IN HB 1004

enacted

Various education matters.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · lower

Follow this bill’s action updates (Atom)

Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.

Quick answers

Did IN HB 1004 pass?

Yes. IN HB 1004 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-04): Signed by the Governor

What is IN HB 1004 about?

Makes changes to various education provisions concerning the following: (1) Certain school corporation accounting requirements. (2) The "nonpublic school" definition. (3) Recodification and state board of education (state board) transition provisions. (4) The state board's duties. (5) Powers of the governing bodies of school corporations. (6) Public-private agreements by charter schools for the construction or renovation of schools. (7) Adoption of certain rules by the state board. (8) Provisions that apply to a qualified district or qualified high school. (9) Department of education's (department) duties regarding initiatives for teacher recruitment and retention of certain educators. (10) Internet use policy. (11) Graduation plan requirements. (12) Instruction on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, prescription drugs, and controlled substances. (13) Recognition program criteria application. (14) Reporting on certain student expenditure information. (15) Excused absences. (16) Automated external defibrillator (AED) requirements. (17) Grant awards from the Indiana secured school fund. (18) Joint meetings of governing bodies of school corporations. (19) The borrowing of money by school corporations for certain hardware. Relocates a provision regarding certain possession and storage of a firearm educational materials from the department to the department of homeland security. Allows use of temporary teacher contracts for teachers who have been issued an emergency permit. Removes or repeals various education and higher education provisions concerning the following: (1) Expired and expiring provisions. (2) Duties, discretionary actions, and restrictions regarding the department. (3) Posting of certain information by schools. (4) Discretionary display of certain words by qualified districts. (5) Academic receivership. (6) Staff performance evaluations regarding Indianapolis Public Schools. (7) Certain powers of governing bodies of school corporations. (8) Certain student teaching agreement requirements with postsecondary educational institutions. (9) Certain discretionary authority of school corporations regarding joining regional school study councils, distributing payroll based on contractual and compensation plans, and establishing and using funds for nursery schools. (10) Spending restrictions for remediation programs. (11) Certain website posting requirements for school corporations and charter schools. (12) Reporting regarding students who meet certain requirements during their expected graduation year. (13) Discretion regarding certain feasibility studies. (14) Certain rights and privileges of teachers employed in a joint program or special education cooperatives or with regard to certain interlocal cooperation agreements. (15) Joint investment funds. (16) Application of certain laws to joint programs. (17) Establishment of certain students as transfer students. (18) Discretion regarding employee health coverage for certain individuals. (19) Notification to the secretary of education by a superintendent regarding a conviction or certain final actions. (20) References to an online platform for training. (21) Reports regarding adjunct teachers. (22) Teacher contract requirements regarding the number of work hours per day. (23) Voiding of contracts with teachers if certain conditions apply. (24) Regular teacher's contract requirement for principals, assistant principals, and directors of special education. (25) The provision of certain individual test scores regarding examinations required for teacher licensure. (26) The definition of "secondary school" regarding the federal teacher loan forgiveness program. (27) The definition of "deficit financing" with regard to the Gary Community School Corporation and the Muncie Community school corporation. (28) Allowing instruction on bullying prevention and child abuse by certain individuals. (29) Timing of statewide assessment requirements for state accredited nonpublic schools and eligible schools. (30) Requirement that the department make available certain diagnostic tools. (31) Discretionary portfolio programs by governing bodies of school corporations. (32) Allowing expulsion if a student's legal settlement is not in an attendance area. (33) Report requirement by the education commission of the states. (34) Duty of a school corporation to preserve instructional programs. (35) The primary care physician loan forgiveness program. (36) Required payments by postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institutions regarding cost of performing team onsite investigations. (37) Indiana excellence in teaching endowment. (38) Listing of funds established outside certain education provisions. Repeals and relocates education provisions regarding programs administered by the state with the following changes: (1) Removes or repeals the following: (A) Dissemination of certain information regarding the teacher referral system. (B) Expired provisions. (C) Certain uses of the Senator David C. Ford educational technology fund. (D) The technology plan grant program and requirements. (E) School social worker qualification requirements. (F) An annual report regarding system of teacher and student advancement grants. (G) The Indiana education residency pilot program. (H) A biannual progress report regarding the next level computer science program and fund. (I) A noncompliance and transfer of responsibility provision regarding the next level computer science program and fund. (2) Amends certain requirements regarding the process for evaluating curricular materials. Makes conforming changes.

Who sponsors IN HB 1004?

