Please note the following definitions:
DP -- Do Pass
DPA -- Do Pass as Amended

Senate Bill Tracking List for the 2003 Session

SB 62 Crime Victim Identifying Information
Author/Co-Authors: Lawson
(Health and Provider Services)
Establishes a commission on abused and neglected children and their families to develop a plan of services for children at risk of abuse or neglect and for abused or neglected children and their families. Requires a report not later than August 15, 2004. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the board for the coordination of child care regulation.)

1/13/03 Senator Breaux added as coauthor
1/15/03 Senator Simpson added as coauthor
1/15/03 DPA 11-0
1/23/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
1/28/03 Referred to the House
1/28/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: Yeas 43 and Nays 0
1/28/03 House sponsor: Rep. Crawford
1/28/03 Cosponsors: Reps. Summers and Budak
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedures
4/07/03 DPA 9-0
4/10/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/14/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 544: Yeas 96 and Nays 2
4/14/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/17/03 Senate dissented from House amendments
4/17/03 Senate conferee appointed: Lawson and Breaux
4/21/03 House conferees appointed: Summers and Budak
4/21/03 House advisors appointed: Kuzman and Foley
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/24/03 Representative Budak removed as conferee
4/24/03 Representative Becker added as conferee
4/24/03 Representative Budak appointed as House advisor
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 521: Yeas 43 and Nays 2
4/25/03 Rules suspended
4/26/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 697: Yeas 91 and Nays 1
4/30/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/30/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/07/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 63 Minimum Standards for Child Care
Author/Co-Authors: Lawson
(Health and Provider Services)
Defines and amends the use of certain terms for purposes of the law concerning the federal child care and development fund voucher program (CCDF). Extends the expiration date of the board for coordination of child care regulation to November 1, 2005. Specifies individuals included in certain voucher program requirements. Specifies certain minimum requirements for CCDF participation by child care providers. Requires continual supervision by a caregiver of a child in the care of a CCDF provider, a child care home, or a child care center. Makes conforming amendments. Repeals the definition of the unused term "voucher agent". (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the board for the coordination of child care regulation.)

1/15/03 DP 11-0
1/15/03 Senator Breaux added as coauthor
1/23/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
1/23/03 Senator Mrvan added as coauthor
1/28/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: Yeas 41 and Nays 2
1/28/03 Referred to the House
1/28/03 House sponsor: Rep. Crawford
1/28/03 Cosponsor: Rep. Budak
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Human Affairs
3/26/03 DP 13-0
3/31/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/01/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 429: Yeas 81 and Nays 11
4/01/03 Returned to the Senate without amendments
4/07/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/08/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/09/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
4/14/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 117 Eligibility for SSACI Program
Author/Co-Authors: Rogers
(Education and Career Development)
Provides that if a dependent student has resided with a caretaker relative other than the student's parent for at least 4 years, the student's eligibility to participate in financial aid programs administered by the state student assistance commission is determined according to the residence of the caretaker relative. Requires the income of the student's legal parent to be considered in making eligibility determinations.

1/15/03 DPA 11-0
1/16/03 Senator Drozda added as second author
1/30/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
1/27/03 Senator Hume added as coauthor
2/03/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 48: Yeas 47 and Nays 0
2/03/03 Referred to the House
2/03/03 House sponsor: Rep. Porter
2/03/03 Cosponsor: Rep. Scholer
2/03/03 Senators Antich and Howard added as coauthors
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
3/25/03 DPA 14-0
3/27/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
4/01/03 DP 27-0
4/07/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/08/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 475: Yeas 98 and Nays 0
4/08/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/16/03 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 458: 49-0
4/22/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/22/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/23/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/01/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 120 Employment of Minors
Author/Co-Authors: Harrison
(Pensions and Labor)
Requires an employer to provide one or two rest breaks totaling at least 30 minutes to a child scheduled to work at least six consecutive hours. Provides that an employer that permits a child to work between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in an establishment that is open to the public unless another employee at least 18 years of age also works in the establishment during those hours commits a hazardous occupation violation.

