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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 48

Indiana House of Representatives. 2-year term.

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What this office does

Members of the Indiana House of Representatives write and vote on state laws as part of the Indiana General Assembly. The House has 100 members, each representing one district for a two-year term [1].

The job in full — the duties the Indiana Code puts in it, the term, what it pays and who sets that, and what to ask a candidate.

Term
2 years [1]
Term limit
None [1]
Seats
100 [1]
On the 2026 ballot
All 100 [2]
What the law puts in this job (2)
  • Introduces and votes on state legislation as one of the two chambers of the Indiana General Assembly [1].
  • Must be at least 21 years old when taking office and have lived in the district for at least a year [1].

About this race

  • House District 48 covers portions of Elkhart County, according to the House Republican caucus [3]; the Elkhart Truth describes it as based in the Elkhart area [12].
  • Miller has held the seat since 2014 and was re-elected unopposed in 2024 [4]. He was the only Republican in the May 5, 2026 primary [4].
  • In the Democratic primary, Emily Yaw defeated Carl Stutsman, 1,007 votes (54%) to 858 (46%) [4]. Green Party candidate Marshall Travis qualified by petition [12]. All three are on the November ballot [2].
  • Key differences: Miller authored the 2026 housing law that limits some local development rules [11]; Yaw and Travis both propose more affordable and low-income housing and a Housing First approach to homelessness [13, 14]. Yaw and Travis also propose state-level health coverage plans [13, 14]. Travis opposes AI data centers in Indiana [14]; no data-center statements from Miller or Yaw were found.
  • No debate or forum including all three candidates was found.

Candidates on the ballot

Doug Miller

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Homebuilder since the mid-1970s; owns Creekside Realty and White Pines Properties [3]

Doug Miller is the Republican incumbent, first elected in 2014, and chairs the House Government and Regulatory Reform Committee [3]. His legislative work has centered on housing supply and development rules [7, 5].

Miller's background

  • Homebuilder since the mid-1970s who later started his own business; owns Creekside Realty, LLC and White Pines Properties, LLC; lives in Elkhart; attended Concord High School and Goshen College [3].
  • Served on the Elkhart County Area Plan Commission and Plat Committee and chaired its Board of Zoning Appeals; board member of the Builders Association of Elkhart County and Indiana's representative on the National Association of Home Builders board [3].

Miller's positions

Housing

  • Said of HEA 1001 (2026): "As Indiana and our communities continue to grow, we must have the housing to meet demand" and that it "will help more Hoosiers achieve the American dream of owning a home at a price they can afford" [5].
  • Told the House communities must be open to "safe and affordable housing at every single price point," and said some construction standards are necessary for safety but others add unnecessary design costs [11].

Government & regulation

  • On his 2026 interim committee chairmanship: "We are always looking to cut red-tape" [6].

Property taxes

  • Voted for SEA 1 (2025) [8].

Elections & redistricting

  • Voted for HB 1032 (2025 congressional redistricting) [10].

How Miller would run the office

  • As chair of the 2026 Interim Study Committee on Government, said the focus is on cutting red tape [6].

Miller on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements by Miller about Yaw or Travis were found.

How Miller got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [4].

What we could not find about Miller

  • No 2026 campaign website, candidate survey responses or campaign statements were found.
  • No news coverage of Miller's 2026 campaign was found; his views on SEA 1's local-revenue effects, data centers and redistricting beyond his votes were not found.
  • Senate-stage coverage of HEA 1001 (2026) could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Miller's record in office

Indiana House record, District 48 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
29
14 became law
Co-authored
69
32 became law
Sponsored
15
8 became law
Co-sponsored
25
15 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Government and Regulatory Reform (Chair)
  • Government, Interim Study Committee on (House Chair)
  • Environmental Affairs
  • Local Government

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 428, No 43, Excused 19, Not voting 1
  • 2024: Yes 251, No 23, Excused 34, Not voting 2
  • 2025: Yes 407, No 82, Excused 20, Not voting 1
  • 2026: Yes 237, No 83, Excused 47, Not voting 10
How Miller voted on 37 selected bills
The 138 bills Miller carried

  • HB 1005: Housing.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the residential housing infrastructure assistance program (program) and residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund (fund).

  • HB 1315: Home warranties and regulation of residential structures.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a builder to disclaim implied warranties for a new home that is first occupied by a person renting the home as a residence from the initial home buyer.

  • HB 1316: IFA approval and revolving loan programs.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a participant may issue and sell bonds to the Indiana finance authority (authority) without the requirement of an increase to the user rates and charges of the participant.

