Indiana Senate Bill 207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)
Status: Passed on March 26 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-03-26 - Signed by the Governor
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Changes the language to be used on the ballot when a school corporation conducts a school general fund referendum. Removes the requirement that the department of local government finance must approve the ballot language proposed by a school corporation for a school general fund referendum. Provides that the county election board of the county or counties in which the school corporation is located must either approve or revise the proposed ballot language. Provides that if the county election board revises the ballot language, the governing body of the school corporation may request the Indiana election commission to review the county election board's decision. Provides that if the Indiana election commission does not act not later than 60 days before the election at which the public question is to be placed on the ballot, the county election board's language is the language used for the public question. Provides that if a majority of the voters do not vote in favor of a school general fund referendum, another referendum under the law may not be held for another 350 days. (Current law provides that another referendum may not be held for another year.)

School operating referendum ballot language.

Sen. Greg Walker [R]	Sen. Pete Miller [R]	Sen. James Banks [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]
Sen. Karen Tallian [D]	Sen. Doug Eckerty [R]	Rep. Terry Goodin [D]	Rep. Kreg Battles [D]
Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

2014-03-05 - Senate - Senate - Motion to Concur in House Amendments (Y: 40 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-02-18 - House - House Floor - (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2014-02-12 - House - House Committee on Elections and Apportionment - Roll Call 020702 (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-01-28 - Senate - Senate Floor - (Y: 49 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2014-01-13 - Senate - Senate Committee on Elections - Roll Call 020701 (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-26	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2014-03-26	Senate	Public Law 155
2014-03-18	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2014-03-13	House	Signed by the Speaker
2014-03-10	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2014-03-05	Senate	Motion to Concur in House Amendments: prevailed; Roll Call 355: yeas 40 and nays 9
2014-02-18	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2014-02-18	House	Third reading: Passed: Roll Call 230: yeas 97 and nays 0
2014-02-17	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed.
2014-02-17	House	Representative Wesco added as cosponsor.
2014-02-17	House	Representative Battles added as cosponsor.
2014-02-17	House	SB 207 Amendment #2 (Smith, M.), prevailed.
2014-02-17	House	SB 207 Amendment #1 (Soliday), prevailed.
2014-02-13	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-02-04	House	First Reading: Referred to Elections and Apportionment
2014-01-28	Senate	Representative Goodin added as cosponsor.
2014-01-28	Senate	Representative M. Smith added as sponsor.
2014-01-28	Senate	Referred to the House
2014-01-28	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 68: yeas 49 and nays 0
2014-01-28	Senate	Senator Eckerty added as coauthor.
2014-01-27	Senate	Second reading: engrossed
2014-01-24	Senate	Senator Pete Miller added as second author.
2014-01-24	Senate	Senator Pete Miller removed as coauthor.
2014-01-16	Senate	Senator Tallian added as coauthor.
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Head added as coauthor.
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Banks added as coauthor.
2014-01-15	Senate	Senator Pete Miller added as coauthor.
2014-01-14	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted.
2014-01-09	Senate	First Reading: Referred to Elections
2014-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Walker

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/bills/senate/207/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/2/1/9/72193fd1/SB0207.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/8/e/7/28e7352d/SB0207.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/4/4/0/c440ee9b/SB0207.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/9/f/4/89f43a56/SB0207.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/9/7/c/c97ccca8/SB0207.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/a/5/2/ba52a0b6/SB0207.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/9/0/d/090d6aa9/SB0207.04.ENGH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/0/c/9/d0c90716/SB0207.05.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/7/4/e/d74eaec9/SB0207.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/b/f/0/8bf09ad8/SB0207.02.COMS.68.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/4/0/a/040a13b7/SB0207.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/9/d/1/09d1c1ff/SB0207.04.ENGH.230.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/8/2/e/e82ea481/SB0207.04.ENGH.355.pdf