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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 78

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 78 covers parts of Vanderburgh and Warrick counties in southwestern Indiana [3]; Busby describes campaigning from McCutchanville to Newburgh [10].
  • O'Brien was reelected without opposition in 2024 [12]. Both O'Brien and Sally Busby were unopposed for their parties' nominations in the May 5, 2026 primary [12].
  • Forums: The Evansville NAACP and League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana invited all local and state candidates on the ballot to a Sept. 12, 2026 forum in Evansville [13]; which candidates attended was not reported. No head-to-head debate was found.
  • Key differences: Busby centers her campaign on utility rate caps and public school funding instead of vouchers [14]; O'Brien cites state investments in education, housing supply and child care [15, 9].

Candidates on the ballot

Sally Busby

Democratic

Work
Assistant professor at the University of Evansville School of Education; previously taught middle school for fifteen years [17]

Sally Busby is an assistant professor in the University of Evansville School of Education and a former middle school teacher, making her first run for office [16, 17]. She focuses on utility bills and public school funding [10].

Busby's background

  • Assistant professor at the University of Evansville School of Education; previously taught middle school for fifteen years; holds a doctorate in literacy research [16, 17].
  • Active in Rotary, Bridge, the NAACP and the League of Women Voters; has not held elected office [16]. Lives in District 78 [17].

Busby's positions

Energy & utilities

  • Supports "real rate caps and accountability" for utilities such as CenterPoint, statutory caps on single-year rate hikes, outage compensation, repeal of the SB 271 carve-out and legalizing community solar and wind micro-grids [14].
  • Says she opposes rate increases beyond what the state Office of Utility Consumer Counselor found justified [10].

Education

  • "Fully fund public schools instead of draining them to pay for vouchers"; supports smaller classes and support for students who learn differently [14]. Says voucher funding "should follow a kid into a classroom that has to take them" [10].

Health care

  • Seeks to "Protect and expand access to affordable healthcare for working families" and support families caring for relatives with disabilities [14].

Housing

  • Supports protections against "unfair rent hikes and surprise fees" and accountability for landlords who do not maintain safe homes [14].

Economy & jobs

  • Supports apprenticeship pathways, collective bargaining rights and investment in the trades and health care workforce [14].

How Busby would run the office

  • Says she holds regular town halls and wants a representative who is present year-round [17]. Says she is not taking corporate PAC money [10].

Busby on the current officeholder

  • Says her opponent "voted no on every single one" of eleven consumer-protection amendments to HB 1002 and that she "will vote yes" [10].
  • Her campaign's accountability page lists real estate, builder and utility PAC contributions to O'Brien and criticizes housing, utility and education bills he co-authored or supported, including HB 1001 (2026) and HB 1136 [11].

How Busby got on the ballot

  • Filed Feb. 3, 2026 at the Vanderburgh County elections office [18]; unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary [12].

What we could not find about Busby

  • No position found on the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1), data centers or redistricting.
  • Campaign finance totals not found.
  • Her campaign's figures for projected utility bill savings are campaign estimates and were not verified.
  • No endorsements listed on her campaign site; she says she is not accepting corporate PAC money [10]. No campaign finance totals found.

Busby's campaign website

Sources for Busby

Tim O'Brien

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Real estate broker [3]

Tim O'Brien is a realtor who has represented District 78 since 2021 and chairs the Ways and Means K-12 subcommittee [3, 16]. He cites investments in education, housing and child care in seeking reelection [15, 9].

O'Brien's background

  • Real estate broker; economics graduate of the University of Southern Indiana (2015); in 2019 became the youngest president of the Southwest Indiana Association of Realtors [3].
  • Chairs the Heritage Federal Credit Union board and has served on the Evansville Land Bank board; named 2025 Easterseals Evansville Legislator of the Year and a 2025 Boys & Girls Clubs of Indiana Legislative Champion [3, 16]. Lives in Evansville [3].

O'Brien's positions

Housing

  • On HEA 1001: "These new laws will help expand housing supply" [9]. Co-authored a 2026 bill limiting HOA fee increases and protecting home-based child care [3].

Public safety

  • Authored the 2026 law on advance notice to victims and police before a serious violent felon's release [9].

Education

  • Points to "historic investments in education" as an accomplishment [15].

Child care

  • Co-sponsored SEA 4, allowing state reserve money to fund the Child Care and Development Fund voucher program [9].

How O'Brien would run the office

  • Says "Hoosiers deserve leaders who stay focused on real-world results" [15].

O'Brien on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. Said serving the district is "an honor I never take for granted" and "there's more to do" [15]. No statements about Busby were found.

How O'Brien got on the ballot

  • Unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary [12].

