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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections matters."
description: "Requires each county election board to provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list, not later than 14 days after each election, the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each precinct at the last election. Requires the election division to promptly publish these election results on the website maintained by the election division. Specifies that starting on January 1, 2026, the period within which certain election material must be preserved is extended from 22 months to 34 months."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 113"
citation: "Indiana SB 113 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Contracts and Legal Documents", "ELECTIONS; Generally", "LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Schmitt", "Gary Byrne", "Kendell Culp"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e3f8de4-d3ce-410c-a8b6-f6af3ff8926f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0113"
source_hash: "abc6960107f76e0f209894bd15d42cdcd34b6a14b165e6cc12145d6b8760b114"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---
# Indiana SB 113 (2026) — Elections matters.
Requires each county election board to provide to the election division through a module of the computerized list, not later than 14 days after each election, the votes cast for each candidate and on each public question in each precinct at the last election. Requires the election division to promptly publish these election results on the website maintained by the election division. Specifies that starting on January 1, 2026, the period within which certain election material must be preserved is extended from 22 months to 34 months.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0113/SB0113.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0113/SB0113.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0113/SB0113.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0113/SB0113.03.COMH.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 113 - Schmitt - 3rd Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- SB 113 - Culp - 3rd Reading — **871** (pass) · lower
- SB 113 - Schmitt — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Daryl Schmitt — primary (person)
- Gary Byrne — primary (person)
- Kendell Culp — primary (person)
- Kyle Pierce — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-12-09** Authored by Senator Schmitt
- **2025-12-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-05** Senator Byrne added as second author
- **2026-01-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** Cosponsor: Representative Pierce K
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative Culp
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 87, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-19** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 275: yeas 46, nays 0
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 68 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e3f8de4-d3ce-410c-a8b6-f6af3ff8926f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).