1/23/03 Senator Antich added as coauthor
1/23/03 Senator Howard added as second author
1/27/03 DP 9-0
1/30/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/03/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: Yeas 47 and Nays 0
2/03/03 Referred to the House
2/03/03 House sponsor: Rep. Klinker
2/03/03 Cosponsor: Rep. Whetstone
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Labor and Employment
3/26/03 DPA 12-0
3/31/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/01/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 430: Yeas 94 and Nays 0
4/01/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/15/03 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 442: 47-0
4/22/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/22/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/07/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 144 Sexual Offenses
Author/Co-Authors: Bowser
(Criminal and Civil and Public Policy)
Removes certain defenses related to sexual misconduct with a minor. Makes the offense of sexual misconduct with a minor that involves deadly force, a deadly weapon, or a drug or controlled substance a "crime of violence" for purposes of the law concerning consecutive and concurrent sentencing where the defendant is at least 18 years of age and the victim is 14 or 15 years of age.

1/09/03 Senator Long added as coauthor
1/14/03 DP 8-0
1/21/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
1/23/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 19: Yeas 50 and Nays 0
1/23/03 Referred to the House
1/23/03 House sponsor: Rep. L. Lawson
1/23/03 Cosponsors: Reps. Foley and Dickinson
1/23/03 Senators Antich and Wyss added as coauthors
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
4/07/03 DPA 13-0
4/10/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/10/03 Placed back on second reading
4/10/03 Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
4/14/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 546: Yeas 98 and Nays 1
4/14/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/16/03 Senate dissented from House amendments
4/16/03 Senate conferees appointed: Long and Bowser
4/17/03 House conferees appointed: L. Lawson and Foley
4/17/03 House advisors appointed: Dickinson and Ulmer
4/23/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 492: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
4/24/03 Rules suspended
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 653: Yeas 91 and Nays 0
4/30/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/30/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/08/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 169 School Bus Drivers Under Open Door Law
Author/Co-Authors: Lawson, C.
(Education and Career Development)
Allows a governing body in an executive session to receive information about misconduct and discuss the status of a school bus driver, who is an independent contractor, before the governing body makes a determination. Allows a governing body to provide public notice to the media through the United States mail, by electronic mail, or by fax. Provides that the factual basis of a disciplinary action in which final action has been taken resulting in the suspension, demotion, or discharge of a public employee is a public record.

1/15/03 DP 10-1
1/23/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
1/23/03 Senator Bowser added as coauthor
1/28/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 36: Yeas 42 and Nays 1
1/28/03 Referred to the House
1/28/03 House sponsor: Rep. Goodin
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
3/26/03 DP 13-0
4/01/03 Representative Stine added as cosponsor
4/02/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
4/03/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 450: Yeas 87 and Nays 2
4/03/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/08/03 Senate dissented from House amendments
4/08/03 Senate conferees appointed: Lawson and Bowser
4/16/03 House conferees appointed: Goodin and Stine
4/16/03 House advisor appointed: Pflum
4/16/03 Representative Pond appointed as House advisor
4/23/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 493: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
4/24/03 Rules suspended
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 666: Yeas 62 and Nays 32
4/25/03 Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
4/26/03 Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
4/30/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/30/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/07/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 182 Distribution of Child Care Regulatory Information
Author/Co-Authors: Craycraft
(Health and Provider Services)
Amends the definition of "provider" for purposes of the law concerning child care regulation. Specifies the manner in which the division of family and children must adopt administrative rules and policy statements and provide information to the public concerning the administrative rules and policy statements.

2/26/03 DPA 10-0
2/27/03 Senator Miller added as second author
2/27/03 Senator Breaux added as coauthor
3/03/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 194: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
3/04/03 Referred to the House
3/04/03 House sponsor: Rep. Welch
3/04/03 Cosponsor: Rep. Turner
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Human Affairs
3/27/03 DP 13-0
3/31/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/01/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 431: Yeas 95 and Nays 0
4/01/03 Returned to the Senate without amendments
4/07/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/08/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/09/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
4/14/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 186 Student Discipline
Author/Co-Authors: Lubbers
(Education and Career Development)
Conference committee report for ESB 186. Provides that a student who is expelled from a charter school is subject to the same requirements for enrollment in another school corporation or charter school as a student who is: (1) expelled from a public school; or (2) required to separate from a nonpublic school or a school in a state other than Indiana.

