Indiana House Bill 1311 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Passed on May 6 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-06 - Public Law 283
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Absentee ballots. Requires certain applications for an absentee ballot to be received not later than 11:59 p.m. 12 days before the date of an election. (Under current law, these applications must be received not later than 11:59 p.m. eight days before an election.) Allows certain applications for an absentee ballot to be transmitted by electronic mail. Provides that, for every election held after December 31, 2019, an application for an absentee ballot is an adequate application for an absentee ballot if it is received not earlier than December 1 of the year before any election. (Under current law, this provision

Absentee ballots. Requires certain applications for an absentee ballot to be received not later than 11:59 p.m. 12 days before the date of an election. (Under current law, these applications must be received not later than 11:59 p.m. eight days before an election.) Allows certain applications for an absentee ballot to be transmitted by electronic mail. Provides that, for every election held after December 31, 2019, an application for an absentee ballot is an adequate application for an absentee ballot if it is received not earlier than December 1 of the year before any election. (Under current law, this provision

Rep. Thomas Saunders [R]	Rep. Robert Cherry [R]	Rep. Ethan Manning [R]	Sen. Greg Walker [R]
Sen. Erin Houchin [R]

2019-04-10 - House - House - House concurred in Senate amendments (Y: 66 N: 31 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-03-25 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 37 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2019-03-21 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 7 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [FAIL]
2019-03-18 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-18 - House - Third reading (Y: 63 N: 28 NV: 4 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - Amendment #5 (Austin) failed (Y: 29 N: 63 NV: 1 Abs: 7) [FAIL]
2019-02-12 - House - House Floor - (Y: 63 N: 30 NV: 1 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2019-02-07 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 7 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-06	House	Public Law 283
2019-05-06	House	Signed by the Governor
2019-04-30	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2019-04-15	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2019-04-11	House	Signed by the Speaker
2019-04-10	House	House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 465: yeas 65, nays 32
2019-04-08	House	Motion to concur filed
2019-03-26	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2019-03-25	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 37, nays 9
2019-03-21	Senate	Amendment #3 (Houchin) prevailed; voice vote
2019-03-21	Senate	Amendment #1 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 297: yeas 7, nays 39
2019-03-21	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2019-03-19	Senate	Senator Houchin added as second sponsor
2019-03-18	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2019-03-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2019-02-19	House	Referred to the Senate
2019-02-18	House	Representative Boy removed as coauthor
2019-02-18	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Walker
2019-02-18	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 207: yeas 63, nays 28
2019-02-12	House	Amendment #5 (Austin) failed; Roll Call 143: yeas 29, nays 63
2019-02-12	House	Amendment #3 (Boy) failed; voice vote
2019-02-12	House	Amendment #2 (Pryor) failed; voice vote
2019-02-12	House	Amendment #1 (Hamilton) ruled out of order
2019-02-12	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-07	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-04	House	Representative Manning added as coauthor
2019-01-29	House	Representative Boy added as coauthor
2019-01-14	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2019-01-14	House	Coauthored by Representative Cherry
2019-01-14	House	Authored by Representative Saunders

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1311/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/e/8/1/fe81f9c5/HB1311.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/e/1/0/7e10a82c/HB1311.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/c/d/d/acdda45e/HB1311.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/0/f/980fb7c7/HB1311.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/9/9/4/699449bf/HB1311.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/0/c/6/b0c65063/HB1311.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/a/b/4/0ab4c18f/HB1311.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/d/9/f/ad9f8c7a/HB1311.04.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/0/6/b/706bc25c/HB1311.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/9/4/0/f940f809/HB1311.01.INTR.02.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/0/3/d/a03d6d7f/HB1311.142.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/f/8/4/d/f84d642a/HB1311.143.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/6/4/2/b6420eed/HB1311.207.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/6/f/3/46f34c5e/HB1311.02.COMH.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/0/4/1/7041dabc/HB1311.297.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/e/5/37e5f207/HB1311.308.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/9/1/c/291c442c/HB1311.465.pdf