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type: "Bill"
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title: "Withdrawal of candidates."
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description: "Provides that a candidate may withdraw from being a candidate not later than noon 81 days before the date of a primary election. (Under current law, a candidate wanting to withdraw must do so not later than noon 85 days before the primary election.)"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 1267"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1267 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ELECTIONS generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Crane", "Mark Messmer", "Matt Hostettler"]
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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: "2020-01-14"
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last_action: "2020-03-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a40273-f3d3-4286-a1d8-ecc8fa2a1bd5"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1267"
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source_hash: "c77abeb5e75a26a42862f1790a88ba6af303e32cc279abcede5def6f23295dee"
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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 HB 1267 (2020) — Withdrawal of candidates.
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Provides that a candidate may withdraw from being a candidate not later than noon 81 days before the date of a primary election. (Under current law, a candidate wanting to withdraw must do so not later than noon 85 days before the primary election.)
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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 House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1267/versions/HB1267.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1267/versions/HB1267.03.COMS)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1267/versions/HB1267.02.COMH)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1267/versions/HB1267.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1267 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1267 - Hostettler - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- John Crane — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Matt Hostettler — primary (person)
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- Bruce Borders — coauthor (person)
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- Chuck Moseley — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-14** Authored by Representative Hostettler
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- **2020-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Representatives Wesco, Borders, Moseley added as coauthors
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- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Messmer
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- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
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- **2020-02-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Elections `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-20** Senator Crane added as second sponsor
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- **2020-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Returned to the House without amendments
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2020-03-30** Public Law 123
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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/65a40273-f3d3-4286-a1d8-ecc8fa2a1bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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