IndianaIndiana would use this congressional map for 2026 elections
Indiana voters would use the proposed congressional map in the 2026 primary and general elections; it would not change sitting members' districts.
What it does
Indiana would use the bill's nine congressional districts in the 2026 primary and general elections. The map would not change the members or districts of the 119th Congress.
People challenging congressional or state legislative maps could not seek a temporary restraining order, which gives fast, short-term relief. Appealed map rulings would pause unless the state Supreme Court lifts the pause earlier.
Indiana lawmakers could amend congressional district lines at times other than their first regular session after each 10-year U.S. census.
For the 2026 primary and general elections, a voting precinct could cross a congressional district line. The state election division would help county voter registration offices carry out the plan.
Argument forAllowing precincts to cross congressional lines in 2026 could give counties more flexibility while they put the proposed map into use.
Argument againstBarring temporary restraining orders might make it harder for voters to stop a disputed district map quickly while a lawsuit moves forward.
More detail
Indiana would use the listed districts for U.S. House elections. The map divides Indiana into nine congressional districts. The map would not change the members or districts of the 119th Congress. The districts would apply starting with the 2026 primary and general elections for the 120th Congress.
People could not seek a temporary restraining order, and appealed map rulings would pause automatically. These rules would cover lawsuits challenging Indiana's congressional or state legislative district maps. Only the Indiana Supreme Court would hear specified appeals of orders granting or continuing an injunction or finding a map invalid. Appeals from orders denying or dissolving an injunction are excluded from the injunction appeal rule. Only the Supreme Court could lift the automatic pause. The pause would last until the Indiana Supreme Court resolves the appeal, unless that court lifts it earlier.
Indiana's General Assembly could amend congressional districts. This would cover Indiana's districts for the U.S. House of Representatives. Lawmakers could act outside their first regular session after a 10-year U.S. census.
A county could use a precinct that crosses a U.S. House district line. This would apply to the 2026 primary and general elections. The state election division would help each county voter registration office put the bill in place. The boundary exception would cover U.S. House district lines only. The precinct exception would expire November 4, 2026; the help requirement would expire July 1, 2027.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Dec 11Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 8: yeas 19, nays 31Latest
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading. Result: fail.Upper
- Dec 10Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Dec 10Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice voteMajor
- Dec 10Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
- Dec 10Senator Young M added as cosponsor
- Dec 10Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; voice voteMajor
- Dec 10Amendment #3 (Randolph Lonnie M) failed; voice voteMajor
- Dec 9Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Dec 8Senator Brown L added as third sponsor
- Dec 8Senator Garten added as second sponsor
- Dec 8First reading: referred to Committee on ElectionsMinor
- Dec 8Senator Johnson T added as cosponsor
- Dec 5Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Postpone Indefinitely - Johnson B. Result: fail.Lower
- Dec 5Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill
- Dec 5Referred to the SenateMinor
- Dec 5Motion to postpone indefinitely, failed Roll Call 27: yeas 28, nays 65Major
- Dec 5Third reading: passed; Roll Call 28: yeas 57, nays 41Passed House
- Dec 4Appeal the ruling of the chair (Bartlett); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 23: yeas 65, nays 27
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032 - Smaltz - 2nd Reading. Result: fail.Lower
- Dec 4Second reading: ordered engrossedMinor
- Dec 4Amendment #7 (Harris) failed; Roll Call 24: yeas 28, nays 65Major
- Dec 4Amendment #2 (Bartlett) ruled out of order
- Dec 4Amendment #21 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 22: yeas 29, nays 63Major
- Dec 4Amendment #8 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 20: yeas 29, nays 64Major
- Dec 4Appeal the ruling of the chair (Smith V); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 17: yeas 63, nays 29
- Dec 4Amendment #16 (Porter) failed; Roll Call 21: yeas 28, nays 65Major
- Dec 4Amendment #17 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 18: yeas 29, nays 65Major
- Dec 4Amendment #10 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 15: yeas 27, nays 67Major
- Dec 4Amendment #15 (Shackleford) failed; Roll Call 14: yeas 29, nays 66Major
- Dec 4Amendment #3 (Jackson C) failed; Roll Call 12: yeas 30, nays 64Major
- Dec 4Amendment #1 (Errington) failed; Roll Call 11: yeas 27, nays 67Major
- Dec 4Amendment #5 (Pierce M) failed; Roll Call 10: yeas 27, nays 66Major
- Dec 4Amendment #12 (Gore) failed; Roll Call 13: yeas 29, nays 66Major
- Dec 4Amendment #9 (Smith V) ruled out of order
- Dec 4Amendment #18 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 19: yeas 29, nays 65Major
- Dec 4Amendment #13 (Gore) failed; Roll Call 16: yeas 28, nays 66Major
- Dec 2Committee report: do pass, adopted Roll Call 8: yeas 63, nays 24Minor
- Vote recorded Committee Report - Wesco. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded HB 1032. Result: pass.Lower
- Dec 2Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Dec 2Minority report (Jackson C) ruled out of order
- Dec 2Appeal the ruling of the chair (Jackson C); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 7: yeas 64, nays 24
- Dec 1First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and ApportionmentMinor
- Dec 1Authored by Representative SmaltzIntroduced
- Dec 11Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 8: yeas 19, nays 31Latest
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