  • HB 1317: Expiration of committees and interstate compacts.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a committee, board, commission, or task force (committee) created by the general assembly after June 30, 2023, expires if the committee does not meet within two years after the effective date of the statute creating the committee.

  • HB 1318: Corrections and clarifications.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that an "eligible regional economic acceleration and development organization" means any of the following: (1) A development authority.

  • HB 1355: Township merger pilot program.

    2023 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Establishes a pilot program that provides for: (1) the merger of townships into a single township government in Blackford County and Switzerland County; and (2) the merger of townships into not more than two township governments in Crawford County.

  • HB 1384: Protection of intellectual freedom.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a state educational institution (institution) from taking certain actions against applicants, students, and faculty members of the institution for: (1) pledging allegiance to or making a statement of personal support for or in opposition to any political ideology or movement; or (2) expressing a pledge or statement that describes a commitment to a particular political ideology or movemen

  • HB 1438: Publication of local government notices.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a towing service is subject to the same public notice advertising rates as a government agency if the service: (1) acts as an agent of a government agency; and (2) provides the notice required to dispose of abandoned vehicles or parts.

  • HB 1439: Oversight of redevelopment commission spending.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a city council to approve all expenditures of a city redevelopment commission.

  • HB 1008: Pension investments.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies certain entities, actions taken, or factors considered to which the ESG commitment provisions do not apply.

  • HB 1039: Medical and adult use cannabis.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    After marijuana is removed as a federal schedule I controlled substance, permits the use of cannabis by: (1) a person at least 21 years of age; and (2) a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician.

  • HB 1041: State board of accounts.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the state board of accounts (SBOA) is designated as the independent external auditor of audited entities and is subject to applicable professional accounting standards.

  • HB 1081: Residential tax increment financing.

    2023 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Removes the threshold conditions that apply to a county or municipality for establishing a residential housing development program and a tax increment allocation area for the program.

  • HB 1114: New courts and new magistrates.

    2023 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Allows the judges of the Daviess circuit and superior courts to appoint a full-time magistrate.

  • HB 1119: Elkhart County courts.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint four full-time magistrates and beginning January 1, 2024, to appoint two additional full-time magistrates.

  • HB 1132: Land use task force.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates the land use task force to study and make recommendations concerning: (1) areas where food insecurity exists; (2) development growth trends in rural, suburban, and urban communities across Indiana; and (3) other community growth issues.

  • HB 1143: Designation of state nickname.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that "The Hoosier State" is designated as the official nickname of the state of Indiana.

  • HB 1157: Residential housing development program.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes the following changes regarding Marion County redevelopment: (1) Revises allocation area requirements for the redevelopment commission (commission) to establish a housing program.

  • HB 1167: Live streaming and archiving meetings.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires governing bodies of state and local agencies (excluding a state supported college or university) to provide, on a publicly accessible platform: (1) live transmissions of public meetings; and (2) an archive of copies of the live transmissions with links to any meeting agendas, minutes, or memoranda.

  • HB 1179: Professional licensing.

    2023 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Allows a state agency to adopt a policy governing electronic meetings conducted by a board or committee of the agency, if the board or committee has not adopted a policy.

  • HB 1200: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds the following to the definition of "entertainment complex": (1) A premises located within a five mile (instead of four mile) radius of the center of a consolidated city.

  • HB 1203: Elimination of textbook fees.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires each public school to provide curricular materials at no cost to each student enrolled in the public school.

  • HB 1256: Archives and record administration.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends related definitions.

  • HB 1344: Right to start act.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a "right to start act".

  • HB 1345: Waiver of requirements for new businesses.

    2023 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Establishes a "regulatory sandbox" program (program).

  • HB 1402: Sewage matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a wastewater utility that is not subject to the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (commission) and that receives wholesale wastewater service from another wastewater utility may not: (1) disconnect from wholesale wastewater service provided by the other wastewater utility; and (2) construct a new wastewater treatment plant to serve its customers; unless the wa

  • HB 1404: Lake Michigan seawalls.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that if an application for a permit or license to construct or repair a seawall or revetment on or near the shore of Lake Michigan is submitted to a local authority and the site or proposed site of the seawall or revetment is on the side of the ordinary high water mark opposite Lake Michigan when the application is submitted but is at other times on the Lake Michigan side of the ordinary

  • HB 1436: Onsite sewage systems and holding tanks.

