Indiana Senate Bill 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 169
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Reporting on school curriculum. Provides the following: (1) Not later than October 1, 2023, each public elementary school and state accredited nonpublic elementary school shall provide to the department of education (department) information regarding whether the school provides instruction on cursive writing to students and, if cursive writing instruction is provided, the grade level of students to whom the instruction is provided. (2) Not later than December 1, 2023, the department shall prepare a report regarding the information and submit the report to the legislative council.

Reporting on school curriculum.

Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Vaneta Becker [R]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]	Rep. Michelle Davis [R]	Rep. Sheila Klinker [D]
Rep. Vernon Smith [D]

2023-04-25 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 36 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-25 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 84 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 15) [PASS]
2023-04-13 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-28 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 42 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 169
2023-05-04	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-26	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-25	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 482: yeas 36, nays 13
2023-04-25	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 496: yeas 84, nays 0
2023-04-24	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-24	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-18	House	House advisors appointed: Davis, Payne, Klinker and Pfaff
2023-04-18	House	House conferees appointed: Behning and Smith V
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Hunley, Becker and Glick
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Ford J.D.
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2023-04-18	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-13	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-13	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 409: yeas 95, nays 0
2023-04-12	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-10	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-03-01	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-28	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Davis M, Klinker, Smith, V.
2023-02-28	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Behning
2023-02-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 182: yeas 42, nays 7
2023-02-27	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-27	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-26	Senate	Senator Tomes added as coauthor
2023-01-19	Senate	Senator Glick added as third author
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senators Leising and Becker

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#3.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#4.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#S182
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#H409
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#H496
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/72/#S482