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HB 1256 IN
Passed One Chamber

Campaign finance reports of local candidates.

IN · session 2026 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 5, 2026

Latest action (Feb 2, 2026) First reading: referred to Committee on Elections

Summary

Requires the circuit court clerk of each county to place a copy of each campaign finance report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board on the circuit court clerk's or county election board's website in portable document format. Allows certain covered persons to submit a written request to a county, municipality, or township to restrict access to the covered person's home address in a confidential document. Requires a county, municipality, or township to establish certain processes to prevent a member of the public from gaining access to the home address of a covered person.

Sponsors (2)

3 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (10)

  1. Jan 5, 2026 Coauthored by Representatives Dant Chesser, Pierce K, Pressel · lower
  2. Jan 5, 2026 Authored by Representative Clere · lower
  3. Jan 5, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment · lower
  4. Jan 14, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  5. Jan 27, 2026 Amendment #4 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote · lower
  6. Jan 27, 2026 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed · lower
  7. Jan 28, 2026 Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G · lower
  8. Jan 28, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: yeas 94, nays 0 · lower
  9. Jan 29, 2026 Referred to the Senate · lower
  10. Feb 2, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections · upper
Subjects
ELECTIONS; Campaign Activities (Including Advertisements, Contributions, Expenditures, and Reporting)ELECTIONS; CandidatesELECTIONS; Local Election BoardsLOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk

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