# Indiana SB 526: Absentee ballot retraction. Indiana SB 526, Absentee ballot retraction., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Mike Gaskill (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-06 (Public Law 212) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB526-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana SB 526 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Absentee ballot retraction. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-05-06, Public Law 212 - Sponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: elections, the house, elections and apportionment - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (242 yes, 37 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Requires a county election board to test certain voting machines to ensure that an absentee ballot can be retracted before tabulation of the ballot if the ballot is required to be rejected. Requires the public test of a voting system to test whether a rejected ballot is retracted. Voids a March 25, 2022, advisory opinion adopted by the Indiana election commission. Provides that, to be approved by the Indiana election commission for use in Indiana, a voting system must meet certain standards of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines adopted by the United States Election Assistance Commission on February 10, 2021. Allows a county to continue to use an optical scan ballot card voting system or an electronic voting system if certain matters concerning the voting system were approved before October 1, 2025. Allows a voting system to include a retraction feature concerning certain votes cast on absentee ballots. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Mike Gaskill (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Stacey Donato (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Timothy Wesco (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-24 | House | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House | pass | 65 | 26 | | | 2025-04-24 | Senate | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate | pass | 40 | 10 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 90 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 1 | | ## Actions (37) - 2025-05-06: Public Law 212 (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signed by the Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 552: yeas 65, nays 26 (House) - 2025-04-24: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-24: Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 40, nays 10 (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Senator Spencer removed as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Senator Schmitt removed as advisor (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Representative Pierce K added as conferee (House) - 2025-04-23: Representative Jackson C removed as conferee (House) - 2025-04-23: Representative Pierce K removed as advisor (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the House (House) - 2025-04-23: CCR # 1 filed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-23: Senator Schmitt added as conferee (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Senator Schmitt added as advisor (Senate) - 2025-04-15: House conferees appointed: Wesco and Jackson C (House) - 2025-04-15: House advisors appointed: Pierce K, Pressel, Boy, Errington and Pryor (House) - 2025-04-14: Senate conferees appointed: Gaskill and Spencer (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Senate dissented from House amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Motion to dissent filed (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Donato (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Returned to the Senate with amendments (House) - 2025-04-01: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 90, nays 0 (House) - 2025-03-31: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-03-31: Amendment #3 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment (House) - 2025-02-21: Referred to the House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 47, nays 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-20: House sponsor: Representative Wesco (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Senator Donato added as second author (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Committee report: do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-01-16: First reading: referred to Committee on Elections (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Authored by Senator Gaskill (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - Engrossed Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.05.ENGH?format=pdf) - Enrolled Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.01.INTR?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.04.COMH?format=pdf) - Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.02.COMS?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.03.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.05.ENGH?format=pdf) - [Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.06.ENRH?format=pdf) - [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.01.INTR?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.04.COMH?format=pdf) - [Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0526/versions/SB0526.02.COMS?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB526-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).