republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/sb-442.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	SB 442	Indiana SB 442 (2017)	bill	ELECTIONS Conduct of Elections ELECTIONS generally ELECTIONS Recounts LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL; LEGISLATIVE SERVICES AGENCY STUDY COMMITTEES	enacted	Greg Walker Jon Ford Kathy Richardson	5	21	2	2017-01-12	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/589125fd-bbad-48f5-9385-acfb9fb93339	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/442	f5af964b70c8a26f5fef93db775553de0835b549f4f639ccb0d8f1abea12d2ca	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 442 (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 Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 442 - Walker - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · legislature
• SB 442 - Richardson - 3rd Reading — 88–7 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Kathy Richardson — primary (person)
• Milo Smith — cosponsor (person)
• Ryan Hatfield — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Authored by Senator Walker
• 2017-01-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-09 Senator Ford added as second author
• 2017-02-13 Amendment #1 (Lanane) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-02-13 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-14 House sponsor: Representative Richardson
• 2017-02-14 Cosponsors: Representatives Smith, M. and Wesco
• 2017-02-16 Referred to the House
• 2017-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-03-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 324: yeas 88, nays 7 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-28 Representative Hatfield added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-29 Returned to the Senate without amendments
• 2017-03-30 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-12 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2017-04-13 Public Law 74
• 2017-04-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/589125fd-bbad-48f5-9385-acfb9fb93339. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).