Indiana Senate Bill 146

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-02-05 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Teacher compensation. Requires the department of education to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options. Creates the Indiana teacher recruitment program and fund. Beginning June 30, 2025: (1) increases the minimum salary for a teacher employed by a school corporation to $45,000 (current law requires $40,000); and (2) requires a school corporation to expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than 65% of state tuition support (current law requires 62%). Makes an appropriation.

Teacher compensation.

Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Jeff Raatz [R]	Sen. Daryl Schmitt [R]	Sen. Gary Byrne [R]
Sen. Spencer Deery [R]	Sen. Tyler Johnson [R]	Sen. Stacey Donato [R]	Sen. Brian Buchanan [R]
Sen. Greg Goode [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Jake Teshka [R]	Rep. Robert Behning [R]
Rep. Julie McGuire [R]

2025-02-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed (Y: 9 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2025-02-03 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed (Y: 11 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-05	Senate	Referred to the House
2025-02-04	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2025-02-04	Senate	Senator Goode added as coauthor
2025-02-04	Senate	Senators Donato and Buchanan added as coauthors
2025-02-04	Senate	Senators Byrne, Deery, Johnson T added as coauthors
2025-02-04	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Behning and McGuire
2025-02-04	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Teshka
2025-02-04	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 50, nays 0
2025-02-03	Senate	Senator Schmitt added as third author
2025-02-03	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-02-03	Senate	Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 47: yeas 9, nays 40
2025-02-03	Senate	Amendment #2 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 46: yeas 11, nays 38
2025-01-30	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2025-01-23	Senate	Senator Raatz added as second author
2025-01-23	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2025-01-13	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2025-01-13	Senate	Authored by Senator Rogers

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/146/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/SB0146.03.COMS.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014605.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014604.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014603.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014602.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014601.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014607.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0146.01.INTR.AMS07.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0146.01.INTR.AMS03.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0146.01.INTR.AMS02.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0146.01.INTR.AMS01.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/drafts/AM014610.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0146.02.COMS.AMS10.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/amendments/SB0146.03.COMS.AMS002.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/amendments/SB0146.03.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/fiscal-notes/SB0146.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/fiscal-notes/SB0146.01.INTR.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/votesheets/SB0146.01.INTR.03.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-reports/SB0146.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/fiscal-notes/SB0146.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/votesheets/SB0146.02.COMS.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/committee-reports/SB0146.02.COMS.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/fiscal-notes/SB0146.03.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/fiscal-notes/SB0146.03.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/fiscal-notes/SB0146.03.COMS.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/rollcalls/SB0146.46_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/rollcalls/SB0146.47_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0146/rollcalls/SB0146.68_S.pdf