Indiana Senate Bill 199

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 22 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-22 - Referred to the House
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [PDF]

Conduct of primary elections. Provides that two or more candidates of a political party may sign a written statement indicating their desire to name a watcher to be present at a county primary election. (Current law requires that 26% or more of all candidates of a political party must sign a written statement to indicate a desire to name a watcher.) Allows a county chairman of a political party to appoint a watcher to each precinct in which the political party has a candidate on the ballot if two or more candidates do not sign a written statement to request a watcher.

Conduct of primary elections.

Sen. Mike Gaskill [R]

Sen. Linda Rogers [R]

Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

Rep. Joanna King [R]

2025-01-21 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-22	Senate	Referred to the House
2025-01-21	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2025-01-21	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative King
2025-01-21	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Wesco
2025-01-21	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 10: yeas 49, nays 0
2025-01-16	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2025-01-14	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2025-01-08	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2025-01-08	Senate	Authored by Senator Gaskill

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/senate/199/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/SB0199.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/SB0199.02.COMS.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/fiscal-notes/SB0199.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/votesheets/SB0199.01.INTR.02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/committee-reports/SB0199.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/fiscal-notes/SB0199.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/fiscal-notes/SB0199.02.COMS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/fiscal-notes/SB0199.02.COMS.FN003.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0199/rollcalls/SB0199.10_S.pdf