Indiana 2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate Bipartisan · 3 D · 2 R cosponsors

SB 12 — Resident tuition rate for active duty personnel.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Makes the following changes to provisions concerning resident tuition rate eligibility for active duty armed forces personnel and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel: (1) Defines "dependent". (2) Amends the definition of "qualified course". (3) Provides that spouses of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible for the resident tuition rate. (4) Provides that spouses and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible, from the date that the state educational institution accepts the spouse or dependent for enrollment, for the resident tuition rate if the spouse or dependent enrolls in the state educational institution within a certain amount of time. (5) Provides that a dependent or spouse of a person who serves on active duty in the armed forces is eligible for the resident tuition rate for the duration of the spouse's or dependent's continuous enrollment at a state educational institution regardless of whether the person serving on active duty continues, after the spouse or dependent is accepted for enrollment in the state educational institution, to satisfy certain resident rate tuition eligibility criteria.

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  2. Referred to the House

  3. Senator Grooms added as coauthor

  4. Senator Crane added as coauthor

  5. House sponsor: Representative Burton

  6. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 39: yeas 47, nays 0

  7. Senator Zay added as coauthor

  8. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  9. Senator Glick added as coauthor

  10. Senator Raatz added as third author

  11. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  12. Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote

  13. Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor

  14. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  15. Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor

  16. Senator Mrvan added as coauthor

  17. Senator Spartz added as second author

  18. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

  19. Authored by Senator Boots

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 8 co-sponsors · 138 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

  • Woody Burton
  • Jeff Raatz Republican
  • Victoria Spartz
  • Philip Boots

Co-sponsors (8)

Not signed on (138)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 12 do?
Makes the following changes to provisions concerning resident tuition rate eligibility for active duty armed forces personnel and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel: (1) Defines "dependent". (2) Amends the definition of "qualified course". (3) Provides that spouses of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible for the resident tuition rate. (4) Provides that spouses and dependents of active duty armed forces personnel are eligible, from the date that the state educational institution accepts the spouse or dependent for enrollment, for the resident tuition rate if the spouse or dependent enrolls in the state educational institution within a certain amount of time. (5) Provides that a dependent or spouse of a person who serves on active duty in the armed forces is eligible for the resident tuition rate for the duration of the spouse's or dependent's continuous enrollment at a state educational institution regardless of whether the person serving on active duty continues, after the spouse or dependent is accepted for enrollment in the state educational institution, to satisfy certain resident rate tuition eligibility criteria.
Who sponsors SB 12?
SB 12 is sponsored by Woody Burton, Ronald Grooms, John Crane, Andy Zay, Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Susan Glick (Republican), David Niezgodski (Democrat), J.D. Ford (Democrat), Frank Mrvan, Jeff Raatz (Republican), Victoria Spartz, and Philip Boots.
What is the current status of SB 12?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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