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HB1024 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative Mike Aylesworth
Last action
2026-01-12
Official status
House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about funding or eligibility criteria.

Indiana Veterinary Student Loan Help

This bill establishes a program to help students studying veterinary medicine by repaying some of their loans.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes the Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program and Fund.
  • Gives the Indiana State Board of Animal Health responsibility for administering both the program and the fund.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students studying veterinary medicine in Indiana
  • The Indiana State Board of Animal Health

Terms To Know

Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program
A program that helps students studying to become veterinarians by repaying some of their loans.
Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Fund
Money set aside specifically for the loan repayment program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much money will be in the fund.
  • It is unclear which students will qualify for help from this program.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-12 House

    Representative Bartlett added as coauthor

  2. 2026-01-08 House

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  3. 2026-01-08 House

    Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  4. 2025-12-01 House

    Authored by Representative Aylesworth

  5. 2025-12-01 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.
Veterinary student loan repayment program.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning higher education.

Veterinary student loan repayment program.

Establishes the veterinary medicine student loan repayment program (program) and the veterinary medicine student loan repayment fund (fund). Provides that the Indiana state board of animal health shall administer the program and the fund.