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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 7

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 7 includes portions of LaPorte, Marshall and St. Joseph counties, according to the House Republican caucus [3]. 95.3 MNC described it as including South Bend's west side and parts of western and southern St. Joseph County [13].
  • Teshka was re-elected without opposition in 2024, according to Wikipedia [14].
  • Both candidates were unopposed in their May 5, 2026 primaries, according to Wikipedia [14].
  • No debate or forum between the candidates was found as of October 10, 2026.

Candidates on the ballot

Oliver Davis

Democratic

Work
School social worker, South Bend Community School Corporation; social work faculty at Capella University [19]

Oliver Davis, the Democratic nominee, is a longtime South Bend Common Council member now serving at large [17].

Davis's background

  • Served 12 years as South Bend's 6th District council member and is in his third year as an at-large member, according to ABC57 [17]. WSBT reported in 2023 that he ran unsuccessfully for St. Joseph County Council in 2020 before filing for an at-large seat [18].
  • A social worker: BallotReady lists him as a school social worker with the South Bend Community School Corporation since 2014 and as social work faculty at Capella University and adjunct faculty at Saint Mary's College; earlier he was an assistant professor and social work program director at Andrews University (2003–2009) and owned a counseling center (1997–2004) [19].
  • Holds a Doctor of Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Master of Social Work from Ohio State University; first elected to the council in 2007, he has served as council president and vice president, and the city credits his 6th District tenure with business growth around Ignition Park and the relocation of Lippert Components to the former A.J. Wright building [20].
  • ABC57 reported that he has served on a transportation board, a zoning board and other local boards [17]. 95.3 MNC reported that he previously ran for South Bend mayor [13].

Davis's positions

Education

  • Lists public education as a priority, saying "We have to believe in our own children, our schools, our families" [17].

Environment

  • Lists environmental protection and balancing rural and urban interests as priorities [17].

How Davis would run the office

  • Emphasizes his local-government experience and local voices in decision-making, according to ABC57 [17].

Davis on the current officeholder

  • At his announcement, said "It is time for us to make a change in our district"; ABC57's report did not mention Teshka [17].

How Davis got on the ballot

  • Announced his campaign January 15, 2026, and was unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary [17, 14].

What we could not find about Davis

  • No campaign website was found; the St. Joseph County Democratic Party's page links to a Facebook page for him.
  • Sources differ on his council tenure: 95.3 MNC said he is in his second term, ABC57 cited 12 years in the 6th District plus three years at large, and Wikipedia lists 2007–present.
  • Little policy detail beyond his announcement was found; no statements on property taxes, the budget or redistricting.
  • No fundraising totals found.
  • No endorsements or fundraising totals were found in the sources reviewed.

Sources for Davis

Jake Teshka

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Works in business development [3]

The Republican incumbent since 2020 and chair of the House Financial Institutions Committee [3].

Teshka's background

  • Works in business development; previously represented South Bend's 5th District on the Common Council and served on the Transpo board and Redevelopment Commission [3].
  • Holds a B.A. from Saint Joseph's College and a Master of Public Affairs from IU South Bend; serves on the boards of the South Bend History Museum and the Boy Scouts' LaSalle Council [3].
  • Lives in North Liberty [3].

Teshka's positions

Education

  • His campaign supports school choice and parental rights and credits his bills with reading and math requirements [15].
  • Said of the school phone law, "This new law will support educators and students as we work to improve students' focus and academic engagement" [11].

Taxes & spending

  • His campaign lists lower taxes, spending cuts and government accountability as priorities [15].

Rural communities

  • His campaign says he supports agriculture, rural broadband and local businesses [15].

Abortion & guns

  • His campaign says he opposes abortion and opposes legislation that would undermine gun rights [15].

How Teshka would run the office

  • Serves on the 2026 Interim Study Committees on Education and on Financial Institutions and Insurance [16].

Teshka on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. His campaign site does not mention his opponent [15].

How Teshka got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [14].

Teshka's endorsements and funding

  • His campaign site lists no formal endorsements; it cites the Indiana Bankers Association award and resident testimonials [15, 12].

What we could not find about Teshka

  • No statements by Teshka on his redistricting, property-tax or budget votes were found.
  • No fundraising totals found; campaign finance reports were not reviewed.

