SB 161 IN

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Requires the Indiana department of education to elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code (enacted in Public Law 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025). Makes conforming changes to the school scholarship tax credit in current law. Requires the governor and the department of workforce development, in consultation with the commission for higher education, to: (1) establish a process to identify eligible workforce training programs; (2) establish a process for institutions and programs to apply for recognition as an eligible workforce training program; (3) coordinate certain workforce training matters; and (4) require eligible workforce training programs to provide certain datasets to the department. Provides that the department of workforce development must maintain alignment with federal rules governing workforce Pell grants.

• Jeff Raatz Republican · author
• Linda Rogers Republican · author
• Chris Garten Republican · author
• Robert Behning Republican · sponsor

1. Jan 5, 2026 Authored by Senators Raatz, Rogers · upper
2. Jan 5, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper
3. Jan 12, 2026 Senator Garten added as third author · upper
4. Jan 15, 2026 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy · upper
5. Jan 20, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
6. Jan 22, 2026 Amendment #1 (Raatz) prevailed; voice vote · upper
7. Jan 22, 2026 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
8. Jan 26, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 74: yeas 42, nays 2 · upper
9. Jan 26, 2026 House sponsor: Representative Behning · upper
10. Jan 26, 2026 Cosponsor: Representative McGuire · upper
11. Jan 27, 2026 Referred to the House · upper
12. Jan 28, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Education · lower
13. Feb 12, 2026 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
14. Feb 12, 2026 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 · lower
15. Feb 12, 2026 Representative Davis added as cosponsor · lower