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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 211: Cancellation of caucus meeting.

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

SB 211 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Cancellation of caucus meeting. Primary sponsor: Travis Holdman (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Matt Lehman (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 28, 2026): First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment.

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Official summary

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

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 Allows a notice of a caucus meeting to be rescinded if only one candidate seeks to fill a vacancy in a local office or a school board office held by a major party.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Travis HoldmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Scott BaldwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Matt LehmanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse79
Mike GaskillCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Tim WescoCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21

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

Sources

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