SB 235 Indiana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Summary

Establishes prohibitions and requirements on state agencies, recipients of state contracts or grants, state educational institutions, and health profession licensing boards regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion. Allows the attorney general to bring an action concerning noncompliance against a state educational institution. Establishes: (1) requirements regarding a standardized admissions test; and (2) requirements regarding altering academic standards; for postsecondary educational institutions that offer certain health education programs.

Issues: ✗ Education

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Last action Feb 10, 2025

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What changed between versions

Introduced Senate Bill (S) → Senate Bill (S) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to update its title and digest information, add additional sponsors, and modify specific language regarding prohibited agency opinions. The most substantive change is the addition of 'unconscious or implicit' to the list of terms that agencies cannot promote as official positions, clarifying the scope of prohibited diversity, equity, and inclusion messaging.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on state agencies, educational institutions, and health licensing boards, but the specific prohibited opinions were modified to explicitly include 'unconscious or implicit bias' as a prohibited term.

REQUIREMENT

Added 'unconscious or implicit' to the list of prohibited opinion terms that state agencies cannot promote as official positions.

ENFORCEMENT

Changed the enforcement mechanism to allow the attorney general to bring civil actions for noncompliance against state educational institutions.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill title, digest information, and added additional sponsors to the legislative document.

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Committee

Jan 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

upper

Jan 13, 2025

Committee

Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Judiciary

upper

2 primary · 2 co-sponsors