THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
IN HB1608 (2023)
Education matters.
Anti-LGBTQ+
Summary
Education matters. Provides that a school, an employee or staff member of a school, or a third party vendor used by a school to provide instruction may not provide any instruction…
- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
- Session
- 2023 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Signed by the Governor
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Don't Say Gay: ElementaryDon't Say Trans: ElementaryForced Outing By Schools
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Jan 19, 2023) at iga.in.gov(opens another site)
- Amended text (Feb 20, 2023) at iga.in.gov(opens another site)
- Amended text (Mar 27, 2023) at iga.in.gov(opens another site)
- Engrossed text (Apr 6, 2023) at iga.in.gov(opens another site)
- Enrolled text (Apr 25, 2023) at iga.in.gov(opens another site)
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Coauthored by Representatives Teshka, Jeter, Heaton | |
| House | Authored by Representative Davis | |
| House | First reading: referred to Committee on Education | |
| House | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted | |
| House | Second reading: ordered engrossed | |
| House | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 220: yeas 65, nays 29 | |
| House | Senate sponsors: Senators Donato, Raatz, Byrne | |
| House | Referred to the Senate | |
| Senate | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development | |
| Senate | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted | |
| Senate | Amendment #12 (Donato) prevailed; voice vote | |
| Senate | Amendment #11 (Yoder) failed; Roll Call 335: yeas 14, nays 34 | |
| Senate | Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 336: yeas 9, nays 39 | |
| Senate | Amendment #4 (Yoder) failed; voice vote | |
| Senate | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed | |
| Senate | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 345: yeas 37, nays 12 | |
| Senate | Returned to the House with amendments | |
| House | Motion to concur filed | |
| House | House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 489: yeas 63, nays 29 | |
| Senate | Signed by the President Pro Tempore | |
| Senate | Signed by the President of the Senate | |
| House | Signed by the Speaker | |
| House | Signed by the Governor | |
| House | Public Law 248 |
Legislative status and legal enforcement are different. See the policy areas and the court sources they cite for enforcement.
Bill data and text from LegiScan (legiscan.com), licensed CC BY 4.0 and used in modified form. LegiScan does not endorse the Trans Data Initiative. Used here in modified form.