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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: "2018"
identifier: "SB 327"
citation: "Indiana SB 327 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SECRETARY OF STATE", "ELECTIONS generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Greg Walker", "Jon Ford", "Kathy Richardson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-04"
last_action: "2018-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61787e7d-f57f-45f2-844b-5914a7338dd8"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/327"
source_hash: "9faaa6debe4c7ebed33626ce048ca8521b6bdaf6254eda44a32be21ee90dc295"
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 327 (2018) — 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 (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0327/versions/sb0327.05.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0327/versions/sb0327.06.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0327/versions/sb0327.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0327/versions/sb0327.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0327/versions/sb0327.03.coms)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0327/versions/sb0327.02.coms)
## Votes
- SB 327 - Richardson - 3rd Reading — **950** (pass) · legislature
- SB 327 - Walker - 3rd Reading — **480** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Kathy Richardson — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Breaux — coauthor (person)
- John Bartlett — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Milo Smith — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-01-04** Authored by Senator Walker
- **2018-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-23** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Senator Breaux added as coauthor
- **2018-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Senator Houchin added as second author
- **2018-02-01** Senator Ford added as third author
- **2018-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 141: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Richardson
- **2018-02-05** Cosponsors: Representatives Judy and Smith, M.
- **2018-02-06** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #3 (Smith M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #2 (Hatfield) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Representative Bartlett added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 316: yeas 95, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 360: yeas 46, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-07** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2018-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-15** Public Law 100
- **2018-03-15** 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/61787e7d-f57f-45f2-844b-5914a7338dd8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).