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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 6

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

  • Maureen Bauer (Democratic) is the only candidate for House District 6 [2].

Candidates on the ballot

Maureen Bauer

DemocraticIncumbent

Work
Has worked in sustainable agriculture; started a business working with small vineyards and grape growers [3]

Democrat Maureen Bauer of South Bend represents House District 6, according to her caucus biography [3].

Bauer's background

  • A graduate of John Adams High School and IUPUI; has worked in sustainable agriculture and started a business working with small vineyards and grape growers [3].
  • Authored House Enrolled Act 1219, which created a pilot program to monitor PFAS levels in the blood of current and former firefighters, according to her caucus [3].
  • Co-chair of the General Assembly's Future Caucus; serves on the Public Defender Commission [3].

How Bauer got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, with 3,865 votes [4].
  • Has no opponent on the November ballot [2].

What we could not find about Bauer

  • No opponent is on the ballot, so no candidate forum or questionnaire was expected; no 2026 campaign platform was reviewed.

Bauer's record in office

Indiana House record, District 6 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
29
3 became law
Co-authored
33
14 became law
Co-sponsored
11
8 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Courts and Criminal Code
  • Environmental Affairs
  • Judiciary
  • Public Health
  • Corrections and Criminal Code, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)
  • Courts and the Judiciary, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 419, No 61, Excused 9, Not voting 2
  • 2024: Yes 259, No 47, Excused 3, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 378, No 85, Excused 45, Not voting 2
  • 2026: Yes 257, No 55, Excused 65
How Bauer voted on 37 selected bills
The 73 bills Bauer carried

  • HB 1219: PFAS biomonitoring pilot program.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the department of homeland security (department) may establish the PFAS biomonitoring pilot program (pilot program) to collect and analyze blood samples of individuals who were previously, or are currently, firefighters: (1) for serum PFAS levels; and (2) to determine whether there may be corresponding health implications associated with elevated serum PFAS levels.

  • HB 1227: School distribution of firearm safety information.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child.

  • HB 1228: Child seduction.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that "solicit", for purposes of the crime of child solicitation, includes luring and enticing.

  • HB 1229: Infant formula price gouging.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "price gouging" to include charging a consumer an unconscionable amount for the sale of infant formula.

  • HB 1359: Resources for committed offenders upon release.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of correction (department) to provide: (1) a short term supply of medication to certain Medicaid eligible committed offenders and a discharge summary of the medications provided to the committed offender during the committed offender's term of incarceration; (2) assistance to obtain certain documentation; and (3) assistance in obtaining a credential from the bureau of motor

  • HB 1360: Violence prevention services.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, before December 1, 2023, apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a waiver or an amendment to the state Medicaid plan to require reimbursement for eligible community violence prevention services provided by a certified violence prevention professional for certain eligible Medicaid recipients.

  • HB 1473: Indiana farmland trust.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the farmland trust advisory board.

  • HB 1627: Sale of tax sale properties to nonprofits.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a tax sale statute concerning the sale of real property to eligible nonprofit entities for low or moderate income housing applies to all counties.

  • HB 1628: Newborn nurse visitation program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a newborn nurse visitation program (program) within the Indiana department of health.

  • HB 1629: Prohibited ingredients in swine feed.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits feeding to swine garbage that contains packaging material.

  • HB 1034: Income tax exemption for military pay.

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

    Exempts military pay for members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard from the individual income tax.

  • HB 1146: Adoption of animals from testing facilities.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Specifies requirements for release of a cat or dog from an animal testing facility or breeder to a releasing agency.

  • HB 1147: Land banks.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows a county to adopt an ordinance requiring every person who wishes to participate in a tax sale as a bidder to pay a neighborhood investment fee of not more than $150 and specifies the manner in which neighborhood investment fees collected are to be distributed to land banks.

  • HB 1341: PFAS-free firefighter gear.

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

    Provides that, after June 30, 2024, an Indiana fire department may not purchase firefighting gear unless it contains a permanently affixed label indicating whether or not the firefighting gear contains PFAS.

  • HB 1389: Animal fire safety.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires new construction at an animal facility to have a fire alarm system or staff on duty any time a dog or cat is present on the premises.

  • HB 1393: Child care assistance.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Raises the income eligibility limit for grants under the On My Way Pre-K program from 127% of the federal poverty level to 185% of the federal poverty level.

  • HB 1453: Climate solutions task force.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the climate solutions task force (task force) to review issues related to sustainable and clean energy solutions.

  • HB 1555: Military family occupational licenses.