    2023 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Defines "alternative residential onsite sewage system" as a system that: (1) is designed for the collection, storage, treatment, and disposal of sewage from the dwelling of one or two families; (2) is installed in a place that is not suitable for a standard septic system; (3) is a replacement for a standard septic system that did not function properly; (4) is based on a design or plan approved by

  • HB 1557: Inventory of lost farmland.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Directs the state department of agriculture to conduct an inventory of farmland lost in Indiana from 2010 to 2022.

  • HB 1575: Fire prevention and building safety commission.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases the size of the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) from 11 members to 12 members.

  • HB 1576: Deadline to apply for standard deduction.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that to obtain the homestead standard deduction for a desired calendar year in which property taxes are first due and payable, the statement to obtain the deduction must either be completed and dated in the immediately preceding calendar year and filed with the county auditor on or before January 5 of the calendar year in which the property taxes are first due and payable, or, subject to

  • HB 1578: Covered persons for restricted addresses.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a regular, paid firefighter and a volunteer firefighter are "covered persons" under the statute that requires local government units that operate a public data base website containing the names and addresses of property owners to restrict disclosure to the general public of the covered person's home address.

  • HB 1623: Administrative law.

    2023 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the government reform task force (task force).

  • SB 202: Study committee.

    2023 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Urges the legislative council to assign the topic of various housing matters to the appropriate interim study committee.

  • SB 300: Residential tax increment financing.

    2023 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Removes the threshold conditions for establishing a residential housing development program and a tax increment allocation area for the program, including the condition that the governing body of each school corporation affected by the program pass a resolution approving the program before the program may go into effect.

  • SB 339: Attainable homeownership tax credit.

    2023 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Establishes a tax credit (credit) for a contribution to an affordable housing organization (organization).

  • SB 1: Behavioral health matters.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan amendment, a waiver, or an amendment to an existing waiver to require reimbursement for eligible certified community behavioral health clinic services; or (2) to participate in

  • SB 134: Retail sale of dogs.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Enacts an article concerning the retail sale of dogs.

  • SB 136: Conviction data.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "prohibited person" as a person prohibited from possessing a firearm or carrying a handgun.

  • SB 166: Adverse possession statute of limitations.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the statute concerning the statute of limitations for actions for the recovery of the possession of real estate to provide that such an action that: (1) involves a line located and established by a professional surveyor; and (2) accrues before the lines are located and established by the surveyor; must be commenced before the expiration of the appeal period set forth in the statute governin

  • SB 302: Regulation of charitable organizations.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits a state agency or a state official from imposing on a charitable organization any filing or reporting requirements that are more stringent or burdensome than those imposed by, or authorized under, state or federal law.

  • SB 317: Contracting and purchasing.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a political subdivision may make advance payments to contractors to enable the contractors to purchase materials needed for a public works project of the political subdivision.

  • SB 349: Overlapping allocation areas.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Permits counties and municipalities in a case in which a municipality annexes an area in the county after the county has established a redevelopment district in that area to approve ordinances regarding the allocation of property tax proceeds derived from the municipality's component of the tax rate applied to the allocation area to be transferred to the redevelopment commission of the annexing mu

  • SB 414: Onsite waste management districts and septage holding tanks.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the definition of "onsite residential sewage discharging disposal system" to provide that the term includes a system that employs advanced treatment components to reduce the concentration of the pathogenic constituents of the effluent to an acceptable level before the effluent is discharged.

  • SB 449: Regulation of combined sewer overflows.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that if an NPDES permit holder has submitted an approved long term control plan for its combined sewers, water samples used to assess the permit holder's compliance with water quality standards and water quality based effluent limitations for discharges from combined sewer overflows must not be collected: (1) within 96 hours after a combined sewer overflow discharge that is consistent wit

  • SB 472: Advanced recycling.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "advanced recycling" as a manufacturing process for the conversion of post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks into basic raw materials, feedstocks, chemicals, and other products.

  • HB 1192: Chaplains in public and charter schools.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows a school corporation or charter school to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain under certain circumstances.

  • HB 1241: Military student transfers.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "military student".

  • HB 1266: Freedom of conscience in health care.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a health care provider, health care entity, and a health carrier may not be required to provide or refer an individual for a health care service that violates the conscience of the health care provider, health care entity, or health carrier.

  • HB 1319: Cosmetology licensure compact.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the cosmetology licensure compact (compact).

  • HB 1387: Housing development.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes various changes to the residential housing infrastructure assistance program.

  • HB 1002: Enforcement of equal educational opportunity.