Teshka's record in office

Indiana House record, District 7 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
33
9 became law
Co-authored
79
27 became law
Sponsored
24
17 became law
Co-sponsored
20
14 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Financial Institutions (Chair)
  • Education
  • Employment, Labor and Pensions
  • Education, Interim Study Committee on (House Majority Member)
  • Financial Institutions and Insurance, Interim Study Committee on (House Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 406, No 63, Excused 14, Not voting 8
  • 2024: Yes 266, No 26, Excused 11, Not voting 7
  • 2025: Yes 399, No 79, Excused 18, Not voting 14
  • 2026: Yes 263, No 96, Excused 5, Not voting 13
How Teshka voted on 37 selected bills
The 156 bills Teshka carried

  • HB 1039: Medical and adult use cannabis.

    2023 · 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 1082: Assessment procedures.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a township or county assessor to document any changes made to the parcel characteristics of real property from the previous year's assessment in an assessment of the real property.

  • HB 1083: Student immunizations.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes a requirement that a school corporation record or include certain immunization information in the official high school transcript for a high school student.

  • HB 1343: Occupational regulations.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that all occupational regulations must be limited to those demonstrably necessary and carefully tailored to fulfill legitimate public health, safety, or welfare objectives.

  • HB 1344: Right to start act.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a "right to start act".

  • HB 1345: Waiver of requirements for new businesses.

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

    Establishes a "regulatory sandbox" program (program).

  • HB 1346: Gender fluidity.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a school may not promote or encourage the use of, or require, compel, or coerce a student, an employee of the school, or a staff member of the school to use: (1) a pronoun, title, or other word to identify a student, school employee, or other individual that is inconsistent with the student's, employee's, or individual's biological sex; or (2) a name or nickname to identify a student

  • HB 1479: Student disciplinary proceedings.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a state educational institution to: (1) maintain administrative files on disciplinary proceedings that include certain information; (2) record a disciplinary hearing by video recording, audio recording, or written transcript; (3) include certain disciplinary rights and procedures in the state educational institution's code of conduct; and (4) make a good faith effort in disciplinary proce

  • HB 1480: Education reporting requirements.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals provisions that require the following: (1) Annual school performance reports by school corporations and charter schools.

  • HB 1558: Science of reading.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "science of reading".

  • 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 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 1045: Craft hemp flower and hemp production.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Excludes craft hemp flower from the definition of "hemp product".

  • HB 1074: School board elections.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that for school board offices, each candidate's affiliation with a political party or status as an independent candidate must be stated on a petition of nomination and on the ballot.

  • HB 1164: Removal of immunization requirements.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the department of child services may not require an individual to undergo an immunization as a condition of issuing the individual a foster family home license, or renewing the individual's foster family home license, if the individual provides: (1) written notice that the individual objects to the immunization on religious grounds; or (2) written certification from a physician that

  • HB 1177: Firearms training for teachers.

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

    Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting.

  • HB 1220: Gender transition procedures for minors.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor) that are intended to alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty.

  • HB 1227: School distribution of firearm safety information.

    2023 · Co-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 1315: Home warranties and regulation of residential structures.

    2023 · Co-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 1350: Financial literacy.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that, beginning with the cohort of students who are expected to graduate from a public school, a charter school, or a state accredited nonpublic school in 2027, a student must successfully complete a personal financial responsibility course before the student may graduate.

  • HB 1356: Cannabis.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Decriminalizes the possession of: (1) two ounces or less of cannabis; or (2) five grams or less of hash oil or hashish.

  • HB 1358: Digital literacy pilot program.

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

    Establishes the digital literacy pilot program (pilot program) and fund.

  • HB 1368: School scholarships.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the definition of "eligible choice scholarship student" for purposes of eligibility under the choice scholarship program.

  • HB 1384: Protection of intellectual freedom.

    2023 · Co-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 1606: Employer tax credit for apprenticeship programs.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for a nonrefundable apprenticeship tax credit (credit) for an eligible employer.

  • HB 1607: Charter school matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides all charter schools access to loans through the Indiana bond bank.

  • HB 1608: Education matters.

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

    Provides that a school, an employee or staff member of a school, or a third party vendor used by a school to provide instruction may not provide any instruction to a student in prekindergarten through grade 3 on human sexuality.

  • 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.

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

    2023 · Co-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 1633: Student 529 account funding.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that when a person who receives Medicaid has a child born after December 31, 2023, the treasurer of state (treasurer) shall open a college choice 529 education savings plan (529 plan) in the child's name and make a deposit of $250 into the account.

