Even More Wins From the 2025 Legislative Session!
We aren’t exaggerating when we say that Indiana’s 2025 Legislative Session was IFI’s most successful session to date. Last week, we emailed you about five pro-family bills that passed through both chambers and will be signed into law. Here are five more:
Senate Bill 255 – “Religious Release Time Instruction”
Part of this bill would allow high school students who enroll in a one-credit-hour elective to receive religious instruction for that course with their parents’ permission. This would enable Christian ministries like LifeWise Academy to teach the Bible to high school students off-site and without taxpayer dollars if the student wants to participate and their parents agree. In other words, we can actually help public school students learn the Bible and deepen their relationship with God during the school day. What a blessing!
House Bill 1041 – “Women’s College Sports”
In 2022, IFI led the charge to protect girls’ sports in K-12 education. That bill was successfully passed into law, but unfortunately, it did not include protections for female college athletes. This year, we finally passed HB 1041 to protect female athletes at the collegiate level by requiring colleges and universities to set clear standards for male sports, female sports, and co-educational sports based on biologically accurate definitions for male and female.
Senate Bill 373 – “Age Appropriate Content”
This bill mandates that when the State Department of Education reviews materials for recommendation to local school boards, it must include the age appropriateness of the material in the recommendation. This will help prevent children from being exposed to content not suitable for their age, which has become an issue in recent years.
House Bill 1390 – “Marijuana Advertising”
This law prohibits anyone from advertising products containing marijuana or other controlled Schedule I drugs. This common-sense measure brings Indiana’s advertising laws in line with our drug policies. Weed is still illegal in Indiana – our families shouldn’t be exposed to advertisements promoting its use.
Senate Bill 287 – “Transparency in School Board Elections”
This measure removes the requirement that school board elections be nonpartisan, allowing candidates to declare their party affiliation or run as independent or nonpartisan.
In addition to passing these important bills, we also helped shut down the creation of a new casino in New Haven, which residents were opposed to for a number of reasons.
If you want to learn more about the issues IFI was involved in this session, click here to overview our Legislative Agenda. Thank you for engaging with us this session! Keep an eye out for more ways to get involved throughout the rest of the year.
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