    2024 · Co-authored · passed both chambers; vetoed by the Governor

    Defines "antisemitism", specifies that the public policy of the state is to provide educational opportunities free of religious discrimination, and provides that antisemitism is discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, or national origin.

  • HB 1097: Designation of state nickname.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that "The Hoosier State" is designated as the official nickname of the state of Indiana.

  • HB 1109: Governance of public-private agreements.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a governmental body to entertain more than one bidder before entering into a public-private agreement for a qualifying project.

  • HB 1135: Cosmetology apprenticeships.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program to practice cosmetology may take the cosmetologist licensure examination and, upon passage of the examination, practice as a cosmetologist.

  • HB 1165: Regulatory sandbox program and right to start act.

    2024 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Effective July 1, 2025: (1) establishes a regulatory sandbox program (program) and advisory council; and (2) creates the regulatory relief office within the Indiana economic development corporation.

  • HB 1320: Building regulation.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines, for purposes of the unsafe building law, a "building or structure".

  • HB 1329: Local government matters.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Reduces the membership of the board of directors of the Indiana stadium and convention building authority (board) from seven members to three members.

  • HB 1338: Security of property and meeting decorum.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the governing bodies of certain local government agencies (local agencies) to adopt rules or policies governing the conduct of meetings.

  • HB 1352: Inspection of residential onsite sewage systems.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes when certain officials may inspect a residential onsite sewage system or nonresidential onsite sewage system.

  • HB 1383: Wetlands.

    2024 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Clarifies various wetland definitions.

  • HB 1396: Government boards, councils, and commissions.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals, merges, consolidates, or otherwise modifies various boards, commissions, committees, councils, authorities, and funds.

  • SB 252: Notice publication.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Changes the qualifications required for a newspaper to publish legal notices as follows: (1) A newspaper must have been published for 12 consecutive months (instead of three years).

  • SB 34: Occupational licensing.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the professional licensing agency (agency) to study universal occupational licensing laws enacted in other states.

  • SB 238: Innkeeper's tax.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Authorizes Jefferson County to impose its innkeeper's tax at a rate of 8% (instead of 5% under current law).

  • SB 293: Trespass.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Provides that a person commits trespass if the person does not have a contractual interest in the property and knowingly or intentionally enters or refuses to leave the property of another person after having been prohibited from entering or asked to leave the property by a law enforcement officer, if the officer was dispatched to the property after a person with a contractual interest in the prop

  • SB 36: Interference with boundary marker.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates a civil penalty for a person who knowingly or intentionally disturbs or removes a boundary marker, and permits a court to order a person who disturbs or removes a boundary marker to pay for the cost of reestablishing the boundary marker.

  • HB 1005: Housing and building matters.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires (rather than allows) a city, town, or county (unit) that requires a building permit for construction of a Class 2 structure to allow the inspection to be provided by private providers in addition to the unit's inspectors.

  • HB 1037: Storm water management.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a unit does not have the power to adopt a law, rule, ordinance, or regulation that is more stringent than or exceeds in any manner the requirements of the department of environmental management's (IDEM) construction stormwater general permit (CSGP).

  • HB 1131: Town of Cumberland.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that on January 1, 2027, the town of Cumberland is an excluded city and no longer part of the consolidated city.

  • HB 1132: Stadium and convention building authority.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the Indiana finance authority is required to provide staff support for the Indiana stadium and convention building authority board.

  • HB 1133: Cosmetology licensure compact.

    2025 · Authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Establishes the cosmetology licensure compact (compact).

  • HB 1272: Commission, committee, and board administration.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, on or before July 1, 2027, and July 1 biennially thereafter, a committee that: (1) is established by the Indiana Code; (2) contains at least one member of the general assembly; (3) is authorized to exist for at least two years; and (4) does not have any reporting requirement to the executive branch, judicial branch, or the general assembly; shall submit a report to the executive dir

  • HB 1369: Battery charged fences.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a county, city, or town from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or imposes requirements on certain battery charged fences.

  • HB 1428: Freedom of conscience in health care.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a health care provider, health care entity, and a health carrier may not be required to provide or refer an individual for a health care service that violates the conscience of the health care provider, health care entity, or health carrier.

  • HB 1519: Workforce housing assistance program.

    2025 · Authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Establishes the workforce housing assistance program (program).

  • HB 1621: Building and public works matters.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a proposed rule with implementation and compliance costs of at least $1,000,000 for businesses, units, and individuals over any two year period to be authorized by legislation passed by the general assembly.

  • HB 1007: Energy generation resources.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides a credit against state tax liability for expenses incurred in the manufacture of a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) in Indiana.

  • HB 1012: Notice to owner of the site of an accident.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement protocols for the law enforcement agency to notify a real property owner of: (1) damage to the owner's real property, crops, or a building, structure, or fixture attached to the owner's real property that is reported to a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency; and (2) debris identified by a

  • HB 1033: Retainage requirements.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Changes the maximum amount of retainage for certain state and local public works projects from: (1) 10% to 6% of the dollar value of all work satisfactorily completed until the public work is 50% complete; and (2) 5% to 3% of the dollar value of all work satisfactorily completed until the public work is substantially complete.

  • HB 1052: Onsite sewage systems.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) or the executive board of the state department to adopt, revise, update, or repeal rules concerning residential and nonresidential onsite sewage systems.

  • HB 1189: Protection of property rights.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that under certain circumstances, a residential property owner may obtain the removal of an unauthorized person from the residential property owner's residential real property.

  • HB 1193: Township assessors.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Abolishes the office of township assessor, effective January 1, 2028.

  • HB 1220: Office of the attorney general.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires a teacher's electronic mail address to be used for sending the annual summary of a teacher's rights and protections.

  • HB 1230: School board elections.

    2025 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Requires a petition of nomination for a school board office to state one of the following: (1) The candidate's political party affiliation.

  • HB 1235: Military and veteran matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Expands the eligibility requirements for admission to the Indiana Veterans' Home.

  • HB 1292: Professional sports development commission.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the northwest Indiana professional sports development commission.

  • HB 1312: Public notices.

    2025 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Requires the Indiana office of technology (office) to establish a state public notice website not later than July 1, 2026.

  • HB 1319: Elkhart County courts.

    2025 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint five full-time magistrates.

  • HB 1363: Public works projects.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a contractor that employs 10 or more employees on a design-build public works project must provide its employees access to a training program applicable to the tasks to be performed in the normal course of the employee's employment with the contractor on the public project.

  • HB 1452: Audits of township governments.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the state board of accounts to conduct examinations of townships not less than once every two years (rather than not less than once every four years under current law).

  • HB 1454: Emergency ambulance services.

    2025 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Specifies that emergency medical services, including emergency ambulance services, are essential services in Indiana.

  • HB 1461: Road funding.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes various changes to provisions concerning roads and transportation.

  • HB 1477: Mobile home communities and manufactured homes.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, for purposes of the Indiana department of health's enforcement of statutes governing mobile home communities, if the owner of a mobile home community is provided written notice from a water utility that the mobile home community will be disconnected from water service, the mobile home community is in violation of the mobile home community's statutory obligation to provide water as o

  • HB 1518: Purchase of vehicles by state entities.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides with certain exceptions, that if a state entity purchases or leases a vehicle, the vehicle: (1) must be a government model, base model, or standard model vehicle; and (2) may not be from a luxury or semi-luxury brand if a nonluxury brand alternative exists that uses the same underlying vehicle platform.

  • HB 1635: Medical cannabis.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Permits the use of medical cannabis by a person with a serious medical condition as determined by the person's physician and establishes a procedure for the production and distribution of medical cannabis.

  • HB 1638: Government and regulatory matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes changes to requirements for the readoption of administrative rules.

  • HB 1641: County government matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows an executive session to be held to communicate with an attorney, subject to the attorney client privilege.

  • HB 1685: Tax credit for teacher professional development.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides a tax credit against the state adjusted gross income tax liability of a teacher for amounts expended for professional development.

  • HB 1686: Emergency medical services.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that, on or before August 1, 2025, each county executive shall adopt an emergency medical service plan for the county.

  • SB 127: Battery charged security devices.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits a county, city, or town from adopting or enforcing an ordinance or resolution that prohibits or imposes requirements on certain battery charged security devices.

  • SB 178: Natural gas and propane as a clean energy resources.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that it is the continuing policy of the state to recognize natural gas and propane as "clean energy" or "green energy" for purposes of any state or federal program that provides funding or other incentives for: (1) clean energy initiatives or projects; (2) green energy initiatives or projects; or (3) any similarly designated initiatives or projects; in Indiana.

  • SB 282: Leaves of absence for local officeholders.

