republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1485.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1485	Indiana HB 1485 (2021)	bill	ELECTIONS generally IDENTITY NATIVE AMERICANS	enacted	Greg Walker Jon Ford Timothy Wesco	5	22	1	2021-01-14	2021-04-29	openstates	ocd-bill/9da0dc3c-71c5-4e29-8afc-f45047a8c367	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1485	57789fa254989fa199c502581018c116f5c317bfd63a79c91f07484be7cbc831	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/9da0dc3c-71c5-4e29-8afc-f45047a8c367. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).