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| Bill | Circuit court clerk matters. | Allows a person who is 16 or 17 years of age to serve as a precinct election officer without the written approval of the school principal if school is not in session on election day. Provides that such individuals may: (1) serve as certain election officers, both before and on election day; (2) provide assistance to election officers and in the preparation of absentee ballots; and (3) be appointed to fill a vacancy that occurs on a precinct election board. Provides that a precinct may be established with fewer than 600 active voters if establishing the precinct would avoid establishing a split precinct. Permits a county to submit a proposed precinct boundary change to the election division for review using a module of the statewide voter registration system ("the computerized list") while retaining the option under current law to submit this change by paper. Provides a method for a county to correct any errors or discrepancies in the boundary lines of precincts as depicted in information provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in conjunction with state redistricting. Repeals an obsolete statute relating to establishing precincts. Provides that a school that is used as a polling place may on election day: (1) conduct a virtual instruction day for students who attend school in the school building; or (2) conduct in-person instruction to students who attend school in the school building if certain conditions are met. Establishes a procedure for casting a voter's ballot at an early voting site by election workers if the voter does not complete the procedures for casting the voter's ballot. Provides that absentee ballots may be scanned, but not tabulated, not earlier than seven days before election day. Sets forth requirements for processing absentee ballots before election day. Requires retraction of a previously scanned absentee ballot card of a voter who is later found disqualified or whose ballot may not be counted for other statutory reasons. Eliminates the requirement that the alcohol and tobacco commission distributes a registry of permits to the circuit court clerks. Eliminates the requirement that notice of certain alcohol and tobacco commission hearings be given to the circuit court clerk. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2021 | SB 260 | Indiana SB 260 (2021) |
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Indiana SB 260 (2021) — Circuit court clerk matters.
Allows a person who is 16 or 17 years of age to serve as a precinct election officer without the written approval of the school principal if school is not in session on election day. Provides that such individuals may: (1) serve as certain election officers, both before and on election day; (2) provide assistance to election officers and in the preparation of absentee ballots; and (3) be appointed to fill a vacancy that occurs on a precinct election board. Provides that a precinct may be established with fewer than 600 active voters if establishing the precinct would avoid establishing a split precinct. Permits a county to submit a proposed precinct boundary change to the election division for review using a module of the statewide voter registration system ("the computerized list") while retaining the option under current law to submit this change by paper. Provides a method for a county to correct any errors or discrepancies in the boundary lines of precincts as depicted in information provided by the U.S. Bureau of the Census in conjunction with state redistricting. Repeals an obsolete statute relating to establishing precincts. Provides that a school that is used as a polling place may on election day: (1) conduct a virtual instruction day for students who attend school in the school building; or (2) conduct in-person instruction to students who attend school in the school building if certain conditions are met. Establishes a procedure for casting a voter's ballot at an early voting site by election workers if the voter does not complete the procedures for casting the voter's ballot. Provides that absentee ballots may be scanned, but not tabulated, not earlier than seven days before election day. Sets forth requirements for processing absentee ballots before election day. Requires retraction of a previously scanned absentee ballot card of a voter who is later found disqualified or whose ballot may not be counted for other statutory reasons. Eliminates the requirement that the alcohol and tobacco commission distributes a registry of permits to the circuit court clerks. Eliminates the requirement that notice of certain alcohol and tobacco commission hearings be given to the circuit court clerk.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Sponsors
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — cosponsor (person)
- Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Authored by Senator Walker G
- 2021-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-02-09 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-02-11 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-11 Senator Ford Jon added as second author
- 2021-02-15 House sponsor: Representative Wesco
- 2021-02-15 Cosponsors: Representatives Manning and Clere
- 2021-02-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 32, nays 14
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-16 Referred to the House
- 2021-03-02 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
reading-1, referral-committee - 2021-03-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2021-03-22 Amendment #2 (Pryor) failed; Roll Call 277: yeas 27, nays 63
amendment-failure - 2021-03-22 Amendment #3 (Pryor) prevailed; Roll Call 278: yeas 87, nays 3
amendment-failure, amendment-passage - 2021-03-22 Amendment #1 (Pierce) failed; Roll Call 279: yeas 36, nays 52
amendment-failure - 2021-03-22 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-03-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 294: yeas 58, nays 36
passage, reading-3 - 2021-03-24 Returned to the Senate with amendments
amendment-failure - 2021-03-29 Motion to concur filed
- 2021-04-01 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 37, nays 11
amendment-failure - 2021-04-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
- 2021-04-22 Signed by the President of the Senate
- 2021-04-23 Public Law 108
- 2021-04-23 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/323b1d80-1850-471d-ac38-a7626274225c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).