# Indiana SB 25: School board candidates.

Indiana SB 25, School board candidates., is a Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026) Senate bill sponsored by Gary Byrne (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-02-24 (Public Law 7) (as of 2026-11-01).

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- As of: 2026-11-01
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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 25
- State: Indiana
- Session: Second Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2026)
- Title: School board candidates.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-12-08
- Last action: 2026-02-24, Public Law 7
- Sponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: elections, the house, elections and apportionment
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (138 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

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.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Gary Byrne (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: J.D. Prescott (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-10 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 91 | 4 |   |
| 2026-01-29 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 1 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2026-02-24: Public Law 7 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Signed by the Governor (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Signed by the Speaker (House)
- 2026-02-12: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Returned to the Senate without amendments (House)
- 2026-02-10: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 91, nays 4 (House)
- 2026-02-09: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House)
- 2026-02-05: Committee report: do pass, adopted (House)
- 2026-02-02: First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment (House)
- 2026-01-29: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 47, nays 1 (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: House sponsor: Representative Prescott (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Senator Bray removed as author (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Senator Gaskill added as second author (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Senator Byrne added as author (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Elections (Senate)
- 2025-12-08: First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure (Senate)
- 2025-12-08: Authored by Senator Bray (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.05.ENRH?format=pdf)
- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.02.COMS?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.04.COMH?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- HB 1424: Farm and homestead food sales. (signed)
- HB 1406: Tax and fiscal matters. (signed)
- HB 1266: Department of education and education matters. (signed)
- HB 1277: Health and human services matters. (signed)
- HB 1210: Department of local government finance. (signed)
- HB 1249: Various criminal law matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.05.ENRH?format=pdf)
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.03.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.02.COMS?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/SB0025/versions/SB0025.04.COMH?format=pdf)

## Related
- [HB 1424: Farm and homestead food sales.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1424-2026)
- [HB 1406: Tax and fiscal matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1406-2026)
- [HB 1266: Department of education and education matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1266-2026)
- [HB 1277: Health and human services matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1277-2026)
- [HB 1210: Department of local government finance.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1210-2026)
- [HB 1249: Various criminal law matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1249-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB25-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).