republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1377.md

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Bill	Straight ticket voting.	Repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected. Removes a provision requiring particular ballot placement when more than one candidate may be elected to an office. Provides that if a voter votes a straight party ticket and also selects one or more individual candidates for an office to which more than one person may be elected, the: (1) individual votes shall be counted unless the total number of individual votes is greater than the number of persons to be elected to the office; (2) straight party votes for the office shall not be counted; and (3) straight party votes for other offices on the ballot shall be counted. Makes conforming amendments. Specifies how a vote is counted with a straight ticket on a paper ballot.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1377	Indiana HB 1377 (2026)	bill	ELECTIONS; Generally	enacted	Scott Alexander Tyler Johnson Zach Payne	6	25	3	2026-01-08	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/6e137f6a-ee66-497a-949b-b1107c0d7d06	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1377	b280fb439278a15c9b07c6e6b5eedb57144092f45117b1beda925070951da4c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1377 (2026) — Straight ticket voting.

Repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected. Removes a provision requiring particular ballot placement when more than one candidate may be elected to an office. Provides that if a voter votes a straight party ticket and also selects one or more individual candidates for an office to which more than one person may be elected, the: (1) individual votes shall be counted unless the total number of individual votes is greater than the number of persons to be elected to the office; (2) straight party votes for the office shall not be counted; and (3) straight party votes for other offices on the ballot shall be counted. Makes conforming amendments. Specifies how a vote is counted with a straight ticket on a paper ballot.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1377 - Payne - 3rd Reading — 71–20 (pass) · lower
• HB 1377 - Payne — 69–27 (pass) · lower
• HB 1377 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — 39–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Scott Alexander — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Zach Payne — primary (person)
• Ethan Lawson — coauthor (person)
• J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
• Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 Authored by Representative Payne
• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-15 Representative Wesco added as coauthor
• 2026-01-20 Amendment #1 (Payne) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-01-20 Representatives Lawson, Prescott added as coauthors
• 2026-01-20 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-22 Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
• 2026-01-22 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 71, nays 20 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-23 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-19 Amendment #3 (Hunley) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-19 Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-24 Senator Alexander added as second sponsor
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 39, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-25 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-25 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 383: yeas 69, nays 27
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 99 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6e137f6a-ee66-497a-949b-b1107c0d7d06. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).