HB 1055 Indiana House · 2026 Regular Session

Municipal elections.

Summary

Moves, as a general rule, elections of town officers to even-numbered years. Allows a town with a population of more than 10,000 to opt out of the general rule by resolution. Allows a city to pass a resolution to opt in to the general rule. Makes conforming changes.

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2026

House Passage

Jan 2026

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 5, 2025 Last action Feb 16, 2026

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What changed between versions

Introduced House Bill (H) → House Bill (S) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill has progressed from its initial introduction to a version reported by the Committee on Elections and Apportionment with a recommendation to pass. The primary substantive change is the addition of a committee report, which indicates the bill has been reviewed and is ready for a full House vote. No new policy provisions, funding, or eligibility criteria were added in this specific diff.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains unchanged; it continues to allow municipalities to elect officials in even-numbered years.

TIMELINE

Added a committee report stating the bill was reported out of committee on January 14, 2026, with a recommendation to pass.

TECHNICAL

Added the names of additional committee members (Lawson, Bascom) to the sponsor list.

Updated the digest header to reflect the bill number as HB 1055 and included a specific timestamp and digest number.

Floor votes · House Jan 22, 2026

How they voted

59–34

Passed · 6 other

Total votes 99

Jan 22, 2026

D Democratic29

1 Yea 26 Nay 2

89% Nay

I Independent1

1 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican69

57 Yea 8 Nay 4

82% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 16, 2026

Upper · Passed

Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

upper

Jan 22, 2026

Lower · Passed

Third reading: passed; Roll Call 67: yeas 59, nays 35

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Amended

Amendment #1 (Pryor) failed; voice vote

lower

Jan 20, 2026

Introduced

Amendment #2 (Errington) ruled out of order

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Committee report: do pass, adopted

lower

2 primary · 3 co-sponsors