Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 R cosponsors

SB 211 — Excellence in civic engagement designation and school meetings.

Last action — Public Law 114

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2024. Enacted.

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High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    4 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 R).

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Summary

Requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with the commission for higher education and subject to the approval of the state board, to establish an excellence in civic engagement designation. Requires the department to develop recommendations for an excellence in civics education designation for schools. Provides that the public hearing required before a school employer and school employee may privately negotiate certain matters may take place at a regular or special meeting of the school's governing body.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 114

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 343: yeas 98, nays 0

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 318: yeas 43, nays 4

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  10. House conferees appointed: Behning and DeLaney

  11. House advisors appointed: Davis, Payne, Cash and Smith V

  12. Motion to dissent filed

  13. Senate dissented from House amendments

  14. Senate conferees appointed: Raatz and Yoder

  15. Senate advisors appointed: Qaddoura and Baldwin

  16. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 229: yeas 93, nays 0

  18. Amendment #1 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote

  19. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  20. Amendment #2 (Hamilton) ruled out of order

  21. Amendment #3 (DeLaney) ruled out of order

  22. Amendment #4 (DeLaney) prevailed; Roll Call 202: yeas 93, nays 0

  23. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  24. First reading: referred to Committee on Education

  25. Referred to the House

  26. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: yeas 38, nays 10

  27. Cosponsor: Representative Davis

  28. House sponsor: Representative Behning

  29. Amendment #2 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote

  30. Senator Donato added as second author

  31. Senator Crane added as third author

  32. Senator Crane removed as coauthor

  33. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  34. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  35. Senator Crane added as coauthor

  36. Authored by Senator Raatz

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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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4 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (145)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 211 do?
Requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with the commission for higher education and subject to the approval of the state board, to establish an excellence in civic engagement designation. Requires the department to develop recommendations for an excellence in civics education designation for schools. Provides that the public hearing required before a school employer and school employee may privately negotiate certain matters may take place at a regular or special meeting of the school's governing body.
Who sponsors SB 211?
SB 211 is sponsored by Michelle Davis (Republican), Robert Behning (Republican), John Crane, Stacey Donato (Republican), and Jeff Raatz (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 211?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2024. Enacted.
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