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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 235: Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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

SB 235 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Primary sponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (February 10, 2025): Withdrawn.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gary ByrnePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Tyler JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Jim TomesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49
Mike YoungCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35

“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. Withdrawn
  2. Senator Young M added as coauthor
  3. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  4. Senator Tomes added as coauthor
  5. Senator Byrne added as second author
  6. Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Judiciary
  7. Authored by Senator Johnson T
  8. First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development

Sources

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