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type: "Bill"
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title: "Gubernatorial line of succession."
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description: "Removes the superintendent of public instruction from the list of officeholders who shall discharge the powers and duties of the governor if the office of the governor and lieutenant governor are both vacant. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HJR 1"
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citation: "Indiana HJR 1 (2023)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "GOVERNOR"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Prescott", "James Buck", "Jeff Raatz", "Linda Rogers"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8da89d7-f3ef-4a20-a7d8-da862b728b71"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/resolutions/house/joint/1"
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source_hash: "7370ea0eb454c627b4557f68dd53fc1db7549952e5ca23e6d43cd080cd077215"
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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 HJR 1 (2023) — Gubernatorial line of succession.
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Removes the superintendent of public instruction from the list of officeholders who shall discharge the powers and duties of the governor if the office of the governor and lieutenant governor are both vacant. This proposed amendment has been agreed to by one general assembly.
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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 House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0001/versions/HJ0001.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0001/versions/HJ0001.02.COMH)
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3. **House Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0001/versions/HJ0001.03.COMS)
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4. **Introduced House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0001/versions/HJ0001.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HJR 1 - Prescott - 3rd Reading — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J.D. Prescott — primary (person)
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- James Buck — primary (person)
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- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Ryan Lauer — coauthor (person)
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- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Coauthored by Representative Lauer
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- **2023-01-09** Authored by Representative Prescott
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- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-26** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 99, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-01-31** Senate sponsors: Senators Raatz, Buck, Rogers
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- **2023-01-31** Cosponsor: Senator Glick
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- **2023-02-01** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-14** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 222: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-16** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Public Law 253 `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/a8da89d7-f3ef-4a20-a7d8-da862b728b71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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