    2025 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Allows a local officeholder to take a leave of absence from office when the local officeholder: (1) is caring for a child after the birth of the child or placement of the child with the local officeholder for adoption or foster care; (2) is caring for a spouse, child, or parent who has a serious health condition; (3) has a serious health condition and is unable to perform the duties of the office;

  • SB 371: Workforce matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the definitions of "discharge for just cause", "employment", and "gross misconduct" for purposes of unemployment insurance.

  • SB 389: Annexation of fire protection district territory.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides the following with regard to certain annexations that include property within a fire protection district (district) for which the annexation ordinance was adopted on October 7, 2024, the annexed territory does not exceed 50 acres, and the annexed territory consists of vacant land and not more than one (1) residential property: (1) The annexation is effective at least 30 days after the ann

  • SB 484: Recreational vehicle dealers.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Sets forth requirements for recreational vehicle dealer agreements for the sale of recreational vehicles in Indiana.

  • SB 523: School chaplains.

    2025 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 10: Voter registration.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that proof of identification may not include a document issued by an educational institution.

  • SB 126: Annexation.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    With certain exceptions, requires a municipality that initiates an annexation to file with the court an annexation petition approved by the signatures of: (1) at least 51% of the owners of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory; or (2) the owners of at least 75% in assessed valuation of non-tax exempt land in the annexation territory.

  • SB 14: Vegetable gardens and livestock.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Prohibits a county, city, or town (unit) from adopting or enforcing an ordinance that prevents a person from cultivating a vegetable garden on certain property.

  • SB 292: Short line railroad tax credit.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Allows a taxpayer to claim a credit against state income tax liability for certain qualified railroad expenditures and qualified new rail infrastructure expenditures.

  • SB 307: Environmental waste inventory and grant program.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Allows the Indiana brownfields fund to be used to pay for: (1) studies conducted under the Indiana brownfields program; and (2) the creation of an inventory of brownfields in Indiana (inventory).

  • SB 310: Feasibility study of energy audit of state government campus.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Allows the Indiana department of administration to award a contract not later than December 31, 2025 for a feasibility study concerning conducting an energy audit on the: (1) Indiana state capitol building; and (2) Indiana government center north and south buildings.

  • SB 405: Labor organization membership.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a governmental entity contracts with a private entity to manage or lease an asset owned by the governmental entity, the governmental entity may not require or consider, as a provision of the contract or as a condition of entering into the contract, that the employees of the private entity are members or nonmembers of a labor organization.

  • HB 1001: Housing matters.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Revises the allocation of money available for making loans from the residential housing infrastructure assistance revolving fund.

  • HB 1230: Professional licensing agency.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a state agency must determine if an alleged violator has substantially corrected the violation and notify an alleged violator whether the alleged violator is in substantial compliance with a state rule or state statute not more than 90 days after certain occurrences (current law provides for 30 days).

  • HB 1231: Battery recycling.

    2026 · Authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Provides that a retailer may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale a covered battery or battery containing product unless: (1) the producer joins a battery stewardship organization; and (2) the battery is approved under a battery stewardship plan.

  • HB 1416: Preemption of local regulation.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that unless expressly authorized by another statute, a municipality or county may not adopt, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, order, or rule regulating conduct in a field of regulation that is occupied by a provision in specified titles of the Indiana Code.

  • HB 1431: Street camping.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits an individual from camping, sleeping, or using for long term shelter land owned by the state or a political subdivision, unless the land has been authorized for that use by law.

  • HB 1003: Boards and commissions.

    2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates the agricultural promotion and regulation task force to study various agriculture related topics.

  • HB 1066: Purchase and lease of government vehicles.

    2026 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    With certain exceptions, requires a political subdivision to procure only base model vehicles.

  • HB 1152: Homeowners association matters.

    2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows, if certain conditions are met, a homeowners association to increase a budget, without a quorum, in an amount not to exceed 110% of the amount of the last approved budget, within five years after the first sale of a lot or unit from a developer to a person not associated with the developer.

  • HB 1226: Public purchasing from Indiana businesses.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides a price preference to a business that is not an Indiana business but offers to provide supplies manufactured, assembled, or produced in Indiana.

  • HB 1267: State board of accounts.

    2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the state board of accounts is subject to applicable professional auditing standards.

  • HB 1283: Public notices.

    2026 · Co-authored · reported from House committee; no House third-reading vote

    Requires the Indiana office of technology (office) to establish a state public notice website not later than July 1, 2028.

  • HB 1294: Administrative rules review.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the administrative rules review committee.

  • HB 1315: Township reorganization.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides that on January 1, 2028, certain townships are dissolved and their powers, duties, offices, and property are transferred to a municipality or county.

