Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1530
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 3-11.
Synopsis: Accessibility of polling sites. Requires a facility in which
a polling place is located to implement a policy that allows an elderly
voter, a voter with a physical disability, or a visibly pregnant voter to
bypass other voters who are in line to vote and cast a vote before the
other voters at the facility.
Effective: July 1, 2025.
Ireland
January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and
Apportionment.
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First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1530
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
elections.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
1 SECTION 1. IC 3-11-8-1.2, AS AMENDED BY P.L.128-2015,
2 SECTION 174, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1.2. (a) As used in this section,
4 "facility" refers to the facility in which a polling place is located.
5 (b) For purposes of this chapter, a facility is an "accessible facility"
6 for elderly voters and voters with disabilities only if the following
7 apply:
8 (1) The facility meets the standards for accessibility for elderly
9 voters and voters with disabilities established under 52 U.S.C.
10 20101 through 52 U.S.C. 20107.
11 (2) All the following are accessible to elderly voters and voters
12 with disabilities in a manner that provides the same opportunity
13 for access and participation (including privacy and independence)
14 as for other voters:
15 (A) Parking spaces marked and available to conform with
16 IC 5-16-9.
17 (B) The path to the facility that an individual must travel on
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1 the property where the facility is located.
2 (C) The entrances of the facility to be used by voters.
3 (D) The paths of travel within the facility to the rooms or areas
4 where the voting systems are located.
5 (E) The rooms or areas in the facility where the voting systems
6 are located.
7 (c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b), a facility
8 must do the following:
9 (1) Implement a policy that allows an elderly voter, a voter
10 with a physical disability, or a visibly pregnant voter to
11 request to bypass other voters who are in line to vote and cast
12 a vote before the other voters at the facility. The policy must
13 identify to whom a voter is required to make a request under
14 this subdivision.
15 (2) Display a notice that describes the policy required under
16 subdivision (1) in at least 24 point font size on a poster in a
17 conspicuous place that is readily accessible to a voter upon
18 arrival to the facility.
19 (d) The requirements of subsection subsections (b) and (c) are
20 satisfied if a facility will comply with subsection subsections (b) and
21 (c) by implementing temporary measures.
22 SECTION 2. IC 3-11-18.1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.278-2019,
23 SECTION 115, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS
24 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. The plan required by section 3
25 of this chapter must include at least the following:
26 (1) The total number of vote centers to be established.
27 (2) The location of each vote center.
28 (3) The effective date of the order.
29 (4) The following information according to the computerized list
30 (as defined in IC 3-7-26.3-2) as of the date of the order:
31 (A) The total number of voters within the county.
32 (B) The number of active voters within the county.
33 (C) The number of inactive voters within the county.
34 (5) For each vote center designated under subdivision (2), the
35 number of precinct election boards that will be appointed to
36 administer an election at the vote center.
37 (6) For each precinct election board designated under subdivision
38 (5), the number and name of each precinct the precinct election
39 board will administer consistent with section 13 of this chapter for
40 an election that is not being held in each precinct of the county.
41 (7) For each vote center designated under subdivision (2), the
42 number and title of the precinct election officers who will be
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1 appointed to serve at the vote center.
2 (8) For each vote center designated under subdivision (2):
3 (A) the number and type of ballot variations that will be
4 provided at the vote center; and
5 (B) whether these ballots will be:
6 (i) delivered to the vote center before the opening of the
7 polls; or
8 (ii) printed on demand for a voter's use.
9 (9) A detailed description of any hardware, firmware, or software
10 used:
11 (A) to create an electronic poll list for each precinct whose
12 polls are to be located at a vote center; or
13 (B) to manage data in an electronic poll book through a secure
14 electronic connection between the county election board and
15 the precinct election officials administering a vote center.
16 (10) A description of the equipment and procedures to be used to
17 ensure that information concerning a voter entered into any
18 electronic poll book used by precinct election officers at a vote
19 center is immediately accessible to:
20 (A) the county election board; and
21 (B) the electronic poll books used by precinct election officers
22 at all other vote centers in the county.
23 (11) This subdivision applies to a county in which ballot cards are
24 used at a vote center. For each vote center designated under
25 subdivision (2), whether each ballot card printed will have the
26 printed initials of the poll clerks captured through the electronic
27 signature pad or tablet at the time the poll clerks log into the
28 electronic poll book system printed on the back of the ballot card
29 immediately before the ballot card is delivered to a voter.
30 (12) The security and contingency plans to be implemented by the
31 county to do all of the following:
32 (A) Prevent a disruption of the vote center process.
33 (B) Ensure that the election is properly conducted if a
34 disruption occurs.
35 (C) Prevent access to an electronic poll book without the
36 coordinated action of two (2) precinct election officers who are
37 not members of the same political party.
38 (13) A certification that the vote center complies with the
39 accessibility requirements applicable to polling places under
40 IC 3-11-8, including facility requirements under IC 3-11-8-1.2.
41 (14) A sketch depicting the planned layout of the vote center,
42 indicating the location of:
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1 (A) equipment; and
2 (B) precinct election officers;
3 within the vote center.
4 (15) The total number and locations of satellite offices to be
5 established under IC 3-11-10-26.3 at vote center locations
6 designated under subdivision (2) to allow voters to cast absentee
7 ballots in accordance with IC 3-11. However, a plan must provide
8 for at least one (1) vote center to be established as a satellite
9 office under IC 3-11-10-26.3 on the two (2) Saturdays
10 immediately preceding an election day.
11 (16) The method and timing of providing voter data to persons
12 who are entitled to receive the data under this title. Data shall be
13 provided to all persons entitled to the data without unreasonable
14 delay.
15 (17) In a county in which a majority of votes are cast on optical
16 scan ballot cards, any additional procedures to provide for
17 efficient and secure voting at each vote center, including ballot on
18 demand printing.
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