Linda Rogers, Jeff Raatz, Tyler Johnson and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN HB 1004, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-03-04 — Signed by the Governor
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-04
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2026-03-04
Public Law 74
became-law
2026-03-04
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2026-03-04
Public Law 74
became-law
2026-03-04
Public Law 74
became-law
2026-02-27
Motion to concur filed
filing
2026-02-27
Motion to concur filed
filing
2026-02-27
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage
2026-02-27
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 407: yeas 66, nays 29
2026-02-27
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the Speaker
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the Speaker
passage
2026-02-27
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 407: yeas 66, nays 29
2026-02-27
House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 407: yeas 66, nays 29
2026-02-27
Motion to concur filed
filing
2026-02-27
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage
2026-02-27
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-02-25
Senate advisors appointed: Raatz, Qaddoura, Rogers
2026-02-25
House conferees appointed: Behning, Smith V
2026-02-25
House advisors appointed: McGuire, Smith H, DeLaney, Klinker, Pfaff
2026-02-25
Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T, Ford J.D.
2026-02-25
Senate advisors appointed: Raatz, Qaddoura, Rogers
2026-02-25
House advisors appointed: McGuire, Smith H, DeLaney, Klinker, Pfaff
2026-02-25
Senate advisors appointed: Raatz, Qaddoura, Rogers
2026-02-25
House conferees appointed: Behning, Smith V
2026-02-25
House conferees appointed: Behning, Smith V
2026-02-25
House advisors appointed: McGuire, Smith H, DeLaney, Klinker, Pfaff
2026-02-25
Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T, Ford J.D.
2026-02-24
Returned to the House with amendments
receipt
2026-02-24
Motion to dissent filed
filing
2026-02-24
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 225: yeas 28, nays 20
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-02-24
Motion to dissent filed
filing
2026-02-24
House dissented from Senate amendments
2026-02-24
Returned to the House with amendments
receipt
2026-02-24
House dissented from Senate amendments
2026-02-24
Motion to dissent filed
filing
2026-02-23
Amendment #9 (Donato) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #3 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #3 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #7 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-23
Amendment #7 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #10 (Tomes) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-23
Amendment #11 (Deery) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #10 (Tomes) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-23
Amendment #9 (Donato) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Amendment #11 (Deery) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-02-23
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-23
Amendment #7 (Yoder) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-02-19
Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-02-12
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-12
Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
2026-02-12
Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
2026-02-12
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-02-02
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Referred to the Senate
referral
2026-01-28
Senate sponsors: Senators Johnson T, Raatz
2026-01-28
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 148: yeas 67, nays 26
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-01-27
Amendment #5 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #2 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #4 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 35, nays 57
amendment-failure,failure
2026-01-27
Amendment #2 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #3 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-27
Amendment #4 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 35, nays 57
amendment-failure,failure
2026-01-27
Amendment #2 (Cash) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #4 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 35, nays 57
amendment-failure,failure
2026-01-27
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-27
Amendment #5 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #6 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-27
Amendment #3 (Behning) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #5 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-27
Amendment #6 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage
2026-01-22
Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-08
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-08
Authored by Representative Behning
2026-01-08
Coauthored by Representatives McGuire, Smith H

Versions

Introduced House Bill (H)Compare
House Bill (H)Compare
Engrossed House Bill (S)Compare
House Bill (S)Compare
Engrossed House Bill (H)Compare
Enrolled House Bill (H)Compare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

