: Representative King
- Feb 11, 2025, 10:24 AM: House sponsor: Representative Davis
- Feb 11, 2025, 10:22 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 109: yeas 39, nays 9
- Feb 10, 2025, 10:45 AM: Senator Young M added as third author
- Feb 10, 2025, 9:28 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
- Feb 6, 2025, 8:39 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- Feb 3, 2025, 12:14 PM: Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
- Feb 3, 2025, 12:14 PM: Senator Raatz added as second author
- Jan 13, 2025, 7:04 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
- Jan 13, 2025, 7:04 AM: Authored by Senator Byrne
Digest
Provides that, if a school provides instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted infections, the instruction must include instruction concerning consent to sexual activity and a presentation on human growth and development during pregnancy. Provides that a school maintained by a school corporation may not use curricular materials to provide instruction on human sexuality that have not been approved by the governing body of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to include certain information concerning instruction on human sexuality in the written consent forms provided to a parent of a student or a student, if the student is an adult or an emancipated minor, before the student may receive instruction on human sexuality. Requires the governing body of a school corporation to publish a list of materials used in connection with instruction on human sexuality on the school's website and to include a link to the list of materials on electronically formatted written consent forms. Replaces references to "sexually transmitted diseases" with "sexually transmitted infections". Makes conforming changes.