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

    Provides that a military service applicant who has held an occupational license, certification, registration, or permit (license) in another jurisdiction for at least one year may qualify for an Indiana license.

  • 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 1617: Possession of pepper spray on campus.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that state educational institutions may not adopt regulations that prohibit students, faculty, employees, and others on the educational institution's property from carrying pepper spray.

  • 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 326: Professional sports and convention development areas.

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

    Adds certain city facilities located in the city of South Bend to the tax area of the South Bend professional sports and convention development area (PSCDA).

  • SB 339: Attainable homeownership tax credit.

    2023 · Co-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 376: Lawfully residing immigrants and eligibility.

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

    Provides Medicaid eligibility for certain individuals who have immigrated and are lawfully residing in the United States and meet other Medicaid eligibility requirements.

  • SB 4: Public health commission.

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

    Defines "core public health services" for purposes of public health laws.

  • 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

  • HB 1014: Infant formula price gouging.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "price gouging" to include charging a consumer an unconscionable amount for the sale of infant formula.

  • HB 1023: Violence prevention services.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires Medicaid reimbursement for eligible community violence prevention services provided by a qualified violence prevention professional to certain Medicaid recipients.

  • HB 1028: Medicaid coverage for pregnancy services.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires Medicaid pregnancy services to include reimbursement for: (1) delivery services provided in a birthing center; and (2) a home birth performed by a physician or certified nurse midwife.

  • HB 1029: Assessment of community land trust property.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for the true tax value of land and improvements in a community land trust for purposes of property tax assessment.

  • HB 1173: Classroom based violence prevention program.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a school safety plan to include a plan to implement a classroom based violence prevention program for students.

  • HB 1004: Pension matters.

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

    Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment.

  • HB 1024: Pregnancy accommodations.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Codifies a section of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act.

  • HB 1054: Screening for scoliosis.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a health care provider who provides health care services to a child who is at least nine years of age but less than 13 years of age to take certain actions concerning a scoliosis screening.

  • HB 1101: Courts for children three years of age and younger in need of services.

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

    Establishes a safe baby court as a type of problem solving court.

  • HB 1252: Radon testing in school buildings.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the individual or entity having authority over a public school building to test for radon in the lowest level of the school building before January 1, 2027, and report the test results to the Indiana department of health (state department).

  • HB 1325: Firearm storage.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person having the care of a dependent who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to secure a loaded firearm in the person's residence or vehicle commits neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony, if the dependent uses the firearm to cause bodily injury or death to any person.

  • HB 1426: Long acting reversible contraceptives.

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

    Requires a hospital that operates a maternity unit to ensure that a woman who is: (1) giving birth in the hospital; and (2) eligible for or receiving Medicaid assistance; has the option, if not medically contraindicated, of having a long acting reversible subdermal contraceptive implanted after delivery and before the woman is discharged.

  • SB 34: Occupational licensing.

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

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

  • HB 1039: Age verification for online ammunition sales.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits the online sale of ammunition unless certain steps are taken to prevent the sale of ammunition to a minor.

  • HB 1072: Domestic violence investigations.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires law enforcement agencies to use a domestic violence risk assessment when responding to a domestic violence incident.

  • HB 1094: Licensure of sonographers.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Specifies that the term "radiation" includes sound waves commonly used for sonography.

  • HB 1204: Digital alert pilot program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the digital alert pilot program administered by the department of homeland security to provide grants to fire service providers for the use of digital alert technology to notify motorists regarding the location of fire apparatuses.

  • HB 1205: Fertility insurance coverage.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract to provide coverage for fertility preservation services.

  • HB 1249: Mugshot requirements.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a mugshot to include a photograph of the subject's teeth or gums.

  • HB 1328: Landlord-tenant matters.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    For purposes of a residential rental unit, defines: (1) "essential services" as certain utility services needed for the safe and habitable occupation by a tenant of the tenant's rental unit; and (2) "essential systems" as certain systems used to deliver essential services to a rental unit.

  • HB 1553: PFAS biosolids testing.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a person from applying biosolids, industrial waste products, or pollutant-bearing waters that contain a concentration of more than 100 parts per billion of one or more PFAS chemicals to land.

  • HB 1598: Assessment of community land trust property.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for the true tax value of land and improvements in a community land trust for purposes of property tax assessment.

  • HB 1093: Sexual assault victims' rights.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires law enforcement agencies and prosecuting attorneys to annually submit certain information concerning sexual assault to the Indiana criminal justice institute (institute).

  • HB 1151: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Adds two additional members to the Indiana state board of nursing (board) and changes the required qualifications for certain members.