  • HB 1635: Various education matters.

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

    Requires each school corporation to publish on the school corporation's website the graduation rate for each high school in the school corporation.

  • SB 321: Student health matters.

    2023 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Allows a school corporation to contract with a health care provider, health system, or community partner to establish a school based health center (center) and provide services to certain students.

  • SB 326: Professional sports and convention development areas.

    2023 · 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 402: Reading standards and curriculum.

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

    Defines "science of reading".

  • SB 443: Various education matters.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of education to, not later than November 1, 2023, do the following: (1) Create a list of personal liability insurers that offer personal liability insurance policies for teachers.

  • SB 449: Regulation of combined sewer overflows.

    2023 · 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 486: Education matters.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals teacher training requirements regarding: (1) criminal gang organizations awareness; (2) certain information concerning homeless students; and (3) recognizing the signs and symptoms of seizures and the appropriate steps to be taken to respond to the symptoms; and requires that information concerning these subjects be included within the curriculum of teacher preparation programs.

  • SB 12: Material harmful to minors.

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

    Establishes a procedure: (1) to allow a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in a school to submit a complaint that a book in the school library is inappropriate; and (2) for the school to respond to the complaint.

  • SB 154: Certain counties purchasing and data processing.

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

    Provides that the county executive of Lake County has jurisdiction over the county purchasing agency and the county data processing agency.

  • SB 391: Charter schools.

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

    Provides that, for a resolution to adopt a school operating referendum tax levy or school safety referendum tax levy adopted after May 10, 2023, a county auditor must distribute a portion of revenue received from the school operating referendum tax levy or school safety referendum tax levy to each charter school in which students who receive not more than 50% virtual instruction and who have legal

  • SB 480: Gender transition procedures for minors.

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

    Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from: (1) knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor); and (2) aiding or abetting another physician or practitioner in the provision of gender transition procedures to a minor.

  • HB 1079: Low THC hemp extract.

    2024 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Defines "work in progress hemp extract" for purposes of the statute concerning industrial hemp.

  • HB 1084: Privacy of firearms financial transactions.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the statute establishing the right of a member of: (1) the general assembly; (2) the professional staff of the general assembly; or (3) the Indiana lobby registration commission; to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the state capitol complex by specifying that the right applies to any such member who is not prohibited under state or federal law from po

  • HB 1086: Alcoholic beverage sales.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a bar or restaurant (retailer) to prepare, sell, and deliver alcoholic beverages for carry-out to a customer on the licensed premises in sealed, nonoriginal containers (qualified containers).

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

    2024 · 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 1180: Public employers.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a public employer from requiring or stating a preference for a postsecondary degree for employment, rejecting an applicant solely on the basis of the applicant lacking a postsecondary degree, or giving preferential treatment to an applicant who holds a postsecondary degree.

  • HB 1219: Various education matters.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the mastery based education pilot program (pilot program) to allow school corporations and charter schools selected by the department of education (department) to implement a mastery based education program.

  • HB 1304: Education matters.

    2024 · Authored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Requires the office of management and budget to establish a kindergarten through grade 12 data governance team.

  • 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 1016: Candidates for school board office.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a candidate for a school board office may not be an employee or agent of that school corporation.

  • HB 1035: Elimination of school improvement plans.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals the requirement that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school develop an initial three year strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan.

  • HB 1043: Gold and silver as legal tender.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "specie" as: (1) coin having gold or silver content; or (2) refined gold or silver bullion.

  • HB 1063: Age verification.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires an adult oriented website operator that displays material harmful to minors to use a reasonable age verification method to prevent a minor from accessing an adult oriented website.

  • HB 1072: Student immunizations.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a student enrolled in a health profession education program may not be required to receive an immunization as a condition of: (1) participating in; or (2) obtaining; clinical training or clinical experience required by the program.

  • HB 1132: Investigators employed by the attorney general.

    2024 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides that the attorney general shall designate not more than four investigators employed within the state Medicaid fraud control unit to be law enforcement officers of the state.

  • HB 1137: Release for religious instruction.

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

    Requires a principal to allow a student to attend religious instruction conducted by certain entities following the principal's receipt of written notice from the student's parent.

  • HB 1157: Nondisclosure agreements in economic development.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the Indiana economic development corporation, the state, any instrumentality of the state, or any other public authority, or any party negotiating on behalf of any of those entities, may not, after June 30, 2024, enter into an economic development agreement or contract that contains any provision, clause, or language that provides that the agreement or contract, or any of its terms,

  • HB 1179: State educational institutions.