2/05/03 DPA 9-0
2/10/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/11/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 84: Yeas 47 and Nays 2
2/11/03 Referred to the House
2/11/03 House sponsor: Rep. Porter
2/11/03 Cosponsor: Rep. Scholer
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
3/26/03 DPA 13-0
4/01/03 Representative Stine added as cosponsor
4/02/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/07/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 455: Yeas 96 and Nays 1
4/07/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/07/03 Senate dissented from House amendments
4/09/03 Senate conferees appointed: Lubbers and Rogers
4/17/03 House conferees appointed: Porter and Behning
4/17/03 House advisors appointed: Pflum and Noe
4/23/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 507: Yeas 46 and Nays 1
4/24/03 Rules suspended
4/24/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 667: Yeas 93 and Nays 2
4/30/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/30/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/07/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 230 Joint Summer School Programs
Author/Co-Authors: Long
(Education and Career Development)
Allows a school corporation to enter into an agreement with other school corporations and accredited nonpublic schools to provide joint summer school programs for high school students. Allows the joint programs to be conducted by state educational institutions and students to receive high school and college credit for the programs. Requires the scorer of an examination required for licensure as a teacher or school administrator to provide certain information to an individual who did not pass all or part of the examination.

1/29/03 DPA 9-0
2/13/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2/13/03 Senators Breaux, Wyss, Sipes and C. Meeks added as coauthors
2/20/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 138: Yeas 49 and Nays 0
2/20/03 Referred to the House
2/20/03 House sponsor: Rep. Porter
2/20/03 Cosponsors: Reps. Pond, Cheney and Scholer
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
3/25/03 DP 14-0
4/10/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
4/14/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 555: Yeas 99 and Nays 0
4/14/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/16/03 Senate dissented from House amendments
4/16/03 Senate conferees appointed: Long and Breaux
4/16/03 Senate advisors appointed: Wyss and Sipes
4/17/03 House conferees appointed: Porter and Pond
4/17/03 House advisors appointed: V. Smith and Hoffman
4/23/03 Dissent withdrawn
4/24/03 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 488: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
4/30/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/30/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/07/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 457 Immunization Information
Author/Co-Authors: Lawson
(Health and Provider Services)
Specifies the purposes for which the immunization data registry may be used and specifies who may obtain the information. Requires information concerning the registry to be provided to patients. Provides immunity to certain persons who use the registry. Makes disclosing confidential registry information a Class A misdemeanor.

