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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1685: Tax credit for teacher professional development.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1685 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Tax credit for teacher professional development. Primary sponsor: Tim O'Brien (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 21, 2025): First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides a tax credit against the state adjusted gross income tax liability of a teacher for amounts expended for professional development.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim O'BrienPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse78
Doug MillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse48

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
  2. Authored by Representative O'Brien
  3. Coauthored by Representative Miller D

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source