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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voter registration."
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description: "Specifies that proof of identification may not include a document issued by an educational institution. Requires a county voter registration office to perform voter list maintenance within 48 hours of receiving information that requires voter list maintenance activity. Clarifies the circumstances under which an individual may be removed from the computerized list. Requires a county voter registration office to conduct a voter list maintenance program concerning a voter who has not cast a vote in the two most recent general elections. Repeals obsolete provisions concerning a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas Secretary of State. Requires the secretary of state to contact each state to request that the state or a group of states execute an agreement to share certain information concerning voter information for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list. Requires the secretary of state to take certain actions with respect to these agreements and the information exchanged. Provides that a voter's consular report of birth abroad (CRBA) is proof of citizenship. Requires a local health officer to share certain records concerning all deaths, including all death certificates, within that officer's jurisdiction with the county voter registration office on a quarterly basis."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 10"
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citation: "Indiana SB 10 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)", "AGENCIES; Election Division and Election Commission", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "DEATH AND DECEASED; Generally", "ELECTIONS; Voter Identification", "ELECTIONS; Voter Registration", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Citizenship and Immigration", "HEALTH; Generally", "HEALTH; Medical Records", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Secretary of State", "TRANSPORTATION; Licenses", "Plates", "Registration", "and Titles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Chris Garten", "Kendell Culp", "Mike Gaskill"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-14"
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last_action: "2025-04-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ace5d31-e735-4f98-861d-3ffa943f4b96"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0010"
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source_hash: "d1b8d0b53f8f8f787e8506dc419f95ce25574c80f2751d298e71e79af985f49c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 10 (2025) — Voter registration.
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Specifies that proof of identification may not include a document issued by an educational institution. Requires a county voter registration office to perform voter list maintenance within 48 hours of receiving information that requires voter list maintenance activity. Clarifies the circumstances under which an individual may be removed from the computerized list. Requires a county voter registration office to conduct a voter list maintenance program concerning a voter who has not cast a vote in the two most recent general elections. Repeals obsolete provisions concerning a memorandum of understanding with the Kansas Secretary of State. Requires the secretary of state to contact each state to request that the state or a group of states execute an agreement to share certain information concerning voter information for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list. Requires the secretary of state to take certain actions with respect to these agreements and the information exchanged. Provides that a voter's consular report of birth abroad (CRBA) is proof of citizenship. Requires a local health officer to share certain records concerning all deaths, including all death certificates, within that officer's jurisdiction with the county voter registration office on a quarterly basis.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0010/SB0010.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0010/SB0010.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0010/SB0010.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0010/SB0010.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 10 - Doriot — **39–9** (pass) · upper
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- SB 10 - Culp - 2nd Reading — **27–67** (fail) · lower
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- SB 10 - Culp - 2nd Reading — **26–66** (fail) · lower
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- SB 10 - Culp - 3rd Reading — **66–26** (pass) · lower
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- SB 10 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **39–11** (pass) · upper
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- SB 10 - Doriot - 2nd Reading — **11–37** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Chris Garten — primary (person)
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- Kendell Culp — primary (person)
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- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
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- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
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- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
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- Doug Miller — cosponsor (person)
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- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
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- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
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- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Authored by Senators Doriot, Garten, Gaskill
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- **2025-01-27** Senator Johnson T added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-27** Senator Rogers added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-27** Senator Donato added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-01-30** Senators Bohacek and Schmitt added as coauthors
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- **2025-01-30** Senators Baldwin, Freeman, Tomes, Byrne added as coauthors
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- **2025-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-30** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 40: yeas 11, nays 37 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-02-04** House sponsor: Representative Culp
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-02-04** Cosponsors: Representatives Wesco and Miller D
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- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 39, nays 11 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Amendment #3 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 327: yeas 26, nays 66 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-03-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-31** Amendment #1 (Boy) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-03-31** Amendment #2 (Boy) failed; Roll Call 326: yeas 27, nays 67 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-04-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 340: yeas 66, nays 26 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-07** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 352: yeas 39, nays 9
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- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-16** Public Law 70 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ace5d31-e735-4f98-861d-3ffa943f4b96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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