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

    Requires a state educational institution (institution) to disclose certain foreign gifts and contracts received or entered into after December 31, 2020.

  • HB 1284: Deposit account agreements.

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

    Provides that a deposit account agreement between a depository financial institution and a depositor may be changed or amended from time to time, subject to the terms of the deposit account agreement.

  • HB 1302: Emergency medical services.

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

    Provides that not later than July 15, 2024, the county executive shall provide the department of homeland security (department) certain information relating to each emergency medical services (EMS) provider in the county.

  • HB 1336: Loan brokers.

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

    Removes references to principal manager and principal manager license from the Indiana Code.

  • HB 1342: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person may not discriminate against an individual on the basis of the individual's solicitation and use of consumer genetic testing services or on the basis of the results of genetic testing performed by a provider of consumer genetic testing services (provider).

  • HB 1349: Decriminalization of marijuana.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Decriminalizes possession of two ounces or less of marijuana.

  • HB 1350: Cannabis legalization.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana.

  • HB 1376: School controlled project referendum.

    2024 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate (not reported from Senate committee)

    Provides that a local public question authorizing a school corporation to impose property taxes to pay debt service on bonds or lease rentals on a lease for a specified controlled project may be placed on the ballot only at a general election or municipal general election.

  • HB 1382: Retirement of electric generating units.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the descriptions of "reliability" and "resiliency" as attributes of electric utility service in the Indiana Code section that sets forth state policy concerning Indiana's electric generation resource mix, energy infrastructure, and electric service ratemaking constructs.

  • HB 1400: Bullion depositories and legal tender.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "bullion" as refined silver or gold, in any shape or form, that has certain specified characteristics.

  • SB 1: Reading skills.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the department of education (department) may grant certain individuals a waiver that provides an exception to the literacy endorsement requirements if the department submits a report to the legislative council by a specified date.

  • SB 128: Human sexuality instruction.

    2024 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Defines "governing authority" of a school.

  • SB 141: Education matters.

    2024 · Sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that, for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, a school shall ensure that at least 60% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students.

  • SB 220: Financial institutions and consumer credit.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a reference to federal law in: (1) the first lien mortgage lending act; (2) the Uniform Consumer Credit Code; or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2023 (rather than December 31, 2022, under current law).

  • SB 48: State educational institution information.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires a state educational institution to prominently display hyperlinks to certain college scorecard information on the state educational institution's website and degree web pages.

  • SB 139: Psilocybin treatment program.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Establishes the therapeutic psilocybin research fund, administered by the Indiana department of health (state department), to provide financial assistance to research institutions in Indiana to study the use of psilocybin to treat mental health and other medical conditions.

  • SB 202: State educational institution matters.

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

    Amends the duties of state educational institutions' diversity committees.

  • SB 205: Collaborative brewing.

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

    Allows a small brewery to manufacture beer for another small brewery if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 270: Various education matters.

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

    Establishes limitations regarding the lease of school property.

  • SB 282: Absenteeism and school attendance.

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

    Amends the duties of an attendance officer and the state attendance officer.

  • SB 287: Education matters.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Requires each school corporation, charter school, and state accredited nonpublic elementary school to include cursive writing in its curriculum.

  • 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.

  • SB 8: Higher education matters.

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

    Requires each high school to: (1) beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, offer the Indiana college core (college core); or (2) not later than October 1, 2024, submit a plan or report that meets certain requirements to the commission for higher education (commission).

  • HB 1038: ESOP linked deposit program.

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

    Requires the treasurer of state (treasurer) to establish and administer a program to assist Indiana companies in obtaining financing from a financial institution for the purchase of company shares by an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

  • HB 1125: Earned wage access services.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that under certain circumstances, a lender may contract for and receive a nonrefundable prepaid finance charge of 3% (instead of 2%, under current law) of the loan amount on a loan that is secured by an interest in land and is not made under a revolving loan account.

  • HB 1136: School corporation reorganization.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that, if more than 50% of students who have legal settlement in a school corporation were enrolled in a school that is not operated by the school corporation on the 2024 fall average daily membership count date, the school corporation must be dissolved and all public schools of the school corporation must be transitioned to operating as charter schools.

  • HB 1172: Office of entrepreneurship and innovation.

