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type: "Bill"
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title: "Absentee ballot retraction."
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description: "Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots."
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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: "SB 526"
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citation: "Indiana SB 526 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Election Division and Election Commission", "ELECTIONS; Absentee Voters", "ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)", "ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards", "FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Gaskill", "Stacey Donato", "Timothy Wesco"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a29b64af-3e87-46f6-8500-81f2948f8e96"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0526"
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source_hash: "0ad418c7616ef75a3de42161f1d79a56cb05994a273c05fc18acbb0f49c40ef6"
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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 526 (2025) — Absentee ballot retraction.
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Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots.
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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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0526/SB0526.03.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0526/SB0526.05.ENGH.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0526/SB0526.06.ENRH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0526/SB0526.01.INTR.pdf)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0526/SB0526.04.COMH.pdf)
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6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0526/SB0526.02.COMS.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 526 - Wesco - 3rd Reading — **90–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 526 - Wesco — **65–26** (pass) · lower
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- SB 526 - Gaskill — **40–10** (pass) · upper
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- SB 526 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
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- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** Authored by Senator Gaskill
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- **2025-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Senator Donato added as second author
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- **2025-02-17** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-21** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-02-20** House sponsor: Representative Wesco
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- **2025-02-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 47, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Amendment #3 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-14** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Donato
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- **2025-04-14** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-14** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2025-04-14** Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Spencer
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- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Pierce K, Pressel, Boy, Errington and Pryor
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- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: Wesco and Jackson C
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- **2025-04-16** Senator Schmitt added as advisor
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Schmitt added as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Representative Pierce K removed as advisor
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- **2025-04-23** Representative Jackson C removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** Representative Pierce K added as conferee
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Schmitt removed as advisor
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- **2025-04-23** Senator Spencer removed as conferee
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 40, nays 10
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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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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 212 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 552: yeas 65, nays 26
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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/a29b64af-3e87-46f6-8500-81f2948f8e96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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