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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections."
+description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1521"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1521 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "Conduct of Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "Greg Walker", "Kathy Richardson", "Timothy Lanane"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-18"
+last_action: "2017-04-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8756fc45-42aa-4ff8-ac21-6e903d7bfd51"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1521"
+source_hash: "7e914dc14eefcc906b3aae7bef7eef3c227e175d5d0d77090b0a112c2698c826"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1521 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1521/versions/hb1521.03.engh)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1521/versions/hb1521.05.enrs)
+3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1521/versions/hb1521.04.coms)
+4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1521/versions/hb1521.02.comh)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1521/versions/hb1521.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1521 - Richardson - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1521 - Walker - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Koch — primary (person)
+- Greg Walker — primary (person)
+- Kathy Richardson — primary (person)
+- Timothy Lanane — primary (person)
+- Charles Moseley — coauthor (person)
+- Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
+- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Richardson
+- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Representatives Moseley, Judy, Soliday added as coauthors
+- **2017-02-21** Amendment #2 (Richardson) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-02-21** Amendment #1 (Pierce) failed; Roll Call 163: yeas 29, nays 69 `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Walker, Koch and Lanane
+- **2017-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 203: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to the Senate
+- **2017-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 344: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-04-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-12** Motion to concur filed
+- **2017-04-12** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 478: yeas 81, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-18** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
+- **2017-04-20** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
+- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2017-04-26** Public Law 201
+- **2017-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8756fc45-42aa-4ff8-ac21-6e903d7bfd51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+