SB 115 IN

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Provides that a policy adopted by a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school with at least one employee addressing expanded criminal history checks or expanded child protection index checks (background checks) must prohibit the hiring of, continuing the employment of, contracting with, or continuing to contract with a person who has been convicted of an offense requiring license revocation, unless the conviction has been reversed, vacated, or set aside on appeal. (Current law provides that such a policy addressing background checks must prohibit the hiring of a person who has been convicted of an offense requiring license revocation, unless the conviction has been reversed, vacated, or set aside on appeal.) Provides that: (1) a school corporation; (2) a charter school; or (3) an entity: (A) with which a school corporation contracts for services; and (B) that has employees who are likely to have direct, ongoing contact with children within the scope of the employees' employment; shall consider whether information obtained from the background checks concerning an individual's conviction for certain offenses constitutes grounds to not employ, not contract with, or to terminate the employment of or contract with the individual. Provides that, in the event that an entity obtains information that an individual employed by the entity who works at a particular school corporation or charter school has been convicted of certain offenses, the entity shall immediately notify the school corporation or charter school of the employee's conviction. Makes changes to the list of offenses for which the department of education shall permanently revoke a teacher's license. Makes conforming changes.

• Aaron Freeman Republican · author
• Mike Bohacek Republican · author
• Michael Crider Republican · author
• John Young · sponsor

1. Jan 4, 2022 Authored by Senator Freeman · upper
2. Jan 4, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development · upper
3. Jan 10, 2022 Senator Houchin added as second author · upper
4. Jan 10, 2022 Senator Crider added as third author · upper
5. Jan 27, 2022 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
6. Jan 31, 2022 Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote · upper
7. Jan 31, 2022 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · upper
8. Jan 31, 2022 Senator Houchin removed as second author · upper
9. Jan 31, 2022 Senator Bohacek added as second author · upper
10. Jan 31, 2022 Senator Houchin added as coauthor · upper
11. Feb 1, 2022 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 145: yeas 48, nays 0 · upper
12. Feb 1, 2022 House sponsor: Representative Young J · upper
13. Feb 2, 2022 Referred to the House · upper
14. Feb 7, 2022 First reading: referred to Committee on Education · lower
15. Feb 21, 2022 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
16. Feb 23, 2022 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
17. Feb 28, 2022 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 293: yeas 93, nays 0 · lower
18. Mar 1, 2022 Returned to the Senate with amendments · lower
19. Mar 1, 2022 Motion to dissent filed · upper
20. Mar 1, 2022 Senate dissented from House amendments · upper
21. Mar 2, 2022 House conferees appointed: Young J and Smith V · lower
22. Mar 2, 2022 House advisors appointed: Thompson, Ziemke, Klinker and Pfaff · lower
23. Mar 2, 2022 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Yoder · upper
24. Mar 2, 2022 Senate advisors appointed: Crider, Ford J.D. and Bohacek · upper
25. Mar 7, 2022 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
26. Mar 7, 2022 CCR # 1 filed in the House · lower
27. Mar 7, 2022 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 353: yeas 95, nays 0 · lower
28. Mar 8, 2022 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 344: yeas 50, nays 0 · upper
29. Mar 9, 2022 Signed by the Speaker · lower
30. Mar 9, 2022 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
31. Mar 15, 2022 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
32. Mar 15, 2022 Signed by the Governor · executive
33. Mar 15, 2022 Public Law 125 · upper

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Enrolled Senate Bill (S) · Mar 8, 2022 · PDF
• Introduced Senate Bill (S) · Dec 27, 2021 · PDF
• Senate Bill (S) · Jan 27, 2022 · PDF
• Engrossed Senate Bill (S) · Jan 31, 2022 · PDF
• Senate Bill (H) · Feb 21, 2022 · PDF