IN SB 12

enacted

Prohibition of ranked choice voting.

Indiana · 2026 Regular Session (2nd Regular Session, 124th General Assembly) · upper

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Quick answers

Did IN SB 12 pass?

Yes. IN SB 12 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-02-24): Public Law 5

What is IN SB 12 about?

Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.

Who sponsors IN SB 12?

Timothy Wesco, Mike Gaskill, Chris Garten and 1 others are the primary sponsors of IN SB 12, joined by 20 cosponsors.

Description

Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.

Introduced: —
Latest action: 2026-02-24 — Public Law 5
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-02-24
Public Law 5
became-law
2026-02-24
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2026-02-24
Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
2026-02-23
Signed by the Speaker
passage
2026-02-19
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage
2026-02-18
Returned to the Senate without amendments
receipt
2026-02-17
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 58, nays 30
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-02-16
Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-02-12
Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-28
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-22
Referred to the House
referral
2026-01-20
House sponsor: Representative Wesco
2026-01-20
Senator Alexander added as coauthor
2026-01-20
Cosponsors: Representatives Lawson, Bartels
2026-01-20
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 34: yeas 38, nays 9
passage,reading-3,reading-3
2026-01-15
Senators Brown L, Johnson T, Koch, Tomes added as coauthors
2026-01-15
Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2
2026-01-15
Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
amendment-failure,failure
2026-01-13
Senators Buck, Raatz, Freeman, Dernulc added as coauthors
2026-01-13
Senator Young M added as coauthor
2026-01-13
Senators Holdman, Goode, Glick, Leising added as coauthors
2026-01-12
Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage
2026-01-12
Senator Clark added as coauthor
2025-12-10
Senator Baldwin added as coauthor
2025-12-08
Authored by Senators Doriot, Garten, Gaskill
2025-12-08
Coauthored by Senators Rogers, Byrne
2025-12-08
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

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Documents

Votes

SB 12 - Doriot - 3rd Reading
2026-01-20 · pass · 38-9
Member-level votes (49)
- Alexander: yes
- Busch: yes
- Freeman: yes
- Niemeyer: yes
- Alting: yes
- Byrne: yes
- Gaskill: yes
- Niezgodski: yes
- Baldwin: yes
- Carrasco: yes
- Glick: yes
- Raatz: yes
- Bassler: yes
- Charbonneau: yes
- Goode: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Becker: yes
- Clark: yes
- Holdman: yes
- Tomes: yes
- Bohacek: yes
- Crider: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Walker G: yes
- Bray: yes
- Deery: yes
- Koch: yes
- Walker K: yes
- Brown: yes
- Dernulc: yes
- Leising: yes
- Young: yes
- Buchanan: yes
- Donato: yes
- Maxwell: yes
- Buck: yes
- Doriot: yes
- Mishler: yes
- Ford J.D.: no
- Pol: no
- Randolph: no
- Taylor: no
- Hunley: no
- Qaddoura: no
- Spencer: no
- Yoder: no
- Jackson, L: no
- Schmitt: excused
- Garten: not voting
SB 12 - Wesco - 3rd Reading
2026-02-17 · pass · 58-30
Member-level votes (100)
- Abbott: yes
- Goss-Reaves: yes
- Lopez: yes
- Pressel: yes
- Aylesworth: yes
- Greene: yes
- Lucas: yes
- Rowray: yes
- Baird: yes
- Haggard: yes
- Manning: yes
- Slager: yes
- Bartels: yes
- Heaton: yes
- May: yes
- Smaltz: yes
- Bascom: yes
- Ireland: yes
- Mayfield: yes
- Smith, H: yes
- Behning: yes
- Isa: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Soliday: yes
- Borders: yes
- Jeter: yes
- McNamara: yes
- Steuerwald: yes
- Carbaugh: yes
- Jordan: yes
- Miller, D: yes
- Sweet: yes
- Commons: yes
- Judy: yes
- Morris: yes
- Teshka: yes
- Criswell: yes
- King: yes
- O'Brien: yes
- VanNatter: yes
- Culp: yes
- Lauer: yes
- Olthoff: yes
- Wesco: yes
- Davis: yes
- Lawson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Yocum: yes
- DeVon: yes
- Ledbetter: yes
- Payne: yes
- Zimmerman: yes
- Engleman: yes
- Lehman: yes
- Pierce, K: yes
- Genda: yes
- Lindauer: yes
- Prescott: yes
- Andrade: no
- Dvorak: no
- Jackson, C: no
- Pfaff: no
- Bartlett: no
- Errington: no
- Johnson, B: no
- Pierce, M: no
- Bauer: no
- Garcia Wilburn: no
- Klinker: no
- Porter: no
- Burton: no
- GiaQuinta: no
- Miller, K: no
- Pryor: no
- Campbell: no
- Hall: no
- Moed: no
- Smith, V: no
- Clere: no
- Hamilton: no
- Moseley: no
- Summers: no
- Dant Chesser: no
- Harris: no
- Novak: no
- DeLaney: no
- Hatcher: no
- Pack: no
- Barrett: excused
- Hostettler: excused
- Shonkwiler: excused
- Thompson: excused
- Gore: excused
- Cash: not voting
- Karickhoff: not voting
- Shackleford: not voting
- Mr. Speaker: not voting
- Heine: not voting
- Meltzer: not voting
- Snow: not voting

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