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Yes: 96 • No: 39
IndianaSB 12Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)Senate
Prohibition of ranked choice voting.
Sponsored By: Blake Doriot (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Indiana bans ranked choice voting in elections
Beginning July 1, 2026, Indiana elections cannot use ranked choice voting. Officials may not nominate or elect any candidate by ranked choice voting under state election law. The law defines ranked choice voting as ranking candidates and counting in rounds until one gets a majority. This applies to all elections run under Indiana’s Title 3 election law.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Blake Doriot
Republican • Senate
Cosponsors
Aaron Freeman
Republican • Senate
Brett Clark
Republican • Senate
Chris Garten
Republican • Senate
Dan Dernulc
Republican • Senate
Eric Koch
Republican • Senate
Ethan Lawson
Republican • House
Gary Byrne
Republican • Senate
Greg Goode
Republican • Senate
James Buck
Republican • Senate
James Tomes
Republican • Senate
Jean Leising
Republican • Senate
Jeff Raatz
Republican • Senate
Linda Rogers
Republican • Senate
Liz Brown
Republican • Senate
Michael Young
Republican • Senate
Mike Gaskill
Republican • Senate
Scott Alexander
Republican • Senate
Scott Baldwin
Republican • Senate
Steve Bartels
Republican • House
Susan Glick
Republican • Senate
Timothy Wesco
Republican • House
Travis Holdman
Republican • Senate
Tyler Johnson
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 2/17/2026
Roll Call 259 on SB0012.03.COMH
Yes: 58 • No: 30 • Other: 6
Senate vote • 1/20/2026
Roll Call 34 on SB0012.02.COMS
Yes: 38 • No: 9 • Other: 1
Actions Timeline
Signed by the President of the Senate
2/24/2026SenateSigned by the Governor
2/24/2026SenatePublic Law 5
2/24/2026SenateSigned by the Speaker
2/23/2026HouseSigned by the President Pro Tempore
2/19/2026SenateReturned to the Senate without amendments
2/18/2026HouseThird reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 58, nays 30
2/17/2026HouseSecond reading: ordered engrossed
2/16/2026HouseCommittee report: do pass, adopted
2/12/2026HouseFirst reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
1/28/2026HouseReferred to the House
1/22/2026SenateHouse sponsor: Representative Wesco
1/20/2026SenateSenator Alexander added as coauthor
1/20/2026SenateCosponsors: Representatives Lawson, Bartels
1/20/2026SenateThird reading: passed; Roll Call 34: yeas 38, nays 9
1/20/2026SenateSecond reading: ordered engrossed
1/15/2026SenateAmendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote
1/15/2026SenateSenators Brown L, Johnson T, Koch, Tomes added as coauthors
1/15/2026SenateSenators Buck, Raatz, Freeman, Dernulc added as coauthors
1/13/2026SenateSenator Young M added as coauthor
1/13/2026SenateSenators Holdman, Goode, Glick, Leising added as coauthors
1/13/2026SenateSenator Clark added as coauthor
1/12/2026SenateCommittee report: do pass, adopted
1/12/2026SenateSenator Baldwin added as coauthor
12/10/2025SenateCoauthored by Senators Rogers, Byrne
12/8/2025Senate
Bill Text
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Introduced Senate Bill (S)
Senate Bill (H)
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