republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/sb-233.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Powers and duties of the election commission."
description: "Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Code. Allows the commission to administratively disband a committee if: (1) the committee has not filed a report of expenditures during the previous calendar year; (2) the committee has never filed a report of expenditures or the last report filed reported cash on hand that did not exceed $1,000; and (3) the election division has attempted to contact the committee but the communication was returned or otherwise undeliverable. Removes the discretion of the commission with respect to certain civil penalties that may be imposed and instead requires the commission to impose the civil penalties. Requires the commission to assess a civil penalty of $1,000 or $500, plus investigative costs, for certain violations. Provides that a $500 civil penalty shall be assessed for a violation of certain electronic filing requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 233"
citation: "Indiana SB 233 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Election Division and Election Commission", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "ELECTIONS; Generally", "ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards", "STATE GOVERNMENT; Administrative Code"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daryl Schmitt", "Kyle Pierce", "Mike Gaskill"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe6d3d92-79de-4dd0-8bf1-c210b49e0b2d"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0233"
source_hash: "960cea2aec95c51e9258888ea4ee20f97d6cf2095065f9d934c6515e3fc926b8"
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 233 (2026) — Powers and duties of the election commission.

Separates out the procedures for how a county election board and the Indiana election commission (commission) may administratively disband certain committees into two different sections of the Indiana Code. Allows the commission to administratively disband a committee if: (1) the committee has not filed a report of expenditures during the previous calendar year; (2) the committee has never filed a report of expenditures or the last report filed reported cash on hand that did not exceed $1,000; and (3) the election division has attempted to contact the committee but the communication was returned or otherwise undeliverable. Removes the discretion of the commission with respect to certain civil penalties that may be imposed and instead requires the commission to impose the civil penalties. Requires the commission to assess a civil penalty of $1,000 or $500, plus investigative costs, for certain violations. Provides that a $500 civil penalty shall be assessed for a violation of certain electronic filing requirements.

## 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/SB0233/SB0233.06.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0233/SB0233.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0233/SB0233.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0233/SB0233.05.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 233 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 233 - Pierce K - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daryl Schmitt — primary (person)
- Kyle Pierce — primary (person)
- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Authored by Senator Gaskill
- **2026-01-12** Senator Schmitt added as second author
- **2026-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-13** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-26** House sponsor: Representative Pierce K
- **2026-01-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 80: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-27** 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: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-18** Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-03** Public Law 47 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe6d3d92-79de-4dd0-8bf1-c210b49e0b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).