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Legislator > Sheila Klinker
State Representative
Sheila Klinker
(D) - Indiana
Indiana House District 027
In Office - Started: 01/05/1982
contact info
Capitol Office
200 W. Washington St.
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 800-382-9842
| Bill | Bill Name | Summary | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1499 | Education matters. | Education matters. Provides that certain students have the opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation of reading skills at least twice in the summer before grade 3 retention requirements apply. Requires the department of education to establish a registration process for schools to exempt certain English language learners from compliance with grade 3 retention requirements until the beginning of the 2027-2028 school year. Allows required career fairs to be held off of school property if the school provides transportation. Amends agreement requirements with regard to the employment aid readiness network (EARN) Indiana program. Makes a technical correction. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0259 | Law enforcement procedures. | Law enforcement procedures. Requires an affidavit for probable cause, or a person testifying at a probable cause hearing, to make certain disclosures relating to a possible conflict of interest. Specifies that a probable cause affidavit must be redacted under certain circumstances. Prohibits a law enforcement officer from directing, encouraging, or knowingly permitting a person who is not a law enforcement officer to question a person in custody under certain circumstances. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0049 | Recognizing International Women's Day and recognizing the essential role of women in history during Women's History Month. | Recognizing International Women's Day and recognizing the essential role of women in history during Women's History Month. Recognizing International Women's Day and recognizing the essential role of women in history during Women's History Month. | Dead |
| HB1670 | Assistance in obtaining veteran benefits. | Assistance in obtaining veteran benefits. Provides veteran empowerment protections. Provides that a person may not represent a veteran regarding a veterans' benefits matter unless the person meets certain requirements. Provides that a person that advises, assists, or consults with an individual regarding veterans' benefits matters for a fee: (1) may not use international call centers or data centers for processing veterans' personal information; (2) may not use a veteran's personal log-in, username, or password information to access the veteran's medical, financial, or government benefits information; (3) must ensure that before any individual may have access to veterans' medical or financial information the individual must undergo a national criminal history background check; and (4) shall comply with certain federal regulations. Provides that a violation of the act constitutes a prohibited consumer sale. | Dead |
| HR0044 | Recognizing Sue Scott. | Recognizing Sue Scott. Recognizing Sue Scott. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SB0074 | Extension of lifeline law immunity. | Extension of lifeline law immunity. Provides that an individual who is: (1) reasonably believed to be suffering from a health condition which is the direct result of alcohol consumption; and (2) assisted by a person who requested emergency medical assistance for the individual; is immune from prosecution for certain crimes. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1413 | Rape kits. | Rape kits. Establishes the rape kit backlog fund to provide funding for assisting law enforcement agencies and testing labs in eliminating the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to provide grants to law enforcement agencies and testing labs to help eliminate the backlog of untested rape kits. Requires the state police department to make an annual report to the general assembly. Provides that before January 1, 2027, every law enforcement agency and testing lab shall process certain rape kits in their possession that are not completely processed as of July 1, 2025. | Dead |
| HR0031 | Recognizing Charlie Shook. | Recognizing Charlie Shook. Recognizing Charlie Shook. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0027 | Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing March 18, 2025, as Indiana Senior Day at the Indiana Statehouse. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0018 | Recognizing Gladys Wright on her 100th birthday. | Recognizing Gladys Wright on her 100th birthday. Recognizing Gladys Wright on her 100th birthday. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1500 | Teacher appreciation grants. | Teacher appreciation grants. Establishes a new teacher appreciation grant program. Removes and repeals certain requirements concerning staff performance evaluations. Repeals the current teacher appreciation grant provisions. Makes conforming changes. | Dead |
| HB1539 | Education matters. | Education matters. Requires a public school to do the following: (1) Notify a parent of a student not later than 24 hours after the student makes an allegation that an employee of the public school engaged in misconduct. (2) If the public school determines that an allegation is unsubstantiated or otherwise dismissed, provide written notification to the employee and parent of the student not later than 14 days after the determination. Amends the definition of "bullying". Provides that certain discipline rules adopted by the governing body of a school corporation include timetables for reporting of bullying incidents to the parents of both the targeted student and the alleged perpetrator not later than one business day after the incident is reported. (Current law provides reporting of bullying incidents not later than five business days after the incident is reported.) Requires the governing body of a school corporation to: (1) require a school corporation to determine the severity of an incident of bullying and whether the incident may warrant transfer of the victim or the alleged perpetrator to another school in the school corporation; and (2) require a school corporation to approve the transfer of a victim or the alleged perpetrator of an act of bullying to another school in the school corporation under certain circumstances. | Dead |
