Indiana House Bill 1637 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 7 2015 - 100% progression
Action: 2015-05-07 - Public Law 222
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Various education issues. Reduces the number of members of the governing body of the school city of East Chicago from nine to five, beginning January 1, 2017. Provides that if a vacancy occurs on the governing body before January 1, 2017, the vacancy shall not be filled unless the vacancy reduces the number of members to fewer than five. Provides that three members of the governing body are elected from districts and two members of the governing body are elected at large by all the voters of the city. Repeals and provides for the expiration of statutes consistent with the

Various education issues. Reduces the number of members of the governing body of the school city of East Chicago from nine to five, beginning January 1, 2017. Provides that if a vacancy occurs on the governing body before January 1, 2017, the vacancy shall not be filled unless the vacancy reduces the number of members to fewer than five. Provides that three members of the governing body are elected from districts and two members of the governing body are elected at large by all the voters of the city. Repeals and provides for the expiration of statutes consistent with the

Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Vernon Smith [D]	Sen. Pete Miller [R]
Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Earline Rogers [D]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]

2015-04-29 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 45 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-04-28 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2015-04-09 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2015-03-25 - Senate - Senate Committee on Education & Career Development - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2015-02-24 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2015-02-18 - House - House Committee on Education - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-05-07	House	Public Law 222
2015-05-07	House	Signed by the Governor
2015-05-04	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2015-05-04	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2015-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2015-04-29	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 543: yeas 45, nays 3
2015-04-28	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 563: yeas 97, nays 0
2015-04-15	Senate	Senate Advisors appointed: Kruse, Rogers and Raatz
2015-04-15	Senate	Senate Conferees appointed: Miller Pete and Stoops
2015-04-14	House	House Advisors appointed: Clere, Lucas, Austin, Errington and Moed
2015-04-14	House	House Conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V
2015-04-14	House	House dissented from Senate Amendments
2015-04-13	House	Motion to dissent filed
2015-04-10	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2015-04-09	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 408: yeas 48, nays 1
2015-04-07	Senate	Amendment #2 (Miller Pete) prevailed; voice vote
2015-04-07	Senate	Amendment #1 (Miller Pete) prevailed; voice vote
2015-04-07	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2015-03-31	Senate	Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
2015-03-26	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-03-02	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Committee on Education & Career Development
2015-02-25	House	Referred to the Senate
2015-02-24	House	Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
2015-02-24	House	Senator Kruse added as second sponsor
2015-02-24	House	Senator Miller, Pete added as sponsor
2015-02-24	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 258: yeas 94, nays 0
2015-02-23	House	Representatives Clere and Smith, V. added as coauthor
2015-02-23	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2015-02-19	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2015-01-22	House	First Reading: referred to Committee on Education
2015-01-22	House	Authored by Representative Behning

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/house/1637/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/0/4/d/b04d6516/HB1637.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/8/c/558c76a3/HB1637.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/8/6/f/686fe17b/HB1637.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/9/4/4/a944746f/HB1637.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/1/7/cc17a44e/HB1637.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/2/1/d/421d89de/HB1637.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/3/4/f/d34ff314/HB1637.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/5/7/7/7577c54d/HB1637.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/6/6/7/a6679307/HB1637.05.ENRH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/8/b/9/08b927c9/HB1637.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/c/7/1/5c716f0d/HB1637.258.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/8/7/9/387963fa/HB1637.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/3/b/6/c3b65cdd/HB1637.408.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/8/b/0/48b0eb85/HB1637.563.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/d/9/c/2d9c93b4/HB1637.543.pdf