Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HB1256: Campaign finance reports of local candidates.
Status: In committee, February 2, 2026
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.
What the bill says
A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections. SECTION 1. IC 3-9-5-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.240-2025, SECTION 20, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2026]: Sec. 4. (a) The following persons, whenever required to file a report, notice, or other instrument by this article, shall file it with the county election board of each county comprising part of the affected election district: (1) Candidates for local office and their candidate's committees. (2) Candidates for school board office and their candidate's committees. (3) Regular party committees that are not required to file with the election division. (4) Political action committees that are not required to file with the election division. (b) The circuit court clerk of each county shall place a copy of each report, notice, or other instrument filed with the county election board in portable document format: (1) on the: HB 1256--LS 7021/DI (A) circuit court clerk's or county election board's website; or (B) county's website, if the circuit court clerk or county election board does not have a website; and (2) not later than seven (7) days after the later of the following: (A) The due date of the report, notice, or other instrument that is filed. (B) The date the report, notice, or other instrument is actually filed. The circuit …
Sponsors
- Edward Clere (R, HD-072) · primary sponsor
- Wendy Dant Chesser (D, HD-071)
- Kyle Pierce (R, HD-036)
- Jim Pressel (R, HD-020)
Latest actions
- : First reading: referred to Committee on Elections
- : Referred to the Senate
- : Third reading: passed; Roll Call 133: yeas 94, nays 0
- : Senate sponsor: Senator Walker G
- : Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
- : Amendment #4 (Clere) prevailed; voice vote
- : Committee report: do pass, adopted
- : First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
- : Authored by Representative Clere
- : Coauthored by Representatives Dant Chesser, Pierce K, Pressel
Votes
- HB1256.02.COMH (January 28, 2026): 94 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: ELECTIONS; Candidates, ELECTIONS; Local Election Boards, ELECTIONS; Campaign Activities (Including Advertisements, Contributions, Expenditures, and Reporting), LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS; County Clerk
Common questions
- What is HB1256?
- HB1256 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Campaign finance reports of local candidates.
- What does HB1256 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning elections.
- What is the status of HB1256?
- In committee as of February 2, 2026. Latest action: First reading: referred to Committee on Elections (February 2, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB1256?
- Edward Clere (R, HD-072), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1256?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2026/bills/house/1256
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