Legislative record

SB 211STATE · IndianaIn Committee

Cancellation of caucus meeting.

Allows a person who wishes to be a candidate for a pro tempore appointment to certain local offices or school board offices to file a declaration of candidacy with the chair of the caucus or the circuit court clerk. Requires a circuit court clerk to send a copy of a declaration of candidacy filed with the clerk to the chairman of the caucus on the same day the declaration of candidacy is received. Allows a notice of a caucus meeting to be rescinded if only one candidate seeks to fill a vacancy in a local office or a school board office held by a major party.

Voted 1/28/2026

Roll-call record

How representatives voted

35 yea·9 nay·4 other

Docket history

Action history

  1. 1/28/2026First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
  2. 1/23/2026Referred to the House
  3. 1/22/2026House sponsor: Representative Lehman
  4. 1/22/2026Cosponsor: Representative Wesco
  5. 1/22/2026Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
  6. 1/22/2026Third reading: passed; Roll Call 56: yeas 35, nays 10
  7. 1/20/2026Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote
  8. 1/20/2026Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
  9. 1/15/2026Senator Baldwin added as second author
  10. 1/12/2026Committee report: amend do pass, adopted