republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-29.md

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Bill	Town party conventions.	Specifies the manner of nomination applicable to a candidate for town office in a small town, based on the year in which the election occurs. Modifies the deadlines for: (1) filing a copy of an ordinance establishing a primary election for nomination of major political party candidates; and (2) holding a town convention.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 29	Indiana SB 29 (2024)	bill	CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts) ELECTIONS; Political Parties	enacted	Ben Smaltz Blake Doriot Mike Gaskill Stacey Donato	4	21	2	2024-01-08	2024-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/5ad10d70-c2f4-47fb-9238-d457d6a47e3b	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0029	cfeeac7e585655f21e9626554ea7cd88518349de2a6a804dd8511113246244ea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 29 (2024) — Town party conventions.

Specifies the manner of nomination applicable to a candidate for town office in a small town, based on the year in which the election occurs. Modifies the deadlines for: (1) filing a copy of an ordinance establishing a primary election for nomination of major political party candidates; and (2) holding a town convention.

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

Votes

• SB 29 - Donato - 3rd Reading — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 29 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — 94–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
• Stacey Donato — primary (person)
• Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Senator Donato
• 2024-01-09 Senator Gaskill added as second author
• 2024-01-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Amendment #5 (Donato) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-25 Cosponsor: Representative Wesco
• 2024-01-25 Senator Doriot added as third author
• 2024-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 32: yeas 46, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-25 House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
• 2024-01-26 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-06 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-21 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2024-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 164: yeas 94, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-12 Public Law 74 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ad10d70-c2f4-47fb-9238-d457d6a47e3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).