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Indiana · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 25: School board candidates.

Enacted 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 25 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on December 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: School board candidates. Primary sponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), J.D. Prescott (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 24, 2026): Public Law 7.

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 that if there is more than one candidate for a school board office within certain designated groups of candidates, the candidates shall appear in a certain order and within the grouping and in alphabetical order according to surname.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Gary ByrnePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Mike GaskillPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
J.D. PrescottPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse33

“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. Public Law 7
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the Speaker
  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  6. Returned to the Senate without amendments
  7. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 91, nays 4
  8. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  9. Committee report: do pass, adopted
  10. First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
  11. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 47, nays 1
  12. House sponsor: Representative Prescott

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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