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IN SB 211

died on adjournment

Cancellation of caucus meeting.

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

Description

Allows a person who wishes to be a candidate for a pro tempore appointment to certain local offices or school board offices to file a declaration of candidacy with the chair of the caucus or the circuit court clerk. Requires a circuit court clerk to send a copy of a declaration of candidacy filed with the clerk to the chairman of the caucus on the same day the declaration of candidacy is received. Allows a notice of a caucus meeting to be rescinded if only one candidate seeks to fill a vacancy in a local office or a school board office held by a major party.

Introduced
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Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-28 — First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Matt Lehmansponsor
  • Scott Baldwinauthor
  • Travis Holdmanauthor
  • Timothy Wescocosponsor
  • Mike Gaskillcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-08

    Authored by Senator Holdman

  2. 2026-01-08

    First reading: referred to Committee on Elections

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  3. 2026-01-12

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

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  4. 2026-01-15

    Senator Baldwin added as second author

  5. 2026-01-20

    Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote

    amendment-passage

  6. 2026-01-20

    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

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  7. 2026-01-22

    House sponsor: Representative Lehman

  8. 2026-01-22

    Cosponsor: Representative Wesco

  9. 2026-01-22

    Senator Gaskill added as coauthor

  10. 2026-01-22

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 35, nays 10

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  11. 2026-01-23

    Referred to the House

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  12. 2026-01-28

    First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SB 211 - Holdman - 3rd Reading

    2026-01-22 · pass · 35-10

    Member-level votes (49)
    • Alexander: yes
    • Carrasco: yes
    • Garten: yes
    • Niemeyer: yes
    • Alting: yes
    • Charbonneau: yes
    • Gaskill: yes
    • Raatz: yes
    • Baldwin: yes
    • Clark: yes
    • Glick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Bohacek: yes
    • Crider: yes
    • Goode: yes
    • Schmitt: yes
    • Bray: yes
    • Deery: yes
    • Holdman: yes
    • Tomes: yes
    • Brown: yes
    • Dernulc: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Walker G: yes
    • Buchanan: yes
    • Donato: yes
    • Koch: yes
    • Walker K: yes
    • Buck: yes
    • Doriot: yes
    • Leising: yes
    • Young: yes
    • Byrne: yes
    • Freeman: yes
    • Maxwell: yes
    • Ford J.D.: no
    • Niezgodski: no
    • Randolph: no
    • Yoder: no
    • Hunley: no
    • Pol: no
    • Spencer: no
    • Jackson, L: no
    • Qaddoura: no
    • Taylor: no
    • Becker: excused
    • Mishler: excused
    • Bassler: not voting
    • Busch: not voting

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0211

Attribution

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