Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 10 R cosponsors

SB 289 — Unlawful discrimination.

Last action — Public Law 196

  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 13, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 06, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    3 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (10 R).

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Summary

Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees. Prohibits unlawful discrimination in education, public employment, and licensure. Allows participation in public contracts by a minority business enterprise, women's business enterprise, and veteran business enterprise, as currently authorized by law. Permits scholarships based on a personal characteristic of the recipient if the scholarship is not funded by state funds or resources, and permits the renewal of specified state funded minority teaching scholarships for those recipients who were initially awarded the scholarship before July 1, 2025. Changes the criteria for certain state funded teaching scholarships from minority status to residence in an underserved county and an agreement to teach in an underserved county. Prohibits requiring as a condition of licensure that a person affirm that a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Prohibits a public employer from requiring training asserting that, or implementing the theory that, a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Permits a person injured by a violation to bring a civil action for actual damages, court costs, and injunctive relief.

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Action History

  1. Public Law 196

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 548: yeas 64, nays 26

  6. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 506: yeas 34, nays 16

  8. Representative Steuerwald removed as advisor

  9. Senator Johnson T added as conferee

  10. Senator Johnson T removed as advisor

  11. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  12. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  13. Representative Steuerwald added as conferee

  14. Representative Garcia Wilburn removed as conferee

  15. Senator Pol removed as conferee

  16. House advisors appointed: McNamara, Steuerwald, DeLaney and Harris

  17. Senate conferees appointed: Byrne and Pol

  18. Motion to dissent filed

  19. Senate dissented from House amendments

  20. Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Johnson T

  21. House conferees appointed: Jeter and Garcia Wilburn

  22. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  23. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 441: yeas 67, nays 27

  24. Amendment #17 (Harris) prevailed; voice vote

  25. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  26. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  27. Representative Lindauer added as cosponsor

  28. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

  29. Referred to the House

  30. Cosponsor: Representative McNamara

  31. House sponsor: Representative Jeter

  32. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 34, nays 13

  33. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  34. Amendment #3 (Hunley) failed; voice vote

  35. Amendment #4 (Hunley) failed; Division of the Senate: yeas 10, nays 38

  36. Amendment #8 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote

  37. Amendment #5 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 64: yeas 10, nays 39

  38. Senator Maxwell added as coauthor

  39. Senator Alexander added as coauthor

  40. Senator Doriot added as coauthor

  41. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  42. Senator Johnson T added as second author

  43. Authored by Senator Byrne

  44. Senators Tomes and Young M added as coauthors

  45. First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary

Sponsors

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3 sponsors · 7 co-sponsors · 140 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (7)

Not signed on (140)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 289 do?
Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees. Prohibits unlawful discrimination in education, public employment, and licensure. Allows participation in public contracts by a minority business enterprise, women's business enterprise, and veteran business enterprise, as currently authorized by law. Permits scholarships based on a personal characteristic of the recipient if the scholarship is not funded by state funds or resources, and permits the renewal of specified state funded minority teaching scholarships for those recipients who were initially awarded the scholarship before July 1, 2025. Changes the criteria for certain state funded teaching scholarships from minority status to residence in an underserved county and an agreement to teach in an underserved county. Prohibits requiring as a condition of licensure that a person affirm that a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Prohibits a public employer from requiring training asserting that, or implementing the theory that, a person with a certain personal characteristic: (1) is inherently superior or inferior to a person with a different personal characteristic; (2) should be blamed for actions committed in the past; or (3) has a moral character that is determined by a personal characteristic of the person. Permits a person injured by a violation to bring a civil action for actual damages, court costs, and injunctive relief.
Who sponsors SB 289?
SB 289 is sponsored by Shane Lindauer (Republican), Wendy McNamara (Republican), Chris Jeter (Republican), Randy Maxwell (Republican), Scott Alexander (Republican), Blake Doriot (Republican), Michael Young (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), and Gary Byrne (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 289?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
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