---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voting matters."
description: "Defines \"breach of peace\" and \"law enforcement officer\" for purposes of election law. Includes an identification document issued by a Native American Indian tribe or band for purposes of proof of identification. Specifies to whom a watcher must report any violation of election laws. Requires the prior consent of an inspector for a watcher to object to any other precinct election officer concerning an alleged violation of election laws and allows for the removal of the watcher and revocation of credentials for a violation. Amends the definition of \"electioneering\" and adds language prohibiting making verbal statements, displaying certain written statements, or the display of support for the approval or defeat of a public question and electioneering before election day in specified locations. Makes it criminal trespass for a person to enter or refuse to leave a polling location after having been prohibited entry or asked to leave by an election officer or a law enforcement officer acting on behalf of an election officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1485"
citation: "Indiana HB 1485 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS generally", "IDENTITY", "NATIVE AMERICANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Jon Ford", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9da0dc3c-71c5-4e29-8afc-f45047a8c367"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1485"
source_hash: "57789fa254989fa199c502581018c116f5c317bfd63a79c91f07484be7cbc831"
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 1485 (2021) — Voting matters.

Defines "breach of peace" and "law enforcement officer" for purposes of election law. Includes an identification document issued by a Native American Indian tribe or band for purposes of proof of identification. Specifies to whom a watcher must report any violation of election laws. Requires the prior consent of an inspector for a watcher to object to any other precinct election officer concerning an alleged violation of election laws and allows for the removal of the watcher and revocation of credentials for a violation. Amends the definition of "electioneering" and adds language prohibiting making verbal statements, displaying certain written statements, or the display of support for the approval or defeat of a public question and electioneering before election day in specified locations. Makes it criminal trespass for a person to enter or refuse to leave a polling location after having been prohibited entry or asked to leave by an election officer or a law enforcement officer acting on behalf of an election officer.

## 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/2021/bills/HB1485/versions/HB1485.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1485/versions/HB1485.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1485/versions/HB1485.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1485/versions/HB1485.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1485/versions/HB1485.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1485 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **42–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Amendment #1 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 133: yeas 26, nays 67 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Representative Manning added as coauthor
- **2021-02-18** Senate sponsors: Senators Walker G and Ford Jon
- **2021-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 189: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-03-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Amendment #1 (Walker G) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 273: yeas 42, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 421: yeas 87, nays 5 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 209
- **2021-04-29** 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/9da0dc3c-71c5-4e29-8afc-f45047a8c367`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).