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type: "Bill"
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title: "School board candidate filing deadline."
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description: "Changes the time frame that a candidate for a school board office is required to file the candidate's petition of nomination. Modifies deadlines concerning a statement questioning the validity of a petition of nomination or contesting the denial of certification."
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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 177"
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citation: "Indiana SB 177 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["EDUCATION", "Secretary of Education", "State Department and Boards", "ELECTIONS", "State and Local Boards", "SCHOOLS", "Officers and Employees (other than teachers)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "James Buck", "Timothy Wesco"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7223d0eb-8152-4fd3-8700-7cb419642a77"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/177"
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source_hash: "5db9696c035cd97b29adbcb4443723fde72367798906a9bad0188c2683964dd8"
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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 177 (2023) — School board candidate filing deadline.
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Changes the time frame that a candidate for a school board office is required to file the candidate's petition of nomination. Modifies deadlines concerning a statement questioning the validity of a petition of nomination or contesting the denial of certification.
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0177/versions/SB0177.03.ENGS)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0177/versions/SB0177.05.ENRH)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0177/versions/SB0177.01.INTR)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0177/versions/SB0177.04.COMH)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/SB0177/versions/SB0177.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 177 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- James Buck — primary (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
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- J.D. Prescott — 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 Koch
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- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-17** Senator Buck added as second author
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- **2023-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-02** Amendment #4 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-02** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 66: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Wesco
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- **2023-02-07** 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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- **2023-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27** Representative Prescott added as cosponsor
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- **2023-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 313: yeas 95, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-03** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2023-04-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 320: yeas 48, nays 0
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- **2023-04-06** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Public Law 34 `became-law`
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- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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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/7223d0eb-8152-4fd3-8700-7cb419642a77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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