Indiana lawmakers adjourned for the 2026 regular session on Feb. 27. During the session, legislators sent nine election-related bills to Gov. Mike Braun (R), who signed each one.

Among the nine bills was SB 12, which bans the use of ranked-choice voting (RCV), making Indiana the 18th state to prohibit RCV.  The legislation passed the Indiana Senate on Jan. 20 on a 38-9 vote, with 37 Republicans and one Democrat voting in favor and nine Democrats voting against. It was then approved on a 58-30 vote in the Indiana House on Feb. 17, with 58 Republicans voting in favor and 28 Democrats and two Republicans voting against. Braun signed the bill on Feb. 24.

The law states that an election “may not be determined by ranked choice voting” and a “candidate may not be nominated for or elected to an office by means of ranked choice voting.”

Braun signed SB 256 on March 5. The legislation requires agents acting on behalf of governments, political parties, or businesses based in hostile foreign nations to register with the Indiana Attorney General if they engage in political and lobbying activities in the state. Hostile foreign nations include China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and any other countries identified in federal law or designated by the governor. The state Senate passed the bill on a 49-0 vote on Feb. 27. The state House approved it on an 82-13 vote the same day, with 66 Republicans and 16 Democrats voting in favor, 13 Democrats voting against, four members absent, and one member abstaining.

The law applies to individuals or groups engaged in “the formulation, adoption, or modification of the laws or policies of the state, or the election or opposition to the election of a candidate for state or local office.”

Indiana currently prohibits foreign campaign contributions to candidates and ballot measure committees.

Other election-related bills enacted in 2026 include:

• HB 1033, which requires the Marion County judicial selection committee to determine whether a judge is suitable to stand for a retention election.
• SB 25, which changes how school board candidates are ordered on the ballot.
• SB 112, which establishes that, whenever a candidate or nominee files a notice of withdrawal and lists an address that is different than the one on their voter registration records, the person is deemed to have authorized the county voter registration office to update the registration record with the address on the withdrawal notice.
• SB 113, which requires counties to provide the Indiana Elections Division with a computerized list of the votes cast for each candidate and public question in each precinct within 14 days of the election. The elections division is required to publish the list on its website.

Indiana's 2026 session began in December 2025. On Dec. 11, the state Senate rejected HB 1032, which would have made Indiana the fifth state to enact new congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The bill also would have established procedures for handling any lawsuits over congressional or legislative apportionment. It passed the House on a 57-41 vote, but failed on a 19-31 vote in the Senate, with 19 Republicans voting in favor of the bill and 21 Republicans and all 10 Democrats voting in opposition.

Indiana enacted 14 election-related bills in 2025, six bills in 2024, and six bills in 2023. Overall, lawmakers introduced 30 election-related bills in Indiana in 2026, 17 fewer than in 2025.