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Bill Absentee ballot retraction. Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 526 Indiana SB 526 (2025)
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AGENCIES; Election Division and Election Commission
ELECTIONS; Absentee Voters
ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)
ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally
enacted
Mike Gaskill
Stacey Donato
Timothy Wesco
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Indiana SB 526 (2025) — Absentee ballot retraction.

Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 526 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
  • SB 526 - Wesco — 65–26 (pass) · lower
  • SB 526 - Gaskill — 40–10 (pass) · upper
  • SB 526 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — 47–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
  • Stacey Donato — primary (person)
  • Timothy Wesco — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-16 Authored by Senator Gaskill
  • 2025-01-16 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-02-10 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Senator Donato added as second author
  • 2025-02-17 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-17 Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-02-21 Referred to the House referral
  • 2025-02-20 House sponsor: Representative Wesco
  • 2025-02-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 47, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-03-31 Amendment #3 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-03-31 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-04-01 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-02 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-14 Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Donato
  • 2025-04-14 Motion to dissent filed filing
  • 2025-04-14 Senate dissented from House amendments
  • 2025-04-14 Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Spencer
  • 2025-04-15 House advisors appointed: Pierce K, Pressel, Boy, Errington and Pryor
  • 2025-04-15 House conferees appointed: Wesco and Jackson C
  • 2025-04-16 Senator Schmitt added as advisor
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Schmitt added as conferee
  • 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
  • 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
  • 2025-04-23 Representative Pierce K removed as advisor
  • 2025-04-23 Representative Jackson C removed as conferee
  • 2025-04-23 Representative Pierce K added as conferee
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Schmitt removed as advisor
  • 2025-04-23 Senator Spencer removed as conferee
  • 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 40, nays 10
  • 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-05-06 Public Law 212 became-law
  • 2025-04-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 552: yeas 65, nays 26

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a29b64af-3e87-46f6-8500-81f2948f8e96. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).

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