Indiana House Bill 1024 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 7-3)
Status: Passed on April 27 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-27 - Public Law 220
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Prayer in schools. Provides that a school corporation or charter school shall not discriminate against a student or a student's parent on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. Provides that students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Provides that public school students may pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression.

Prayer in schools. Provides that a school corporation or charter school shall not discriminate against a student or a student's parent on the basis of a religious viewpoint or religious expression. Provides that students may express their beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of their submissions. Provides that public school students may pray or engage in religious activities or religious expression before, during, and after the school day in the same manner and to the same extent that students may engage in nonreligious activities or expression.

Rep. John Bartlett [D]	Rep. Lloyd Arnold [R]	Rep. Bruce Borders [R]	Rep. Charles Burton [R]
Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. Greg Taylor [D]	Sen. James Merritt [R]
Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]

2017-04-13 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 78 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 15) [PASS]
2017-03-30 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 44 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2017-03-22 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 83 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2017-02-21 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 10 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-27	House	Public Law 220
2017-04-27	House	Signed by the Governor
2017-04-25	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2017-04-18	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2017-04-17	House	Signed by the Speaker
2017-04-13	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 482: yeas 79, nays 7
2017-04-12	House	Motion to concur filed
2017-03-31	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2017-03-30	Senate	Senator Koch added as cosponsor
2017-03-30	Senate	Senator Crane added as cosponsor
2017-03-30	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 325: yeas 44, nays 5
2017-03-27	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-03-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-03-01	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2017-02-28	House	Referred to the Senate
2017-02-27	House	Cosponsor: Senator Merritt
2017-02-27	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Kruse, Randolph Lonnie M and Taylor G
2017-02-27	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 83, nays 12
2017-02-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2017-02-21	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-02-20	House	Representative Burton added as coauthor
2017-01-12	House	Representatives Arnold and Borders added as coauthors
2017-01-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2017-01-04	House	Authored by Representative Bartlett

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1024/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/d/0/9/fd097537/HB1024.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/1/f/c/a1fcf7bb/HB1024.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/3/e/4/e3e496ed/HB1024.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/3/5/4235bee3/HB1024.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/9/a/d/69adb74f/HB1024.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/d/d/e/1dde8b70/HB1024.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/4/f/0/14f01824/HB1024.04.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/2/c/0/a2c0d45b/HB1024.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/6/d/356d2be5/HB1024.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/8/e/f/48ef28fa/HB1024.238.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/f/9/a/df9ad3de/HB1024.03.COMH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/d/a/2adaa816/HB1024.325.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/0/a/3/20a3a806/HB1024.482.pdf