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type: "Bill"
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title: "Local powers concerning elections."
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description: "Provides that a unit does not have the power to adopt an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections, or otherwise conduct an election, except as expressly granted by statute. Specifies that an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections that was adopted before January 1, 2023, is void unless a statute expressly granted the unit the power to adopt the ordinance, resolution, or order."
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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: "SB 106"
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citation: "Indiana SB 106 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "Conduct of Elections", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J.D. Ford", "James Buck", "Jon Ford", "Timothy Wesco"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6407f494-a838-4076-aff8-8c7223f2efc0"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/106"
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source_hash: "74ba6002ab5e9be91dde1bfa3fa5f5a3f7d16c266f9ff0ab76693a747420f31a"
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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 SB 106 (2023) — Local powers concerning elections.
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Provides that a unit does not have the power to adopt an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections, or otherwise conduct an election, except as expressly granted by statute. Specifies that an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections that was adopted before January 1, 2023, is void unless a statute expressly granted the unit the power to adopt the ordinance, resolution, or order.
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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 Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0106/versions/SB0106.05.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0106/versions/SB0106.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0106/versions/SB0106.04.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0106/versions/SB0106.03.COMS)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0106/versions/SB0106.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 106 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- J.D. Ford — primary (person)
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- James Buck — primary (person)
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- Jon Ford — primary (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
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- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
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- Cherrish Pryor — cosponsor (person)
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- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
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- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
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- Pat Boy — cosponsor (person)
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- Robert Cherry — 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** Authored by Senator Bray
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- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Elections `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-09** Senator Bray removed as author
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- **2023-02-09** Senator Buck added as author
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- **2023-02-09** Senator Ford Jon added as second author
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- **2023-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-14** Senator Ford J.D. added as third author
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- **2023-02-14** Senator Walker G added as coauthor
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- **2023-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Wesco
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- **2023-02-20** Senators Brown L and Freeman added as coauthors
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- **2023-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-09** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-13** Representatives Cherry, Pryor, Boy added as cosponsors
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- **2023-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-15** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-03-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-03-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-05** Public Law 4 `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/6407f494-a838-4076-aff8-8c7223f2efc0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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