republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1377.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Straight ticket voting."
description: "Repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected. Removes a provision requiring particular ballot placement when more than one candidate may be elected to an office. Provides that if a voter votes a straight party ticket and also selects one or more individual candidates for an office to which more than one person may be elected, the: (1) individual votes shall be counted unless the total number of individual votes is greater than the number of persons to be elected to the office; (2) straight party votes for the office shall not be counted; and (3) straight party votes for other offices on the ballot shall be counted. Makes conforming amendments. Specifies how a vote is counted with a straight ticket on a paper ballot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Indiana HB 1377 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Alexander", "Tyler Johnson", "Zach Payne"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-08"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e137f6a-ee66-497a-949b-b1107c0d7d06"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1377"
source_hash: "b280fb439278a15c9b07c6e6b5eedb57144092f45117b1beda925070951da4c4"
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 HB 1377 (2026) — Straight ticket voting.

Repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected. Removes a provision requiring particular ballot placement when more than one candidate may be elected to an office. Provides that if a voter votes a straight party ticket and also selects one or more individual candidates for an office to which more than one person may be elected, the: (1) individual votes shall be counted unless the total number of individual votes is greater than the number of persons to be elected to the office; (2) straight party votes for the office shall not be counted; and (3) straight party votes for other offices on the ballot shall be counted. Makes conforming amendments. Specifies how a vote is counted with a straight ticket on a paper ballot.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1377/HB1377.05.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1377/HB1377.03.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1377/HB1377.06.ENRS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1377/HB1377.02.COMH.pdf)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1377/HB1377.04.COMS.pdf)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1377/HB1377.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1377 - Payne - 3rd Reading — **71–20** (pass) · lower
- HB 1377 - Payne — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- HB 1377 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Zach Payne — primary (person)
- Ethan Lawson — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Prescott — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-08** Authored by Representative Payne
- **2026-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Representative Wesco added as coauthor
- **2026-01-20** Amendment #1 (Payne) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Representatives Lawson, Prescott added as coauthors
- **2026-01-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-22** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 82: yeas 71, nays 20 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-23** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-01-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-19** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment #3 (Hunley) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2026-02-19** Amendment #1 (Johnson T) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-24** Senator Alexander added as second sponsor
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 260: yeas 39, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-25** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 383: yeas 69, nays 27
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Public Law 99 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-04** 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/6e137f6a-ee66-497a-949b-b1107c0d7d06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).