  • HB 1234: Conservation of agricultural land.

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

    Establishes an agricultural land protection program (program) to allow the state or a county fiscal body to purchase agricultural conservation easements throughout the state and also acquire agricultural conservation easements by gift, bequest, or devise.

  • HB 1320: Beauty apprenticeships.

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

    Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for barbers or manicurists is eligible to take the licensure examination of the applicable profession.

  • HB 1416: Awareness of human trafficking.

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

    Requires safety rest areas, gas stations, and welcome centers to display human trafficking awareness information, and permits massage establishments to display human trafficking awareness information.

  • HB 1425: Food matters.

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

    Establishes a two year moratorium on the sale of cultivated meat products in Indiana.

  • HB 1474: FSSA matters.

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

    Adds additional duties to a workgroup currently organized concerning the pathways for aging risk based managed care program (program).

  • HB 1557: Prescribed burning.

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

    Defines "prescribed burn".

  • 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.

  • SB 468: Midwest continental divide commission.

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

    Allows an eligible county and city to establish by ordinance, a Midwest continental divide commission and district for the purpose of acquiring, developing, funding, constructing, equipping, and owning economic improvement projects in or serving the district.

  • SB 486: Family and social services matters.

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

    Requires a sheriff to assist an individual who: (1) has been incarcerated for at least 30 days in a: (A) county jail; (B) community based correctional facility for children; (C) juvenile detention facility; or (D) secure facility other than a child caring institution; and (2) is eligible for Medicaid; in applying for Medicaid before the individual's release from the facility.

  • HB 1014: Sonography.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Specifies that the term "radiation" includes sound waves commonly used for sonography.

  • HB 1167: Digital alert technology pilot program.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the digital alert pilot program (pilot program) administered by the department of homeland security (department) to provide grants to providers of fire, emergency medical, and law enforcement services for the use of digital alert technology to notify motorists regarding the location of providers' emergency vehicles.

  • HB 1182: Digital sexual image abuse.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "digital sexual image" as a digital, computer generated image or video that is created or modified to depict: (1) sexual intercourse; (2) other sexual conduct; or (3) exhibition of certain body parts; of a quality, characteristic, or condition, such that it appears to depict an individual.

  • HB 1269: Unlawful proposition penalties.

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

    Provides that at the time of sentencing for a person convicted of making an unlawful proposition the court may require the person to complete a prostitution offender program approved by the court.

  • HB 1310: Domestic violence investigations.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a law enforcement officer to administer a lethality assessment for domestic violence incidents.

  • HB 1067: Reporting of grocery staple pricing.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires: (1) a grocery chain that operates or franchises five or more retail food stores located in Indiana to report each month to the state department of agriculture (department) specified sales information regarding specified staple food items sold by the grocery chain in Indiana; and (2) the department to establish and maintain an online dashboard through which members of the public can view

  • HB 1102: Applied behavioral analysis therapy services.

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

    Requires, upon request, a public school to consult with and allow certain licensed or board certified behavior analysts and certified registered behavior technicians to provide applied behavioral analysis therapy services in the public school to a student under certain conditions in accordance with the student's special education program or plan.

  • HB 1110: PFAS chemicals.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of environmental management to adopt maximum contaminant levels for PFAS chemicals and effluent limitation standards for wastewater containing PFAS chemicals by July 1, 2027.

  • HB 1183: Digital sexual image abuse.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the penalty for the crime of distribution of an intimate image, from a Class A misdemeanor to a Level 6 felony, and increases the enhancement of this crime from a Level 6 felony to a Level 5 felony.

  • HB 1248: Advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

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

    Establishes a process concerning eligibility for advanced DNA testing for cold cases.

  • HB 1286: Military protective order.

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

    Specifies that a party to a protective order proceeding has a duty to inform the court of any military protective orders issued by a military commander in effect between the parties.

  • HB 1413: Report on infant and maternal care.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health to prepare an annual report with specified statistics that compare data from 2021 before abortion restrictions were enacted with data from each subsequent calendar year.

  • SB 228: Midwest continental divide commission.

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

    Makes the following changes to the law regarding the Midwest continental divide commission (commission): (1) Amends the definition of a "land use and zoning plan" (plan) to provide that it is a plan and not an overlay district.

  • SB 9: Victim impact statements.

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

    Requires a defendant to be present in the courtroom while a victim makes a statement concerning the crime and the sentence, unless the defendant presents a safety risk or causes a significant disruption.

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 Bauer's record came from

Sources for Bauer

Key points

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Member page: State Representative (Indiana House Democratic Caucus)
  4. 2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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