Indiana House Bill 1240 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-06 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
Pending: House Elections and Apportionment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

School board elections. Requires candidates for school board offices to be nominated in the same manner as candidates for all other elected offices are nominated, beginning after 2022. Provides that for school board offices elected in 2022, the political affiliation of each candidate, or the candidate's statement that the candidate is an independent candidate, must be stated on the ballot. Provides that the current statute relating to nomination of candidates for school board offices expires on January 1, 2023. Repeals other superseded statutes. Makes conforming changes.

School board elections.

Rep. Chuck Goodrich [R]

Rep. John Prescott [R]

Rep. Robert Behning [R]

Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-06	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
2022-01-06	House	Coauthored by Representatives Prescott, Behning, Wesco
2022-01-06	House	Authored by Representative Goodrich

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1240/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/e/2/1/ae212b06/HB1240.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/a/1/b/2a1bf8e9/HB1240.01.INTR.FN001.pdf