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type: "Bill"
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title: "Various elections matters."
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description: "Modifies the definition of \"auxiliary party organization\". Specifies that the definition of \"contribution\" includes certain donations of property through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Requires each county to submit to the secretary of state (secretary) information concerning the county's information technology provider. Repeals a provision that allows the Indiana election commission (commission) to issue advisory opinions. Provides that an advisory opinion issued by the commission before July 1, 2025, is void. Permits a pollbook holder, challenger, or watcher to enter, leave, and reenter multiple polling places at any time on election day. Requires the county voter registration official to send a notice requesting proof of citizenship to an individual who uses an identification number from a temporary credential as part of the individual's voter registration application. Provides that an applicant may not list on the voter registration form a post office box or a commercially available mailing box as the residence address of the applicant. Prohibits, with some exceptions, an individual from printing or setting forth information on any part of a voter registration form that will be mailed to another individual. Requires a person who receives a completed petition for nomination of a candidate and has reason to believe that the petition is materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent to deliver the petition to a county election board. Requires the county election board to take certain actions to determine if a violation of election law has occurred. Provides that certain paid political advertising or campaign material does not falsely represent that the candidate is or has been an officeholder. Requires the reporting of certain information if a contribution is made through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Allows a voter who resides in any precinct to challenge a voter or person who offers to vote at a primary election. Provides that an absentee ballot affidavit that does not contain an accurate date of signature is insufficient and must be rejected. Permits the secretary to conduct a procedure audit of a primary or general election after the election occurs. Requires the secretary to issue orders concerning procedure audits. Specifies the deadlines by which procedure audits must be completed. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to circulate or publish material in an election without printing a certain statement on the envelope of an absentee ballot application that a person sends to an individual."
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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 1680"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1680 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS; Generally", "ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards", "ELECTIONS; Voter Identification", "ELECTIONS; Voter Registration", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Secretary of State"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Gaskill", "Timothy Wesco"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6b9a108-d430-4962-bf8f-838b47bf374d"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1680"
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source_hash: "61675bbed2f76942c66e56fbe85ee9c54cd8ceb33116eb0d211ff3c31b0c741e"
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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 1680 (2025) — Various elections matters.
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Modifies the definition of "auxiliary party organization". Specifies that the definition of "contribution" includes certain donations of property through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Requires each county to submit to the secretary of state (secretary) information concerning the county's information technology provider. Repeals a provision that allows the Indiana election commission (commission) to issue advisory opinions. Provides that an advisory opinion issued by the commission before July 1, 2025, is void. Permits a pollbook holder, challenger, or watcher to enter, leave, and reenter multiple polling places at any time on election day. Requires the county voter registration official to send a notice requesting proof of citizenship to an individual who uses an identification number from a temporary credential as part of the individual's voter registration application. Provides that an applicant may not list on the voter registration form a post office box or a commercially available mailing box as the residence address of the applicant. Prohibits, with some exceptions, an individual from printing or setting forth information on any part of a voter registration form that will be mailed to another individual. Requires a person who receives a completed petition for nomination of a candidate and has reason to believe that the petition is materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent to deliver the petition to a county election board. Requires the county election board to take certain actions to determine if a violation of election law has occurred. Provides that certain paid political advertising or campaign material does not falsely represent that the candidate is or has been an officeholder. Requires the reporting of certain information if a contribution is made through a payment platform that acts as a conduit. Allows a voter who resides in any precinct to challenge a voter or person who offers to vote at a primary election. Provides that an absentee ballot affidavit that does not contain an accurate date of signature is insufficient and must be rejected. Permits the secretary to conduct a procedure audit of a primary or general election after the election occurs. Requires the secretary to issue orders concerning procedure audits. Specifies the deadlines by which procedure audits must be completed. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to circulate or publish material in an election without printing a certain statement on the envelope of an absentee ballot application that a person sends to an individual.
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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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1680/HB1680.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1680/HB1680.05.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1680/HB1680.03.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1680/HB1680.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1680 - Wesco — **65–25** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1680 - Gaskill - 2nd Reading — **15–33** (fail) · upper
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- HB 1680 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — **34–8** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1680 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **65–25** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1680 - Gaskill — **36–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
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- Kyle Pierce — 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** Authored by Representative Wesco
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-11** Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 65, nays 25 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 343: yeas 15, nays 33 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-04-07** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** Amendment #4 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Amendment #3 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-04-10** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 384: yeas 34, nays 8 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-11** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-14** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-14** Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Ford J.D.
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- **2025-04-14** Senate advisors appointed: Spencer and Walker G
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- **2025-04-14** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Payne, Yocum, Boy, Jackson C and Pryor
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- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: Wesco and Errington
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- **2025-04-21** Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
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- **2025-04-22** Representative Errington removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-22** Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Senator Schmitt added as conferee
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- **2025-04-22** Representative Pierce K added as conferee
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 501: yeas 36, nays 9
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 523: yeas 65, nays 25
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 241 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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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/d6b9a108-d430-4962-bf8f-838b47bf374d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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