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State Government / Indiana / Legislation / HB 1256

HB 1256Session 2026HousePassed a vote

Campaign finance reports of local candidates.

Source-provided 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.

Latest development · Feb 2, 2026

First reading: referred to Committee on Elections

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Session
2026
Introduced
Jan 5, 2026
Latest passage
Jan 28, 2026
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Justice & Public SafetyElections & Government

Source subjects

ELECTIONS; Campaign Activities (Including Advertisements, Contributions, Expenditures, and Reporting)ELECTIONS; CandidatesELECTIONS; Local Election BoardsLOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorEdward Clere
Primary sponsorGreg Walker
coauthorJim Pressel
coauthorKyle Pierce
coauthorWendy Dant Chesser

Action timeline

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  1. Feb 2, 2026

    First reading: referred to Committee on Elections

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeSenate
  2. Jan 29, 2026

    Referred to the Senate

    ReferralHouse
  3. Jan 28, 2026

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: yeas 94, nays 0

    PassageReading 3Reading 3House
  4. Jan 28, 2026

    Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G

    House
  5. Jan 27, 2026

    Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

    Reading 2House
  6. Jan 27, 2026

    Amendment #4 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote

    Amendment PassageHouse
  7. Jan 14, 2026

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

    Committee PassageHouse
  8. Jan 5, 2026

    First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeHouse
  9. Jan 5, 2026

    Authored by Representative Clere

    House
  10. Jan 5, 2026

    Coauthored by Representatives Dant Chesser, Pierce K, Pressel

    House

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Civixly tracks state bill actions, passage dates, and sponsors. Member-level state roll-call histories are not included.

Source data last updated Apr 22, 2026.