---
type: "Bill"
title: "State comptroller."
description: "Changes certain references from \"auditor of state\" to: (1) \"state comptroller (referred to as \"auditor of state\" in the Constitution of the State of Indiana)\"; or (2) \"state comptroller (auditor of state)\". Requires \"state comptroller (auditor of state)\" to be listed on the 2026 general election ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 221"
citation: "Indiana SB 221 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)", "ELECTIONS; Public Questions and Referendums", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY; Indiana Code", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Comptroller", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Constitution"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Linda Rogers"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f338a985-b8a4-4214-ad1e-e2a374c5163d"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0221"
source_hash: "6cb01f387f0117804abae79b7d76496ace6854e2677f50a3bd588634f59c6a46"
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 221 (2025) — State comptroller.

Changes certain references from "auditor of state" to: (1) "state comptroller (referred to as "auditor of state" in the Constitution of the State of Indiana)"; or (2) "state comptroller (auditor of state)". Requires "state comptroller (auditor of state)" to be listed on the 2026 general election ballot.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0221/SB0221.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0221/SB0221.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0221/SB0221.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0221/SB0221.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 221 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 221 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Ethan Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — coauthor (person)
- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Carrasco
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-16** Senator Rogers added as second author
- **2025-01-21** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2025-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 20: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- **2025-01-23** Cosponsors: Representatives Davis and Lawson E
- **2025-01-23** Senator Buck added as coauthor
- **2025-01-24** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 299: yeas 94, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Public Law 40 `became-law`
- **2025-04-09** 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/f338a985-b8a4-4214-ad1e-e2a374c5163d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).