  • HB 1360: Access to public records.

    2026 · Co-authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a public agency to establish and maintain an electronic portal for submission of public records requests that: (1) incorporates CAPTCHA or an equivalent mechanism for ensuring that a requestor is a human; (2) requires verification of a requestor's physical address; (3) indicates to the public agency whether the requestor is a resident of Indiana; and (4) automatically tracks and reports sub

  • HB 1399: Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine products.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the state police department (department) to oversee an electronic logging system (system) to: (1) record and monitor real time purchases of products containing ephedrine and pseudoephedrine; (2) monitor ephedrine and pseudoephedrine purchases to prevent or investigate the illegal purchase of ephedrine or pseudoephedrine; and (3) block illegal purchases of ephedrine and pseduoephedrine.

  • HB 1428: Swimming pools in senior neighborhoods.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows a senior neighborhood to not have a lifeguard on duty if certain conditions are met except for during visiting hours when minors are allowed to use the pool.

  • SB 13: Motor vehicle equipment requirements.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds an exception to certain motor vehicle equipment requirements for vehicle chassis that are a part of a vehicle manufacturer's work in process and are towed for a distance of less than 40 miles.

  • SB 167: Relocation of outdoor advertising signs.

    2026 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that the Indiana department of transportation or a zoning authority may not apply zoning standards or require a permit to relocate certain outdoor advertising signs.

  • SB 172: Administrative rulemaking.

    2026 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that if the implementation and compliance costs of a proposed rule, provisional rule, or interim rule exceed $100,000 (instead of $1,000,000) over a two year period: (1) the rule cannot be published in the Indiana Register until the budget committee has reviewed the rule; (2) the budget agency and the office of management and budget may not approve any part of the proposed rule prior to r

  • SB 163: Various property tax matters.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a county board or assessing official shall not enter a property to conduct a physical inspection without first receiving the permission of the taxpayer to enter the property.

  • SB 21: State sandwich.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Designates the breaded tenderloin sandwich as the official state sandwich of Indiana.

  • SB 27: Stadium authority.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium authority (stadium authority) for the purpose of acquiring and financing certain facilities.

  • SB 277: Indiana department of environmental management.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends, repeals, or adds certain terms.

  • SB 285: Housing matters.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) to establish eligibility criteria for a potential recipient to be included in the authority's application for funding under the federal continuum of care program (program).

How this record was put together, and what it does not show

What we list: 28 bills chosen by a rule that does not look at topic: both state budgets, four bills named in advance, the 2025-26 redistricting bill, and in each session and chamber the 3 bills whose final-passage vote drew the most “nay” votes.

  • Votes reflect party caucus dynamics. Indiana has Republican supermajorities in both chambers, and many floor votes split along party lines; a single vote says little without the bill and its context.
  • Bills often die for procedural reasons, such as no committee hearing or a deadline, and a bill marked “not reported from committee” may have become law inside another bill.
  • A third-reading vote is on the version in front of the chamber at that time; the final version can be very different.
  • Authoring and co-authoring are different: co-authors sign on, often in large numbers, and usually did not write the bill.
  • Attendance counts roll calls on bills and joint resolutions (about 89% of numbered roll calls). “Excused” is an absence the chamber approved; “not voting” means no vote was recorded.

Where Miller's record came from

Sources for Miller

Marshall Travis

Green

Work
Construction framer at a mobile home manufacturing plant [14]

Marshall Travis is the Indiana Green Party nominee, a construction framer at a mobile home manufacturing plant who lives in Osceola [14]. He ran for the state Senate as a Democrat in 2024 before leaving the party [12].

Travis's background

  • Works as a construction framer at a mobile home manufacturing plant; lives in Osceola [14].
  • Originally from California; has worked in the RV industry since moving to Indiana; ran for the state Senate as a Democrat in 2024 [12].

Travis's positions

Housing

  • Proposes state funds for affordable homes, rehabilitating vacant or deteriorating neighborhoods, removing first-time buyer barriers, a Housing First model for homelessness and full funding for local housing authorities [14].

Data centers

  • Writes, "I support an end to AI Data Centers in Indiana," and calls for restoring the land and water to agricultural and conservation use [14].

Health care

  • Proposes a "Healthcare for All" plan and more funding for mental health and addiction treatment [14].

Education

  • Calls for funding public schools fully and immediately and for funding equity across income areas [14].

Child care

  • Supports expanding affordable, accessible child care for working families [14].

