Indiana bills · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana SB 12
Prohibition of ranked choice voting.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Timothy Wesco (Republican)
- Mike Gaskill (Republican)
- Chris Garten (Republican)
- Blake Doriot (Republican)
Cosponsors (20)
- Steve Bartels (Republican)
- Ethan Lawson (Republican)
- Scott Alexander (Republican)
- James Tomes (Republican)
- Eric Koch (Republican)
- Tyler Johnson (Republican)
- Liz Brown (Republican)
- Michael Young (Republican)
- Jean Leising (Republican)
- Susan Glick (Republican)
- Greg Goode (Republican)
- Travis Holdman (Republican)
- Dan Dernulc (Republican)
- Aaron Freeman (Republican)
- Jeff Raatz (Republican)
- James Buck (Republican)
- Brett Clark (Republican)
- Scott Baldwin (Republican)
- Gary Byrne (Republican)
- Linda Rogers (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Indiana legislature· Digest
Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2026 House | SB 12 - Wesco - 3rd Reading | pass | Set your home in Indiana to see |
| Jan 20, 2026 Senate | SB 12 - Doriot - 3rd Reading | pass | Set your home in Indiana to see |
Actions
- Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Public Law 5 - Feb 24, 2026
Signed by the Governor - Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate - Feb 23, 2026 · House
Signed by the Speaker - Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Returned to the Senate without amendments - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 58, nays 30 - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Second reading: ordered engrossed - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Committee report: do pass, adopted - Jan 28, 2026 · House
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment - Jan 22, 2026 · Senate
Referred to the House - Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
House sponsor: Representative Wesco - Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Senator Alexander added as coauthor - Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Cosponsors: Representatives Lawson, Bartels - Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 34: yeas 38, nays 9 - Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Senators Brown L, Johnson T, Koch, Tomes added as coauthors - Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Second reading: ordered engrossed - Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote - Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Senators Buck, Raatz, Freeman, Dernulc added as coauthors - Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Senator Young M added as coauthor - Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Senators Holdman, Goode, Glick, Leising added as coauthors - Jan 12, 2026 · Senate
Committee report: do pass, adopted - Jan 12, 2026 · Senate
Senator Clark added as coauthor - Dec 10, 2025 · Senate
Senator Baldwin added as coauthor - Dec 8, 2025 · Senate
Authored by Senators Doriot, Garten, Gaskill - Dec 8, 2025 · Senate
Coauthored by Senators Rogers, Byrne - Dec 8, 2025 · Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections