republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electronic voting machines."
description: "Changes the date by which a county must provide a voter verifiable paper audit trail for electronic voting systems from December 31, 2029, to July 1, 2024. Provides that, after July 1, 2022, a county must meet certain requirements when using any direct record electronic voting system that does not include a voter verifiable paper audit trail for an election. Provides that the security agreement that counties are required to enter into with the secretary of state must be funded by money received from the federal government or from money appropriated by the general assembly. Specifies requirements of a statement that must be printed on the envelope of an absentee ballot application. Provides that before an individual can access an absentee ballot application that is submitted in an electronic format using a module of the computerized list, the individual must provide either the individual's Indiana driver's license number or the last four digits of the individual's Social Security number. Requires that voting before an absentee voter board at the circuit court clerk's office or at a satellite office be referred to as \"early voting\" on all forms prescribed by the election division and in all communications with voters. Requires an electronic poll book to have the capacity to transmit certain information that a voter cast a provisional ballot. Requires certain information to be included in the computerized list concerning a voter's casting of a provisional ballot. Repeals language that requires the circuit court clerk to provide notice containing certain information to each voter who casts a provisional ballot. Changes the term \"risk-limiting audit\" to \"post-election audit\". Removes the word \"pilot\" from the chapter concerning post-election audits. Provides that the secretary of state shall determine the number of elections that are subject to a post-election audit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Indiana HB 1116 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS AND AUDITORS", "ELECTIONS generally", "ELECTIONS", "Absent Voters", "ELECTIONS", "Voters and Voting; Registration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Ford", "Linda Rogers", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3932d8cd-d46d-4be9-908f-f6fd9c398cd1"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1116"
source_hash: "dc4a085c44759e4c0cf504d90afd599153218bdbdb074ae5baf87c185ff61616"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1116 (2022) — Electronic voting machines.

Changes the date by which a county must provide a voter verifiable paper audit trail for electronic voting systems from December 31, 2029, to July 1, 2024. Provides that, after July 1, 2022, a county must meet certain requirements when using any direct record electronic voting system that does not include a voter verifiable paper audit trail for an election. Provides that the security agreement that counties are required to enter into with the secretary of state must be funded by money received from the federal government or from money appropriated by the general assembly. Specifies requirements of a statement that must be printed on the envelope of an absentee ballot application. Provides that before an individual can access an absentee ballot application that is submitted in an electronic format using a module of the computerized list, the individual must provide either the individual's Indiana driver's license number or the last four digits of the individual's Social Security number. Requires that voting before an absentee voter board at the circuit court clerk's office or at a satellite office be referred to as "early voting" on all forms prescribed by the election division and in all communications with voters. Requires an electronic poll book to have the capacity to transmit certain information that a voter cast a provisional ballot. Requires certain information to be included in the computerized list concerning a voter's casting of a provisional ballot. Repeals language that requires the circuit court clerk to provide notice containing certain information to each voter who casts a provisional ballot. Changes the term "risk-limiting audit" to "post-election audit". Removes the word "pilot" from the chapter concerning post-election audits. Provides that the secretary of state shall determine the number of elections that are subject to a post-election audit.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.07.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.03.COMH)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.06.COMS)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.05.COMS)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1116/versions/HB1116.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1116 - Ford Jon - 3rd Reading — **35–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-10** Representative O'Brien T added as coauthor
- **2022-01-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Representative Manning added as coauthor
- **2022-01-25** Minority report (DeLaney) not substituted for majority report Roll Call 93: yeas 28, nays 62
- **2022-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-25** Referred to Committee on Elections pursuant to House Rule 84; Failed, Roll Call 96: yeas 28, nays 60 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #2 (Brown T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Porter) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #3 (Nisly) ruled out of order `amendment-failure`
- **2022-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Porter); ruling of the chair sustained. Roll Call 130: yeas 66, nays 30
- **2022-01-27** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Nisly); ruling of the chair sustained. Roll Call 131: yeas 83, nays 10
- **2022-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 162: yeas 66, nays 28 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Ford Jon
- **2022-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-14** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 288: yeas 35, nays 10 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-03** Motion to dissent filed
- **2022-03-04** House conferees appointed: Wesco and Errington
- **2022-03-04** House advisors appointed: O'Brien, Manning, Pfaff and Pierce
- **2022-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Ford Jon and Ford J.D.
- **2022-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Crane and Qaddoura
- **2022-03-07** Concurrence withdrawn; House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure, amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-07** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-07** House reconsidered and concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 351: yeas 95, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14** Public Law 115

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3932d8cd-d46d-4be9-908f-f6fd9c398cd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).