Public safety

  • Supports ending criminal penalties for marijuana possession and allowing responsible adult use; supports tougher penalties for animal neglect and abuse [14].

How Travis would run the office

  • Also lists expanded housing and mental health support for veterans and more social services for seniors and working families [14].

Travis on the current officeholder

  • His campaign page does not name Miller but criticizes "entrenched Republican representation that has failed to serve the voters of Elkhart County" and "Unkept promises by Democrats and Republicans" [14].

How Travis got on the ballot

  • Announced in January 2026 after leaving the Democratic Party and said he had submitted enough petition signatures to run as a third-party candidate [12]; listed on the ballot as the Green Party nominee [2].

What we could not find about Travis

  • Details of the certification of his ballot petition could not be confirmed from freely available sources.
  • Local coverage (The Elkhart Truth) of a 2026 candidate town hall could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Little independent news coverage beyond his January 2026 announcement.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Travis's campaign website

Sources for Travis

Emily Yaw

Democratic

Work
Accountant at ATC Trailers in Nappanee [15]

Emily Yaw is an accountant and former foster parent from Elkhart County making her first run for office [15, 16]. She says foster care reform is her top focus, followed by housing, health care and wages [15, 13].

Yaw's background

  • Accountant at ATC Trailers in Nappanee; grew up in Goshen and attended Fairfield High School and Bethel College in Mishawaka [15].
  • Says she has lived in Elkhart County her entire life [16]. Was a foster parent for about six years [15].

Yaw's positions

Foster care & child welfare

  • Says the DCS ombudsman "does not have the power to actually make changes" and that DCS should "be forced to work as equal partners with foster parents, therapists, service providers"; proposes letting judges act on placements without waiting for DCS paperwork [13].

Housing

  • Says "We need to build more housing that the average person can afford," including more low-income housing in downtown Elkhart; supports restoring abandoned or condemned homes to code [13].
  • Proposes Housing First communities with on-site caseworkers, saying, "Putting people in jail for not having a home, doesn't solve anything" [13].

Health care

  • Says "Healthcare is a right, not a privilege" and proposes a state system covering all residents that negotiates prices with hospitals and drug companies [13].

Energy & utilities

  • Proposes solar "communities" with shared battery hubs to lower household utility costs and solar-installation training at school career centers [13].

Economy & jobs

  • Supports raising the minimum wage from $7.25 [13].

How Yaw would run the office

  • Says "My first priority is going to be our kids," including foster care, education and child care [13].

How Yaw got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary over Carl Stutsman, 1,007 votes (54%) to 858 (46%) [4].

What we could not find about Yaw

  • Local coverage (The Elkhart Truth) of a 2026 candidate town hall could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No positions found on property taxes, data centers, education funding or redistricting.
  • No fundraising data found.
  • No statements by Yaw about Miller's record were found; her site says her outreach to U.S. and Indiana representatives on foster care did not seem to make a difference [15].
  • No endorsements or fundraising figures were found.

Yaw's campaign website

Sources for Yaw

Key points

  • House District 48 covers portions of Elkhart County, according to the House Republican caucus; the Elkhart Truth describes it as based in the Elkhart area. (Indiana House Republicans)
  • Key differences: Miller authored the 2026 housing law that limits some local development rules; Yaw and Travis both propose more affordable and low-income housing and a Housing First approach to homelessness. (Indiana Capital Chronicle (via Yahoo News))

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Doug Miller (member page) (Indiana House Republicans)
  4. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  5. Rep. Miller: House Republican priority bill to increase home ownership signed into law (Indiana House Republicans)
  6. Elkhart County legislators receive 2026 summer study committee appointments (Indiana House Republicans)
  7. Reps. King, Miller: New Goshen housing development breaks ground with help from new state law (Indiana House Republicans)
  8. House Roll Call 433: SB 1 (Local government finance), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  9. House Roll Call 28: HB 1032 (Redistricting), third reading (Indiana General Assembly (roll-call PDF mirrored by FastDemocracy/BillTexts))
  10. Proposed limits on local housing regulations clears Indiana House (Indiana Capital Chronicle (via Yahoo News))
  11. Travis announces run for state House 48 (The Elkhart Truth (via Yahoo News))
  12. Issues (Emily Yaw campaign)
  13. Travis for Indiana 48 (Indiana Green Party (candidate page))
  14. About me (Emily Yaw campaign)
  15. Emily Yaw for Indiana House District 48 (home page) (Emily Yaw campaign)
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