    2025 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Establishes the office of entrepreneurship and innovation (office).

  • HB 1173: Ban on university practices.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a state educational institution may not investigate, threaten disciplinary action regarding, punish, or solicit the reporting of certain student speech.

  • HB 1174: Charges for supervised loans.

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

    Provides that for a supervised loan that is made under the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC) and that: (1) is entered into after June 30, 2025; (2) is not secured by an interest in land or by personal property used or expected to be used as the debtor's principal dwelling; and (3) has a principal amount that does not exceed $5,000; a lender may contract for and receive, in addition to the loan f

  • HB 1254: Cognitive training grant program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the cognitive training grant program (program) to provide grants to public and charter schools (eligible schools) to adopt and implement a cognitive training program designed to build skills in areas important to learning.

  • HB 1322: Blockchain technology.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that not later than March 1, 2026, the department of administration (department) may issue a request for information for purposes of exploring how the use of blockchain technology could be used by a state agency to: (1) achieve greater cost efficiency and cost effectiveness; and (2) improve consumer convenience, experience, data security, and data privacy.

  • HB 1634: Math education.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires each school corporation and charter middle school to automatically enroll a student who meets certain conditions in a middle school advanced math course.

  • HB 1635: Medical cannabis.

    2025 · 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 1636: Dynamic choice scholarships.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides eligible choice scholarship students with the option to receive a dynamic choice scholarship (scholarship).

  • HB 1002: Various education matters.

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

    Removes and repeals various education provisions and expired education provisions, including provisions concerning the following: (1) Secretary of education criteria.

  • 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 1030: Repeal of the death penalty.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals the law concerning the imposition and execution of death sentences and makes conforming amendments.

  • HB 1067: Joint custody.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a biological mother and biological father have joint legal custody unless otherwise provided by law.

  • HB 1074: Firearms financial transactions.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the Indiana Code chapter concerning the privacy of firearms financial transactions as follows: (1) Amends the definition of "firearm" to specify that a firearm component includes castings and products used in designing, manufacturing, assembling, or fabricating firearms or firearm components.

  • HB 1081: Distributions to charitable beneficiaries.

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

    Provides that an applicant for a certificate of death has a direct interest in a certificate of death if the applicant is a beneficiary of the deceased's individual retirement account, retirement account, brokerage transfer on death account, annuity, or life insurance policy.

  • HB 1102: Contracting for preschool programs.

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

    Removes language restricting school corporations from entering into a contract with a religiously affiliated nonprofit preschool program.

  • HB 1135: Real world and finance curriculum grant funds.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the real world readiness grant program (program) to provide grants to eligible schools to better prepare students for life after graduation with or without the assistance of a partnering organization.

  • HB 1137: Expungement of red flag law records.

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

    Requires a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual is not dangerous, and permits a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual previously found dangerous is no longer dangerous.

  • HB 1166: Appropriation for psilocybin research.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes an appropriation from the state general fund to the therapeutic psilocybin research fund.

  • HB 1214: Worker's compensation.

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

    Provides that, after June 30, 2025, a party may not prohibit an employer from bidding on a contract solely on the basis of the employer's experience rating.

  • HB 1321: Social media use by minors.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a social media service may not allow an Indiana resident who is a minor to hold an account with the social media service unless the social media service receives written consent to the minor's use of the social media service from the minor's parent or guardian.

  • HB 1326: Scholarships.

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

    Provides that a scholarship granting organization must include certain information in its annual public report to the department of education.

  • HB 1367: Driving knowledge test.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the bureau of motor vehicles to include a question regarding the requirements for yielding the right-of-way for: (1) an authorized emergency vehicle; (2) a stationary recovery vehicle; or (3) a disabled stationary vehicle with active flashing signals; in the knowledge test for a learner's permit or a driver's license.

  • HB 1456: Assignment of offenders to correctional facilities.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a correctional facility operated by the department of correction to provide privacy protections based upon an individual's sex.

  • HB 1484: State educational institution prohibitions.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits state educational institutions from using certain institution funds to finance a speaker series.

  • HB 1494: License plate information.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes the requirement that the bureau of motor vehicles issue registration renewal stickers for motor vehicles.

  • HB 1496: State educational institution administration.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits use of public funds by a state educational institution for policies or programs and campus activities outside the classroom that: (1) advocate for campus diversity, equity, and inclusion; or (2) promote or engage in political or social activism.

