SB 12 IN Became Law
Prohibition of ranked choice voting.
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Summary
Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.
Sponsors (4)
- Blake Doriot Republican · author
- Chris Garten Republican · author
- Mike Gaskill Republican · author
- Timothy Wesco Republican · sponsor
20 coauthors / cosponsors
- Linda Rogers Republican · coauthor
- Gary Byrne Republican · coauthor
- Scott Baldwin Republican · coauthor
- Brett Clark Republican · coauthor
- James Buck Republican · coauthor
- Jeff Raatz Republican · coauthor
- Aaron Freeman Republican · coauthor
- Dan Dernulc Republican · coauthor
- Travis Holdman Republican · coauthor
- Greg Goode Republican · coauthor
- Susan Glick Republican · coauthor
- Jean Leising Republican · coauthor
- Michael Young Republican · coauthor
- Liz Brown Republican · coauthor
- Tyler Johnson Republican · coauthor
- Eric Koch Republican · coauthor
- James Tomes Republican · coauthor
- Scott Alexander Republican · coauthor
- Ethan Lawson Republican · cosponsor
- Steve Bartels Republican · cosponsor
Action history (27)
- Dec 8, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections · upper
- Dec 8, 2025 Coauthored by Senators Rogers, Byrne · upper
- Dec 8, 2025 Authored by Senators Doriot, Garten, Gaskill · upper
- Dec 10, 2025 Senator Baldwin added as coauthor · upper
- Jan 12, 2026 Senator Clark added as coauthor · upper
- Jan 12, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · upper
- Jan 13, 2026 Senators Holdman, Goode, Glick, Leising added as coauthors · upper
- Jan 13, 2026 Senator Young M added as coauthor · upper
- Jan 13, 2026 Senators Buck, Raatz, Freeman, Dernulc added as coauthors · upper
- Jan 15, 2026 Amendment #1 (Hunley) failed; voice vote · upper
- Jan 15, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
- Jan 15, 2026 Senators Brown L, Johnson T, Koch, Tomes added as coauthors · upper
- Jan 20, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 34: yeas 38, nays 9 · upper
- Jan 20, 2026 Cosponsors: Representatives Lawson, Bartels · upper
- Jan 20, 2026 Senator Alexander added as coauthor · upper
- Jan 20, 2026 House sponsor: Representative Wesco · upper
- Jan 22, 2026 Referred to the House · upper
- Jan 28, 2026 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment · lower
- Feb 12, 2026 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
- Feb 16, 2026 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
- Feb 17, 2026 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 259: yeas 58, nays 30 · lower
- Feb 18, 2026 Returned to the Senate without amendments · lower
- Feb 19, 2026 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
- Feb 23, 2026 Signed by the Speaker · lower
- Feb 24, 2026 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
- Feb 24, 2026 Signed by the Governor · executive
- Feb 24, 2026 Public Law 5 · upper
Subjects
ELECTIONS; Conducting Elections (Excluding Recounts)
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