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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1359: Scanning ballots.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1359 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Scanning ballots. Primary sponsor: Tim Wesco (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Linda Rogers (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 16, 2026): Committee report: amend do pass, adopted.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Specifies a process by which certain counties may scan voted optical scan ballot cards during the early voting period and on election day without using secrecy envelopes. Makes conforming amendments. Reduces the period during which in person absentee voting may occur at the office of the circuit court clerk or a satellite office from 28 days to a 16 day period ending at noon on the day before election day.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim WescoPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse21
Mike GaskillPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Linda RogersPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  2. Senator Rogers added as second sponsor
  3. First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
  4. Referred to the Senate
  5. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 81: yeas 71, nays 20
  6. Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
  7. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  8. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  9. Authored by Representative Wesco
  10. First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source