republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-233.md

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Bill	Powers and duties of the election commission.	Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Code. Allows the commission to administratively disband a committee if: (1) the committee has not filed a report of expenditures during the previous calendar year; (2) the committee has never filed a report of expenditures or the last report filed reported cash on hand that did not exceed $1,000; and (3) the election division has attempted to contact the committee but the communication was returned or otherwise undeliverable. Removes the discretion of the commission with respect to certain civil penalties that may be imposed and instead requires the commission to impose the civil penalties. Requires the commission to assess a civil penalty of $1,000 or $500, plus investigative costs, for certain violations. Provides that a $500 civil penalty shall be assessed for a violation of certain electronic filing requirements.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	SB 233	Indiana SB 233 (2026)	bill	AGENCIES; Election Division and Election Commission CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties ELECTIONS; Generally ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code	enacted	Daryl Schmitt Kyle Pierce Mike Gaskill	4	21	2	2026-01-08	2026-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/fe6d3d92-79de-4dd0-8bf1-c210b49e0b2d	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0233	960cea2aec95c51e9258888ea4ee20f97d6cf2095065f9d934c6515e3fc926b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 233 (2026) — Powers and duties of the election commission.

Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Code. Allows the commission to administratively disband a committee if: (1) the committee has not filed a report of expenditures during the previous calendar year; (2) the committee has never filed a report of expenditures or the last report filed reported cash on hand that did not exceed $1,000; and (3) the election division has attempted to contact the committee but the communication was returned or otherwise undeliverable. Removes the discretion of the commission with respect to certain civil penalties that may be imposed and instead requires the commission to impose the civil penalties. Requires the commission to assess a civil penalty of $1,000 or $500, plus investigative costs, for certain violations. Provides that a $500 civil penalty shall be assessed for a violation of certain electronic filing requirements.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 233 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — 44–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 233 - Pierce K - 3rd Reading — 92–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Daryl Schmitt — primary (person)
• Kyle Pierce — primary (person)
• Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
• Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-08 Authored by Senator Gaskill
• 2026-01-12 Senator Schmitt added as second author
• 2026-01-13 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-13 Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-26 House sponsor: Representative Pierce K
• 2026-01-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 44, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-27 Referred to the House referral
• 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-12 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-18 Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
• 2026-02-18 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-19 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 92, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-20 Returned to the Senate without amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-02-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2026-03-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-03-03 Public Law 47 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe6d3d92-79de-4dd0-8bf1-c210b49e0b2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).