HB 1004 - Behning - 2nd Reading
2026-01-27 · fail · 35-57
Member-level votes (100)
- Andrade: yes
- DeLaney: yes
- Jackson, C: yes
- Pfaff: yes
- Bartlett: yes
- Dvorak: yes
- Johnson, B: yes
- Pierce, M: yes
- Bauer: yes
- Errington: yes
- Klinker: yes
- Porter: yes
- Burton: yes
- Garcia Wilburn: yes
- Manning: yes
- Pryor: yes
- Campbell: yes
- GiaQuinta: yes
- Miller, K: yes
- Shackleford: yes
- Cash: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Moed: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Clere: yes
- Hamilton: yes
- Moseley: yes
- Smith, V: yes
- Criswell: yes
- Harris: yes
- Novak: yes
- Summers: yes
- Dant Chesser: yes
- Hatcher: yes
- Pack: yes
- Abbott: no
- Hall: no
- Lopez: no
- Slager: no
- Aylesworth: no
- Heaton: no
- Lucas: no
- Smaltz: no
- Baird: no
- Hostettler: no
- May: no
- Smith, H: no
- Bascom: no
- Ireland: no
- Mayfield: no
- Snow: no
- Behning: no
- Isa: no
- McGuire: no
- Soliday: no
- Borders: no
- Jeter: no
- McNamara: no
- Steuerwald: no
- Carbaugh: no
- Jordan: no
- Meltzer: no
- Teshka: no
- Commons: no
- Judy: no
- Miller, D: no
- Thompson: no
- Culp: no
- Karickhoff: no
- Morris: no
- VanNatter: no
- Davis: no
- King: no
- O'Brien: no
- Wesco: no
- DeVon: no
- Lauer: no
- Olthoff: no
- Yocum: no
- Engleman: no
- Lawson: no
- Payne: no
- Zimmerman: no
- Genda: no
- Ledbetter: no
- Pierce, K: no
- Greene: no
- Lehman: no
- Prescott: no
- Haggard: no
- Lindauer: no
- Pressel: no
- Barrett: excused
- Gore: excused
- Heine: excused
- Rowray: excused
- Bartels: not voting
- Patterson: not voting
- Sweet: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
HB 1004 - Behning - 3rd Reading
2026-01-28 · pass · 67-26
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- Greene: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Haggard: yes
- Manning: yes
- Slager: yes
- Bartels: yes
- Heaton: yes
- May: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Bascom: yes
- Hostettler: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Behning: yes
- Ireland: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Snow: yes
- Borders: yes
- Isa: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Soliday: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Jeter: yes
- Meltzer: yes
- Steuerwald: yes
- Cash: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- Sweet: yes
- Clere: yes
- Judy: yes
- Morris: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Commons: yes
- Karickhoff: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Criswell: yes
- King: yes
- Olthoff: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- Culp: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wesco: yes
- Davis: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Payne: yes
- Yocum: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Pierce, K: yes
- Zimmerman: yes
- Engleman: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Prescott: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Genda: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Pressel: yes
- Andrade: no
- Errington: no
- Klinker: no
- Porter: no
- Bartlett: no
- Garcia Wilburn: no
- Miller, K: no
- Pryor: no
- Burton: no
- GiaQuinta: no
- Moed: no
- Shackleford: no
- Campbell: no
- Hamilton: no
- Moseley: no
- Smith, V: no
- Dant Chesser: no
- Harris: no
- Novak: no
- Summers: no
- DeLaney: no
- Hatcher: no
- Pfaff: no
- Dvorak: no
- Jackson, C: no
- Pierce, M: no
- Baird: excused
- Hall: excused
- Heine: excused
- Johnson, B: excused
- Bauer: excused
- Gore: not voting
- Pack: not voting
HB 1004 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading
2026-02-24 · pass · 28-20
Member-level votes (50)
- Alexander: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Donato: yes
- Koch: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Doriot: yes
- McKinley: yes
- Bray: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Garten: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Brown: yes
- Clark: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Crider: yes
- Goode: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Buck: yes
- Deery: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Busch: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Alting: no
- Freeman: no
- Maxwell: no
- Spencer: no
- Bassler: no
- Glick: no
- Niezgodski: no
- Taylor: no
- Becker: no
- Hunley: no
- Qaddoura: no
- Tomes: no
- Bohacek: no
- Jackson, L: no
- Randolph: no
- Walker G: no
- Ford J.D.: no
- Leising: no
- Schmitt: no
- Yoder: no
- Pol: excused
- Young: excused
HB 1004 - Behning
2026-02-27 · pass · 66-29
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Greene: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Shonkwiler: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- Haggard: yes
- Manning: yes
- Slager: yes
- Barrett: yes
- Hall: yes
- May: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Bartels: yes
- Heaton: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Bascom: yes
- Heine: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Snow: yes
- Behning: yes
- Ireland: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Soliday: yes
- Borders: yes
- Isa: yes
- Meltzer: yes
- Steuerwald: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Jeter: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- Sweet: yes
- Cash: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Morris: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Clere: yes
- Karickhoff: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Commons: yes
- King: yes
- Olthoff: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- Criswell: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Wesco: yes
- Culp: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Payne: yes
- Yocum: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Pierce, K: yes
- Zimmerman: yes
- Engleman: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Prescott: yes
- Mr. Speaker: yes
- Genda: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Pressel: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Andrade: no
- Errington: no
- Klinker: no
- Porter: no
- Bartlett: no
- Garcia Wilburn: no
- Miller, K: no
- Pryor: no
- Bauer: no
- GiaQuinta: no
- Moed: no
- Shackleford: no
- Burton: no
- Gore: no
- Moseley: no
- Smith, V: no
- Campbell: no
- Hamilton: no
- Novak: no
- Summers: no
- Dant Chesser: no
- Harris: no
- Pack: no
- DeLaney: no
- Jackson, C: no
- Pfaff: no
- Dvorak: no
- Johnson, B: no
- Pierce, M: no
- Baird: excused
- Davis: excused
- Hostettler: excused
- Hatcher: not voting
- Judy: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1004

Attribution

Data from openstates_api_sync, retrieved 2026-10-10T09:20:22.522793Z

Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:

Source and document changes Status and relationship changes

Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:

Bulk imports for this session Session dates and activity

Use this data

Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=IN&identifier=HB 1004. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.

Known limitations

Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
Committee referrals are not yet captured.
Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.

See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.