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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Crimes and election workers."
+description: "Defines \"election worker\" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 170"
+citation: "Indiana SB 170 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Jennifer Meltzer", "Susan Glick"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2024-01-08"
+last_action: "2024-03-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8dc0efb-d239-4e43-ade9-ef45fabc6d5c"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0170"
+source_hash: "debfbb4d8f56c2b5ddd96eee630195abcb7337c57725fa0978f79095e7c11908"
+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 SB 170 (2024) — Crimes and election workers.
+
+Defines "election worker" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.04.ENGS.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.03.ENGS.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.06.ENRH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.01.INTR.pdf)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.05.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 170 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **45–3** (pass) · upper
+- SB 170 - Walker G — **35–13** (pass) · upper
+- SB 170 - Meltzer - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Walker — primary (person)
+- Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
+- Susan Glick — primary (person)
+- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
+- Robb Greene — cosponsor (person)
+- Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-08** Authored by Senator Walker G
+- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-23** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-29** Senator Glick added as second author
+- **2024-01-30** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
+- **2024-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Amendment #2 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-01** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
+- **2024-02-05** Cosponsors: Representatives Negele and Greene
+- **2024-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Meltzer
+- **2024-02-05** Title amendment: adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2024-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 108: yeas 45, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-28** Amendment #1 (Moed) motion withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 251: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
+- **2024-03-04** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 268: yeas 35, nays 13
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2024-03-13** Public Law 110 `became-law`
+- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-13** 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/a8dc0efb-d239-4e43-ade9-ef45fabc6d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+