Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Passed House 4 R cosponsors

HB 1073 — Special education.

Last action — First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

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

This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment.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

Provides that the commission on seclusion and restraint in schools (commission) must include eliminating or minimizing the need for use of time-out in its model restraint and seclusion plan. Requires the commission to meet biannually (instead of annually, under current law), and requires the commission to submit a biannual report to the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities. Requires school corporations, subject to available funding, to have electronic recording equipment in each designated special education classroom, seclusion area, and time-out area not later than July 1, 2025. Provides that electronic recording equipment must be active and recording when certain areas are in use, and that any recorded audio files, images, and video must be stored for a period of not less than 60 days. Creates a process by which a parent of a special education student may request to review certain recordings. Provides that specified individuals employed by a school corporation may request to review to review recordings.

Bill Text

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Action History

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

  2. Referred to the Senate

  3. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 107: yeas 73, nays 24

  4. Senate sponsor: Senator Buchanan

  5. Representative Goodrich added as coauthor

  6. Third reading: call withdrawn

  7. Amendment #1 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote

  8. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  9. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  10. Representative Payne Z added as coauthor

  11. Representative Haggard C added as coauthor

  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  13. Authored by Representative Cash

Sponsors

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2 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (3)

Not signed on (145)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1073 do?
Provides that the commission on seclusion and restraint in schools (commission) must include eliminating or minimizing the need for use of time-out in its model restraint and seclusion plan. Requires the commission to meet biannually (instead of annually, under current law), and requires the commission to submit a biannual report to the state advisory council on the education of children with disabilities. Requires school corporations, subject to available funding, to have electronic recording equipment in each designated special education classroom, seclusion area, and time-out area not later than July 1, 2025. Provides that electronic recording equipment must be active and recording when certain areas are in use, and that any recorded audio files, images, and video must be stored for a period of not less than 60 days. Creates a process by which a parent of a special education student may request to review certain recordings. Provides that specified individuals employed by a school corporation may request to review to review recordings.
Who sponsors HB 1073?
HB 1073 is sponsored by Brian Buchanan (Republican), Chuck Goodrich, Zach Payne (Republican), Craig Haggard (Republican), and Becky Cash (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1073?
This bill died with 2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” 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 1073?
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