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type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes and election workers."
description: "Defines \"election worker\" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 170"
citation: "Indiana SB 170 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Persons", "ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Walker", "Jennifer Meltzer", "Susan Glick"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8dc0efb-d239-4e43-ade9-ef45fabc6d5c"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0170"
source_hash: "debfbb4d8f56c2b5ddd96eee630195abcb7337c57725fa0978f79095e7c11908"
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 170 (2024) — Crimes and election workers.
Defines "election worker" and makes it a Level 6 felony under certain circumstances to: (1) threaten an election worker; or (2) to obstruct, interfere with, or injure an election worker.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.04.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.03.ENGS.pdf)
3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.06.ENRH.pdf)
4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.01.INTR.pdf)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0170/SB0170.05.COMH.pdf)
## Votes
- SB 170 - Walker G - 3rd Reading — **453** (pass) · upper
- SB 170 - Walker G — **3513** (pass) · upper
- SB 170 - Meltzer - 3rd Reading — **930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Greg Walker — primary (person)
- Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
- Susan Glick — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Robb Greene — cosponsor (person)
- Sharon Negele — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** Authored by Senator Walker G
- **2024-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Senator Glick added as second author
- **2024-01-30** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2024-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Amendment #2 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
- **2024-02-05** Cosponsors: Representatives Negele and Greene
- **2024-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Meltzer
- **2024-02-05** Title amendment: adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 108: yeas 45, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-28** Amendment #1 (Moed) motion withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2024-02-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 251: yeas 93, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-01** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-04** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2024-03-04** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 268: yeas 35, nays 13
- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Public Law 110 `became-law`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8dc0efb-d239-4e43-ade9-ef45fabc6d5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).