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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections."
description: "Requires the director, assistant director, or co-director of a board of elections and registration (rather than a member of the board) to attend a meeting called by the election division. Allows a member of a county election board to attend a meeting called by the election division. Provides reimbursement for the individuals who attend the meeting (current law only provides reimbursement for those required to attend). Makes changes to the county election officials instructional meeting, including duration, compensation, and expenses. Provides that record retention under seal does not prevent counties from conducting audits after an election as authorized by statute. Provides that a voter with print disabilities who chooses to vote by electronic mail must have the voter's absentee ballot application submitted to the circuit court clerk not later than 11:59 p.m. 12 days before election day. Provides that except for casting a replacement ballot under election law, a voter who knowingly or intentionally votes more than one ballot in the same election commits a Level 6 felony. Makes a technical correction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 328"
citation: "Indiana SB 328 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Ford", "Linda Rogers", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03fd5582-7182-4412-8c9b-236d37e4b89e"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/328"
source_hash: "da6a9ef36059e1eef624b381027704882074bc8ae993cca39dc61f02a7ec115f"
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 328 (2022) — Elections.
Requires the director, assistant director, or co-director of a board of elections and registration (rather than a member of the board) to attend a meeting called by the election division. Allows a member of a county election board to attend a meeting called by the election division. Provides reimbursement for the individuals who attend the meeting (current law only provides reimbursement for those required to attend). Makes changes to the county election officials instructional meeting, including duration, compensation, and expenses. Provides that record retention under seal does not prevent counties from conducting audits after an election as authorized by statute. Provides that a voter with print disabilities who chooses to vote by electronic mail must have the voter's absentee ballot application submitted to the circuit court clerk not later than 11:59 p.m. 12 days before election day. Provides that except for casting a replacement ballot under election law, a voter who knowingly or intentionally votes more than one ballot in the same election commits a Level 6 felony. Makes a technical correction.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0328/versions/SB0328.05.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0328/versions/SB0328.03.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0328/versions/SB0328.06.ENRH)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0328/versions/SB0328.01.INTR)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0328/versions/SB0328.04.COMH)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0328/versions/SB0328.02.COMS)
## Votes
- SB 328 - Ford Jon - 3rd Reading — **418** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Alan Morrison — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-11** Authored by Senator Ford Jon
- **2022-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Senator Rogers added as second author
- **2022-01-31** Amendment #11 (Ford Jon) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 101: yeas 18, nays 31 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-01-31** Amendment #10 (Ford J.D.) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 41, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Wesco
- **2022-02-01** Cosponsor: Representative Morrison
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Amendment #2 (Pryor) prevailed; Roll Call 202: yeas 57, nays 33 `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** Amendment #3 (Nisly) failed; Roll Call 203: yeas 15, nays 73 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210: yeas 70, nays 25 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-01** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-03-01** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** House conferees appointed: Wesco and Pfaff
- **2022-03-02** House advisors appointed: Morrison and Payne
- **2022-03-02** Senate conferees appointed: Ford Jon and Ford J.D.
- **2022-03-02** Senate advisors appointed: Rogers and Taylor G
- **2022-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2022-03-07** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2022-03-07** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 357: yeas 82, nays 12
- **2022-03-08** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 347: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-15** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-15** Public Law 131
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03fd5582-7182-4412-8c9b-236d37e4b89e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).