republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-170.md

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Bill	Crimes and election workers.	Defines "election worker" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 170	Indiana SB 170 (2024)	bill	CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)	enacted	Greg Walker Jennifer Meltzer Susan Glick	5	27	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/a8dc0efb-d239-4e43-ade9-ef45fabc6d5c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0170	debfbb4d8f56c2b5ddd96eee630195abcb7337c57725fa0978f79095e7c11908	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 170 (2024) — Crimes and election workers.

Defines "election worker" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker.

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. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 170 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — 45–3 (pass) · upper
• SB 170 - Walker G — 35–13 (pass) · upper
• SB 170 - Meltzer - 3rd Reading — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greg Walker — primary (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Robb Greene — cosponsor (person)
• Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senator Walker G
• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Senator Glick added as second author
• 2024-01-30 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
• 2024-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Amendment #2 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-01 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Senator Bassler added as coauthor
• 2024-02-05 Cosponsors: Representatives Negele and Greene
• 2024-02-05 House sponsor: Representative Meltzer
• 2024-02-05 Title amendment: adopted amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 108: yeas 45, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Amendment #1 (Moed) motion withdrawn amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal
• 2024-02-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 251: yeas 93, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 268: yeas 35, nays 13
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-13 Public Law 110 became-law
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a8dc0efb-d239-4e43-ade9-ef45fabc6d5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).