  • HB 1499: Education matters.

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

    Provides that certain students have the opportunity to retake the determinant evaluation of reading skills at least twice in the summer before grade 3 retention requirements apply.

  • HB 1523: Public depositories.

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

    Amends as follows the Indiana Code section authorizing a political subdivision to invest public funds in certificates of deposit of depositories that have not been designated as a depository by the local board of finance but have been designated by the state board of finance as a depository for state deposits: (1) Provides that an investment that is made under the section after June 30, 2018, in a

  • HB 1564: Income tax credits.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an individual who has federal adjusted gross income but no federal income tax liability in a taxable year is entitled to a 100% credit against the individual's state and local income tax liability.

  • HB 1593: Fraud prevention.

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

    Amends the definition of "principal office" for purposes of the statutes governing business entities.

  • HB 1598: Assessment of community land trust property.

    2025 · Co-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 1614: Bullion depositories.

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

    Defines "bullion" as refined silver or gold that has certain specified characteristics.

  • HB 1630: Cannabis legalization.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a procedure for the lawful production and sale of cannabis in Indiana.

  • SB 146: Teacher compensation.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of education (department) to submit a report to the general assembly before November 1, 2025, that provides an analysis of the feasibility and cost of increasing school corporation employee health plan options.

  • SB 249: Teacher compensation.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends provisions that allow school corporations to provide a supplemental payment to teachers in excess of the salary specified in the school corporation's compensation plan.

  • SB 365: Education matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with certain other state entities, to collect and maintain certain data and to publish on the department's website timely and relevant information about secondary education programs.

  • SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a reference to federal law in: (1) the First Lien Mortgage Lending Act; (2) the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (UCCC); or (3) the Indiana Code title governing financial institutions; is a reference to the law as in effect December 31, 2024 (rather than December 31, 2023, under current law).

  • SB 468: Midwest continental divide commission.

    2025 · 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 478: Craft hemp flower and THC products.

    2025 · Sponsored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Establishes certain regulatory testing and packaging requirements for the distribution and sale of craft hemp flower products.

  • 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.

  • SB 516: Economic development.

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

    Establishes the office of entrepreneurship and innovation (office).

  • SB 518: School property taxes.

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

    Provides that all school corporations that adopt a resolution for a property tax levy for a controlled project or a school safety referendum tax levy after May 10, 2025, must share revenue received from the levy with certain charter schools.

  • SB 523: School chaplains.

    2025 · Co-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.

  • HB 1034: Student cellular telephone use.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the definition of "wireless communication device." Requires each school corporation and charter school to adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that: (1) prohibits a student from using or possessing a wireless communication device during the school day; (2) requires teacher directed use of a wireless communication device for educational purposes during the school day to

  • HB 1035: Permissible unsupervised activity.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "independent activity".

  • HB 1047: Regulation of payroll service providers.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a payroll service provider to provide the option to a business client that would allow the business client to hold the business client's funds in a bank account that is: (1) owned by the business client (as opposed to the payroll service provider's bank account); and (2) insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund.

  • HB 1176: Education matters.

    2026 · Authored · passed both chambers in some form; final version not enacted

    Amends provisions, beginning July 1, 2027, regarding use of the Pokagon Indiana education fund to make payments to Indiana public or private institutions of higher learning or workforce development and training programs.

  • HB 1302: Various labor and safety matters.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals various provisions concerning the Indiana department of labor employer data base for youth employment.

  • HB 1042: Regulation and investment of cryptocurrency.

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

    Provides that the following shall offer, as a regular investment program, a self directed brokerage account that offers at least one cryptocurrency investment option: (1) The legislators' defined contribution plan.

  • HB 1060: Emergency medical services.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Exempts state educational institution degree programs primarily focused on emergency medical services from a certain elimination provision.

  • HB 1063: Deceptive consumer sales.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the definition of "consumer transaction" for purposes of the deceptive consumer sales act to include the provision of a product or service to a state agency or a local agency in Indiana.

  • HB 1086: Ten Commandments as a protected writing.

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

    Includes the Ten Commandments on a list of protected writings, documents, and records.

  • HB 1098: Work based learning liability.

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

    Requires an intermediary and an employer to enter into an agreement that sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the intermediary and the employer when participating in a work based learning program.

  • HB 1116: Virtual currency kiosks.

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

    Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana.

