Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 5 R · 1 D cosponsors

HB 1197 — Election matters.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on May 01, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 6 sponsors

    2 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

Requires particular candidates for selection for an appointment pro tempore to an office to: (1) comply with qualification requirements imposed on candidates for election to the office; and (2) if the individual is a candidate for selection by a caucus, be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus. Allows an individual or entity with authority to select a candidate for an appointment pro tempore to remove a candidate from consideration if the candidate does not meet these requirements. Specifies additional grounds on which certain county officers or a township executive may be charged and deprived of office following a hearing. Provides that if an accused party does not appear before the court, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the accused party's absence. Includes a member of the county executive, if the county does not contain a consolidated city, in a provision concerning the initiation of an action for removal of a county officer. Exempts a member of the county executive from a requirement concerning physical presence in the county officer's office. Provides that a city-county legislative body may declare the seat of a member vacant by a two-thirds vote if the member fails to perform the duties of the member's office.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 159

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 482: yeas 88, nays 0

  7. Returned to the House with amendments

  8. Motion to concur filed

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 433: yeas 49, nays 0

  10. Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; Roll Call 374: yeas 28, nays 17

  11. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  12. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  13. First reading: referred to Committee on Elections

  14. Referred to the Senate

  15. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 31: yeas 85, nays 8

  16. Cosponsor: Senator Crider

  17. Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill

  18. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  19. Representative Jackson C added as coauthor

  20. Amendment #2 (Lawson) prevailed; voice vote

  21. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  22. Authored by Representative Lawson

  23. First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

  24. Coauthored by Representatives Wesco and Pierce K

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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2 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 144 not signed on

Sponsors (2)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (144)

144 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1197 do?
Requires particular candidates for selection for an appointment pro tempore to an office to: (1) comply with qualification requirements imposed on candidates for election to the office; and (2) if the individual is a candidate for selection by a caucus, be affiliated with the political party holding the caucus. Allows an individual or entity with authority to select a candidate for an appointment pro tempore to remove a candidate from consideration if the candidate does not meet these requirements. Specifies additional grounds on which certain county officers or a township executive may be charged and deprived of office following a hearing. Provides that if an accused party does not appear before the court, the court may proceed to hear and determine the accusation in the accused party's absence. Includes a member of the county executive, if the county does not contain a consolidated city, in a provision concerning the initiation of an action for removal of a county officer. Exempts a member of the county executive from a requirement concerning physical presence in the county officer's office. Provides that a city-county legislative body may declare the seat of a member vacant by a two-thirds vote if the member fails to perform the duties of the member's office.
Who sponsors HB 1197?
HB 1197 is sponsored by Michael Crider (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Carolyn Jackson (Democrat), Kyle Pierce (Republican), Timothy Wesco (Republican), and Ethan Lawson (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1197?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2025. Enacted.
Where can I track HB 1197?
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