As of April 16, members of the Indiana General Assembly, which includes the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana State Senate, have passed five bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those five bills, legislators passed one during the week of April 10-16. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is:
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IN HB1336: Various election law matters, Reps. Tonya Pfaff (D) and Timothy Wesco (R) and Sens. Jon Ford (R) and Linda Rogers (R).
- As introduced on Jan. 17, 2023, this bill:
- Prohibits signatures under IC 26-2-8-106 from being sent by fax or email but allows electronic signatures for candidate and campaign finance committee chairman or treasurer on campaign finance filings.
- Makes election forms obsolete if they become part of the voter registration system.
- Allows the secretary of state to provide voting history to law enforcement for an investigation.
- Allows notification to absentee voters regarding additional documentation to be used without forms management approval.
- Requires the statewide voter registration system to identify nonresidential addresses that have been used on registration applications.
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- As introduced on Jan. 17, 2023, this bill:
Of the five bills passed this year, one has been enacted. This is two fewer than this point a year ago. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is:
