Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 R cosponsors

HB 1198 — Student use of a wireless communication device.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Education

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

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Requires that each school corporation and charter school adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that governs, with certain exceptions, student use of a wireless communication device and publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's website.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  2. Authored by Representative McGuire

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 149 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (149)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1198 do?
Requires that each school corporation and charter school adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that governs, with certain exceptions, student use of a wireless communication device and publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's website.
Who sponsors HB 1198?
HB 1198 is sponsored by Julie McGuire (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1198?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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.
Where can I track HB 1198?
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