Indiana Senate Bill 418 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-02-20 - Withdrawn
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Ballot access. Changes the number of voters required to sign a petition of nomination for a ticket for President and Vice President of the United States, the office of United States Senator, or a ticket for governor and lieutenant governor of a minor political party or an independent candidate from at least the number of voters equal to 2% of the total vote cast at the election for secretary of state to at least 4,500 voters (500 from each congressional district). Reduces from 2% to 0.5% the minimum number of votes cast at the election for secretary of state required

Ballot access. Changes the number of voters required to sign a petition of nomination for a ticket for President and Vice President of the United States, the office of United States Senator, or a ticket for governor and lieutenant governor of a minor political party or an independent candidate from at least the number of voters equal to 2% of the total vote cast at the election for secretary of state to at least 4,500 voters (500 from each congressional district). Reduces from 2% to 0.5% the minimum number of votes cast at the election for secretary of state required

Sen. Greg Walker [R]

Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]

2017-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-20	Senate	Withdrawn
2017-02-09	Senate	Senator Grooms added as second author
2017-02-09	Senate	Amendment #1 (Walker) prevailed; voice vote
2017-02-09	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2017-02-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2017-01-10	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
2017-01-10	Senate	Authored by Senator Walker

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/418/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/7/1/2/3712a810/SB0418.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/a/d/d/daddc970/SB0418.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/b/1/a/3b1a2b6a/SB0418.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/4/e/7/74e71e05/SB0418.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/3/3/0/93308c04/SB0418.03.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/7/b/b/a7bb5d60/SB0418.01.INTR.00.pdf