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type: "Bill"
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title: "Study of election issues."
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description: "Requires the secretary of state to do the following: (1) Study scheduling of local elections and requiring all counties to use vote centers. (2) Conduct at least three public meetings on the topics studied. (3) Report the results of the studies to the legislative council before November 1, 2025."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1633"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1633 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Election Division and Election Commission", "AGENCIES; State Board of Accounts (SBOA)", "AUDITS AND AUDITORS (Non-Elected)", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "COURTS; Judges", "ELECTIONS; Generally", "ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Mike Gaskill"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebaf16c9-ef02-4b06-bda9-50bf19c3ab15"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1633"
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source_hash: "f0725c905c334cbc2355d2b494f447048455cb0a81b88c0e90c0f0745825e738"
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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 HB 1633 (2025) — Study of election issues.
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Requires the secretary of state to do the following: (1) Study scheduling of local elections and requiring all counties to use vote centers. (2) Conduct at least three public meetings on the topics studied. (3) Report the results of the studies to the legislative council before November 1, 2025.
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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 House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1633/HB1633.03.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1633/HB1633.05.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1633/HB1633.04.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1633/HB1633.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1633 - Gaskill - 2nd Reading — **11–37** (fail) · upper
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- HB 1633 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **74–12** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1633 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — **35–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
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- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
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- Joanna King — coauthor (person)
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- Karen Engleman — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representatives King and Engleman
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Smaltz
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- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Amendment #2 (Smaltz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-07** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 102: yeas 74, nays 12 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06** Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
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- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-03** Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 333: yeas 11, nays 37 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 350: yeas 35, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-08** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-15** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Public Law 108 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-22** 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/ebaf16c9-ef02-4b06-bda9-50bf19c3ab15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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