2/13/03 DP 10-0
2/13/03 Senator Breaux added as coauthor
2/17/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2/18/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: Yeas 50 and Nays 0
2/18/03 Referred to the House
2/18/03 House sponsor: Rep. Bardon
2/18/03 Cosponsor: Rep. Budak
3/04/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Human Affairs
4/03/03 DPA 9-4
4/07/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/08/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 496: Yeas 81 and Nays 15
4/08/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/15/03 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 452: 50-0
4/22/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/22/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/23/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/01/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 501 Charter School Funding
Author/Co-Authors: Lubbers
(Education and Career Development)
Specifies that the school employees of a conversion charter school cannot have their benefits or employment with the school corporation that sponsored the charter school terminated. Allows a school corporation to increase its maximum levy by the amount of any local funding provided to a charter school. Excludes the levy increase from the school corporation's previous year revenue and tuition support calculation. Requires the department of local government finance to inform each county auditor of the amount of local funding to distribute to a charter school. Creates a separate average daily membership ("ADM") count for a charter school. Provides that all university sponsors together may sponsor not more than five charter schools each year. Provides that a university may not sponsor a charter school in Marion County. Requires a university to conduct a public meeting in the county where the university intends to sponsor a charter school. Prohibits the mayor of a consolidated city from banking charter schools from 2003 through 2005. Requires the Department of Education ("Eepartment") to distribute tuition support and other state funding to a charter school beginning in the second semester of the charter school's operation. Requires the Department to provide the Department of Local Government finance information necessary to calculate a charter school's share of local funding. Provides that the school corporation in which a conversion charter school is located provides state funding and a proportionate share of local funding to the conversion charter school during its first semester of operation. Requires the organizer of a charter school to apply for federal funding. Allows a charter school to borrow from the common school fund for first semester operational costs and operational costs associated with a growth in enrollment of at least 15%. Provides for repayment of any outstanding obligation from the common school fund of a charter school that terminates operation. Provides that the at risk and complexity indices for a charter school are the at risk and complexity indices of the school corporation in which the charter school is located. Provides that the at risk and complexity indices for Campagna Academy Charter School are the weighted averages of the at risk and complexity indices of the school corporations in which the charter school's students have legal settlement. Includes charter schools in the following categorical distributions: (1) free lunch and textbook reimbursement; (2) primetime; (3) at risk; (4) growing enrollment; (5) academic honors diploma; (6) special education; and (7) vocational education. Forgives outstanding obligations of charter schools from the abandoned property fund. States the intent of the general assembly to fund charter schools under the same formula as other school corporations.

2/05/03 DPA 8-2
2/06/03 Reassigned to the Committee on Finance
2/10/03 Senator Rogers added as coauthor
2/27/03 DPA 15-0
3/03/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: Yeas 43 and Nays 4
3/04/03 Referred to the House
3/04/03 House sponsor: Rep. Porter
3/04/03 Cosponsors: Reps. Pond and Behning
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Education
4/02/03 DPA 7-2
4/03/03 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
4/07/03 DPA 26-2
4/09/03 Second reading: ordered engrossed
4/14/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 537: Yeas 79 and Nays 20
4/14/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/14/03 Senate dissented from House amendments
4/15/03 Senate conferees appointed: Lubbers and Rogers
4/17/03 House conferees appointed: Porter and Behning
4/17/03 House advisors appointed: Goodin and Scholer and V. Smith
4/26/03 Conference committee report 1 : filed in the House
4/26/03 Rules suspended
4/26/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the House; Roll Call 720: Yeas 90 and Nays 5
4/26/03 Rules suspended
4/27/03 Conference committee report 1 : adopted by the Senate Roll Call 568: Yeas 48 and Nays 2
4/30/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/30/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/30/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/08/03 Signed by the Governor

SB 503 Railroad Crossing Safety
Author/Co-Authors: Riegsecker, Zakas
(Transportation and Homeland Security)
Authorizes the department of transportation (INDOT) to create pilot railroad crossing safety projects. Permits the procedure for adopting a local ordinance concerning the use of train whistles to apply to a rail corridor, instead of to a single railroad crossing, and requires an ordinance prohibiting train whistles to include specific language. Requires the safety study required of INDOT after the ordinance is adopted to consider certain items, including school bus routes and pedestrian traffic. Prohibits INDOT from revoking its permission for regulating the use of train whistles after the ordinance is adopted, and requires INDOT to grant permission in certain circumstances.

2/27/03 DP 6-3
3/03/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
3/04/03 Senator Zakas added as coauthor
3/04/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: Yeas 46 and Nays 1
3/04/03 Referred to the House
3/04/03 House sponsor: Rep. Hasler
3/04/03 Cosponsor: Rep. McClain
3/13/03 First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
3/27/03 Representatives Ulmer and Stutzman added as cosponsors
3/31/03 DPA 13-0
4/10/03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
4/14/03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 536: Yeas 96 and Nays 3
4/14/03 Returned to the Senate with amendments
4/17/03 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 469: Yeas 48 and Nays 1
4/22/03 Signed by the Speaker
4/22/03 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
4/23/03 Signed by the President of the Senate
5/01/03 Signed by the Governor