Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 1197: Election matters.
Enacted Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
HB 1197 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Election matters. Primary sponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican), Ethan Lawson (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 1, 2025): Signed by the Governor.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 5
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Gaskill | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 25 |
| Ethan Lawson | Primary sponsor | Republican | House | 53 |
| Michael Crider | Co-sponsor | Republican | Senate | 28 |
| Carolyn Jackson | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 1 |
| Kyle Pierce | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 36 |
| Tim Wesco | Co-sponsor | Republican | House | 21 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Signed by the Governor
- Public Law 159
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- Signed by the Speaker
- House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 482: yeas 88, nays 0
- Returned to the House with amendments
- Motion to concur filed
- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 433: yeas 49, nays 0
- Amendment #1 (Walker K) prevailed; Roll Call 374: yeas 28, nays 17
- Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
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