| HCR0025 | Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. | Recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing April as Parkinson's Awareness Month and April 11, 2025, as World Parkinson's Day. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0026 | Recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. | Recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Tuesday, March 4, 2025, as a day to honor the work and mission of the Indiana Region of the American Red Cross. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1201 | Education matters. | Education matters. Defines "chronically absent". Requires the department of education (department) to do the following: (1) Create a list of best practices to reduce student discipline and chronic absenteeism. (2) Study and prepare a report regarding the basis for the categorization of certain suspensions and expulsions. (3) Establish a categorization framework to distinguish between excused and unexcused absences based on the reason for the absence. (4) Collect certain information regarding absences from school corporations and charter schools. (5) Prepare and post a report regarding the information on the department's website. Provides that the absence policy adopted by the governing body of a school corporation must provide for the categorization of excused and unexcused absences in accordance with the categorization framework established by the department. Allows a prosecuting attorney to conduct a meeting, collaborate, and make reasonable efforts to secure appropriate support services for a child and the child's family before filing an affidavit with regard to a violation of compulsory school attendance requirements. Requires a public school to hold an attendance conference not later than 10 instructional days (instead of five instructional days) after the student's fifth absence. Prohibits a public school from expelling or suspending a student solely because the student is chronically absent or a habitual truant. | Dead |
| HCR0019 | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late State Senator Jean Breaux. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0012 | Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. | Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. Celebrating the cultural and economic ties between Indiana and Ireland. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HCR0015 | Honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. | Honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the late U.S. President Jimmy Carter. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| SCR0007 | Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Purdue College of Engineering. | Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Purdue College of Engineering. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Purdue College of Engineering. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HR0011 | Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana. | Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana. Celebrating the 90th anniversary of the Professional Fire Fighters Union of Indiana. | Signed/Enacted/Adopted |
| HB1291 | Rape kits. | Rape kits. Requires the superintendent of the state police department to: (1) obtain data from law enforcement agencies concerning medical forensic examination kits in the agencies' possession; and (2) report a summary of the data to the legislative council. | Dead |
| HB1258 | Teacher compensation. | Teacher compensation. Provides that, after June 30, 2026, a school corporation shall expend an amount for teacher compensation that is not less than an amount equal to 70% (instead of 62%) of the state tuition support distributed to the school corporation during the state fiscal year. Makes conforming changes. | Dead |
| HB1255 | Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. | Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. Provides a property tax deduction for an individual, or the surviving spouse of an individual, who has been rated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs as individually unemployable. | Dead |
| HB1257 | Epilepsy foundation trust license plate. | Epilepsy foundation trust license plate. Establishes the epilepsy foundation trust license plate as a special group recognition license plate. Establishes the epilepsy foundation trust fund. | Dead |
| HB1256 | College savings tax credit. | College savings tax credit. Beginning in taxable year 2026, increases the credit provided for a contribution to a college choice 529 education savings plan against a taxpayer's adjusted gross income from $1,500 to $2,500 (and from $750 to $1,250 in the case of a married individual filing a separate return), subject to other requirements. | Dead |
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1001 | State budget. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/25/2025 | Nay |
| HB1014 | Public safety. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0080 | Code publication. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0140 | Pharmacy benefits. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0157 | Protection of property rights. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1142 | Fiscal matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1144 | Courts. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0231 | Various corrections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0289 | Unlawful discrimination. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0373 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0358 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1389 | Local regulation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0324 | Criminal procedures. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1427 | Department of local government finance. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1002 | Various education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1416 | Awareness of human trafficking. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0425 | Energy production zones. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0453 | Various tax matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Abstain |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0475 | Physician noncompete agreements. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1004 | Health care matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1515 | Education and higher education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1498 | School accountability. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1003 | Health matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| SB0526 | Absentee ballot retraction. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1679 | Various elections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Nay |
| HB1682 | General legislative matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1587 | Insurance matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| HB1637 | School and public safety matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/24/2025 | Yea |
| SB0118 | 340B drug program report. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1125 | Earned wage access services. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB1194 | County coroners. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1221 | Pension matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0146 | Teacher compensation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0255 | Education matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB1390 | Bureau of motor vehicles. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0371 | Workforce matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1425 | Food matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0442 | Instruction on human sexuality. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| SB0464 | Financial institutions and consumer credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0482 | Absenteeism and student discipline. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0005 | State fiscal and contracting matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| SB0525 | Annexation. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1521 | Consumer genetic testing providers. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1680 | Various elections matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Nay |
| HB1689 | Human services matters. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1666 | Ownership of health care providers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1577 | Mobile retail food establishment licenses. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1604 | Cost sharing; out-of-pocket expense credit. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/23/2025 | Yea |
| HB1024 | Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0073 | Sale of utility trailers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1081 | Distributions to charitable beneficiaries. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1098 | Youth, family, and caregiver engagement initiative. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| SB0331 | Amended registration. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1007 | Energy generation resources. | House - Rules Suspended. House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Nay |
| SB0433 | Veteran service officers. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1499 | Education matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1555 | Licensure of foreign trained physicians. | House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/22/2025 | Yea |
| HB1053 | Gaming and alcohol matters. | House - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| SB0026 | Signal jamming. | House - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1253 | Child care. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Absent |
| HB1391 | Services for the aged and disabled. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Yea |
| HB1460 | Drainage systems. | House - | 04/21/2025 | Nay |
| HB1601 | Quantum research tax incentives. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/21/2025 | Nay |
| HB1037 | Storm water management. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| HB1052 | Onsite sewage systems. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| HB1064 | School transfers. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| HB1113 | Fire protection districts. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1197 | Election matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1275 | Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1276 | Various alcoholic beverage matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1453 | Cancer research and treatment grants. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1008 | Indiana-Illinois boundary adjustment commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Nay |
| HB1461 | Road funding. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1489 | Indiana-Ireland trade commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1006 | Prosecutors. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1457 | Indiana department of health. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1477 | Mobile home communities and manufactured homes. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1474 | FSSA matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1616 | Department of natural resources. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1634 | Math education. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1641 | County government matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1557 | Prescribed burning. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1605 | Juvenile law matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/17/2025 | Yea |
| HB1031 | Dental matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1073 | Boxing and martial arts. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1079 | Property matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| HB1114 | Driving without a license. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1115 | Emergency possessory orders. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| HB1134 | Executive sessions. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1232 | IDACS. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1272 | Commission, committee, and board administration. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1273 | Child welfare task force. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1292 | Professional sports development commission. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1347 | Real estate matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1392 | State comptroller matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1393 | Immigration notice. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| HB1403 | Juvenile justice matters. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Yea |
| HB1412 | Reporting of child abuse or neglect. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Nay |
| HB1468 | Alcoholic beverages and tobacco. | House - House concurred with Senate amendments | 04/16/2025 | Absent |
| Committee | Position | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detail | Indiana House Education Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Indiana House Veterans Affairs and Public Safety Committee | 3 | |
| Detail | Indiana House Ways and Means Committee | 6 | |
| Detail | Indiana Joint Education Interim Study Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Indiana Joint Public Safety and Military Affairs Interim Study Committee | 5 | |
| Detail | Indiana Joint State Fair Advisory Committee | 3 |
| State | District | Chamber | Party | Status | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN | District 27 | House | Democrat | In Office | 01/05/1982 |