  • HB 1130: Craft hemp.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a regulatory framework for hemp and craft hemp.

  • HB 1131: Licensed estheticians and electrologists.

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

    Amends the definition of "esthetician" to include certain services.

  • HB 1147: Licensure of certified public accountants.

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

    Provides that an individual is eligible to take the examination for licensure as a certified public accountant if the individual has at least a baccalaureate degree with a concentration in accounting or equivalent as determined by the board to be appropriate.

  • HB 1160: Naturalization examination.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Beginning in the 2026-2027 school year, requires administration of the naturalization examination provided by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (exam) in grade 8.

  • HB 1178: Minor access to social media.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a social media provider that meets specified conditions (provider) may not create an account for an individual who is less than 14 years of age (minor) unless the provider receives verifiable parental consent to creation of the account from a parent of the minor.

  • HB 1217: Regulation of stablecoin.

    2026 · Co-authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Prohibits a permitted payment stablecoin issuer or foreign payment stablecoin issuer from: (1) paying interest or any other type of yield; or (2) providing any other economic benefit; to a person in connection with the person's holding, use, or retention of a payment stablecoin.

  • HB 1273: Requirements for proxy advisors.

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

    Provides that if a proxy advisor makes a recommendation against entity management on an entity proposal or proxy proposal, or makes a default recommendation or policy concerning votes against entity management on entity proposals or proxy proposals, and the proxy advisor does not do so based on a written financial analysis, the proxy advisor shall do the following: (1) At the time the proxy adviso

  • HB 1309: Local regulation of no impact home based businesses.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Limits municipal regulation of a no impact home based business.

  • SB 14: Pension matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Modifies the definition of "average of the annual compensation" for a member of the public employees' retirement fund (PERF) who retires after December 31, 2027.

  • SB 159: School technology plans and policies.

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

    Requires school corporations and charter schools (schools) to include in the school's technology plan a description of the school's plan to: (1) ensure the appropriate use of technological devices in schools; and (2) enable parents of students to exercise control over a student's technological devices while the student is not in school or engaged in virtual instruction or remote learning.

  • SB 162: Department of workforce development.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Removes vacation pay and sick pay from the definition of "deductible income".

  • SB 169: Reorganization of consumer lending laws.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals the statutes governing first lien mortgage lending, small loans, mortgage rescue protection fraud, and home loan practices and the Uniform Consumer Credit Code.

  • SB 228: Midwest continental divide commission.

    2026 · 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 239: Various education matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) compile a list of business and industry partners that provide guaranteed incentives to high school students who earn the honors employment plus seal; and (2) publish the list on the department's website.

  • SB 78: Wireless communication device policy.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends definitions, requirements, restrictions, and exceptions regarding wireless communication device policies adopted and implemented by school corporations and charter schools.

  • SB 187: Regional sewer districts.

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

    Specifies that a board of trustees of a regional water, sewage, or solid waste district (board) must notify the district authority in writing before taking certain actions.

  • SB 199: Various education matters.

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

    Makes changes to the composition of the case review panel established by an interscholastic athletic association.

  • 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 88: Education matters.

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

    Amends good citizenship instruction requirements.

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 Teshka's record came from

Teshka's campaign website

Sources for Teshka

Key points

  • House District 7 includes portions of LaPorte, Marshall and St. Joseph counties, according to the House Republican caucus. 95.3 MNC described it as including South Bend's west side and parts of western and southern St. Joseph County. (Indiana House Republicans)
  • Both candidates were unopposed in their May 5, 2026 primaries, according to Wikipedia. (Wikipedia)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Jake Teshka — member page (Indiana House Republicans)
  4. Governor ceremonially signs new law sponsored by Teshka reducing cell phone use in schools (Indiana House Republicans)
  5. Rep. Teshka named 2026 Indiana Bankers Association Legislator of the Year (Indiana House Republicans)
  6. Oliver Davis enters race for Indiana House District 7 (95.3 MNC (Network Indiana))
  7. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  8. Jake Teshka for State Representative (Jake Teshka campaign)
  9. St. Joseph County legislators receive 2026 summer study committee appointments (Indiana House Republicans)
  10. Dr. Oliver Davis announces campaign for Indiana house seat (ABC57)
  11. Oliver Davis running for Common Council (WSBT)
  12. Oliver Davis (candidate profile) (BallotReady)
  13. Dr. Oliver Davis (Common Council member biography) (City of South Bend)
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
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