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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "State comptroller."
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description: "Proposes an amendment to the Indiana Constitution to do the following: (1) Require the election of a state comptroller instead of an auditor of state. (2) Provide, effective June 30, 2023, that an individual serving as auditor of state after June 30, 2023, is considered to be serving as state comptroller for all purposes under the Indiana Constitution and Indiana law. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly."
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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: "SJR 17"
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citation: "Indiana SJR 17 (2025)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS; Candidates", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Comptroller"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cyndi Carrasco", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Linda Rogers"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89b01594-e381-43fd-a721-c0f607efba36"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sj0017"
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source_hash: "06f1f346ae1b7a1ed94eb1055518b861da56b18960e51f1ca320dc481f2e1814"
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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 SJR 17 (2025) — State comptroller.
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Proposes an amendment to the Indiana Constitution to do the following: (1) Require the election of a state comptroller instead of an auditor of state. (2) Provide, effective June 30, 2023, that an individual serving as auditor of state after June 30, 2023, is considered to be serving as state comptroller for all purposes under the Indiana Constitution and Indiana law. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
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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 Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0017/SJ0017.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0017/SJ0017.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0017/SJ0017.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/resolutions/SJ0017/SJ0017.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SJR 17 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **94–1** (pass) · lower
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- SJR 17 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
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- Linda Rogers — primary (person)
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- Ethan Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
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- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Carrasco
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-16** Senator Rogers added as second author
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- **2025-01-21** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-23** Cosponsors: Representatives Davis and Lawson E
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- **2025-01-23** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2025-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 12: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-24** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 301: yeas 94, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-26** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Public Law 245 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `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/89b01594-e381-43fd-a721-c0f607efba36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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