What we could not find about O'Brien

  • Campaign website has no issue pages.
  • No statement found from O'Brien on utility rates, data centers, the 2025 property-tax law or his redistricting vote.
  • Campaign finance totals not independently checked.
  • Busby's specific claims (eleven HB 1002 amendment votes, PAC totals, HB 1136 school-district provisions, SB 271/HB 1209) were not verified against roll calls or filings.
  • The WEHT reelection story's exact publication date was not shown.
  • No 2026 endorsements or campaign finance totals were found; Busby's campaign lists contributions it says he received from real estate, utility and other PACs in 2022–2026 [11].

O'Brien's record in office

Indiana House record, District 78 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
20
7 became law
Co-authored
36
19 became law
Sponsored
3
2 became law
Co-sponsored
16
12 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Government and Regulatory Reform
  • Veterans Affairs and Public Safety
  • Ways and Means (Chair of K-12 Subcommittee)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 419, No 47, Excused 25
  • 2024: Yes 283, No 25, Excused 1, Not voting 1
  • 2025: Yes 428, No 82
  • 2026: Yes 281, No 95, Not voting 1
How O'Brien voted on 37 selected bills
The 75 bills O'Brien carried

  • HB 1203: Elimination of textbook fees.

    2023 · 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 1575: Fire prevention and building safety commission.

    2023 · 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 · 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 1577: Lifetime fishing license.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires (rather than allows) the department of natural resources to issue residents of Indiana a lifetime license to fish.

  • HB 1578: Covered persons for restricted addresses.

    2023 · 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 1579: Retail recycling machine sales tax exemption.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides a temporary sales and use tax exemption (exemption) for the purchase of a beverage container processing mechanism by retail merchants, professional sports or entertainment venues, airports, or institutions of higher education.

  • HB 1580: Licensure of home health aides.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides for the licensure of home health aides by the Indiana department of health (state department).

  • HB 1005: Housing.

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

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

  • HB 1044: State park admission to military members and veterans.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of natural resources (department) to provide free admission to: (1) members of the armed forces of the United States or Indiana National Guard; and (2) certain veterans of the armed forces of the United States or Indiana National Guard; as well as the individual's motor vehicle, including passengers within the individual's motor vehicle to Indiana state parks, recreation ar

  • HB 1059: Emergency medical services providers.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the definition of "emergency medical services provider" for the offense of battery to include a staff member in the emergency department of a hospital.

  • HB 1120: Artisan distillers.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Modifies a provision that specifies the general purposes of laws concerning alcohol and tobacco.

  • HB 1281: Financial literacy.

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

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

  • HB 1318: Corrections and clarifications.

    2023 · Co-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 1342: Direct support professionals.

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

    Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division) to establish and maintain a direct support professional registry and to make the registry available to authorized division personnel and authorized service providers.

  • HB 1511: Higher education scholarships, grants, and cost exemptions.

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

    Provides that money in the National Guard tuition supplement program fund and the National Guard scholarship extension fund may not be expended, removed, or transferred from the respective fund except to be used for the purposes of the respective fund.

  • HB 1634: Adult students of charter high schools.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a charter school may apply to the state board for approval to be eligible to receive funding for students who are 22 years of age or older.

  • SB 473: Limits on discharges into the Ohio River.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a community water system that discharges wastewater into the Ohio River demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department of environmental management that the discharged wastewater does not increase the mass of mercury in the Ohio River by an amount greater than the mass of mercury in the water withdrawn from the Ohio River by the community water system: (1) the community water s

  • SB 71: Parole.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that a person placed on parole following a term of imprisonment that includes a sentence for a crime of violence may be released on parole for not more than 24 months.

  • 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 300: Residential tax increment financing.

    2023 · Co-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 · 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 340: Imagination library.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Establishes the Indiana imagination library.

  • HB 1300: Deadline to apply for standard deduction.

    2024 · 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 a

  • HB 1301: Income tax deduction for recent graduates.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides an adjusted gross income tax deduction for Indiana residents who obtain: (1) a bachelor's or an associate degree from a postsecondary educational institution; or (2) a certificate from a high value workforce certificate program, as determined by the commission for higher education (commission); in taxable years immediately following the taxable year in which the individual obtained the de

  • HB 1302: Emergency medical services.

    2024 · 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 1001: Education and higher education matters.

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

    Amends the definition of "eligible student" to include a sibling of a student with a disability with regards to the education scholarship account program (ESA).

  • 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 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 1205: Mental health standards and reporting.

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

    Requires the secretary of family and social services to provide that the standards for services provided by recovery community organizations for behavioral health recovery, when used as a recovery community organization, be certified through a certain entity and meet other standards established by the division of mental health and addiction.

  • HB 1387: Housing development.

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

    Makes various changes to the residential housing infrastructure assistance program.

  • SB 19: License suspension.

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

    Allows the BMV to add an additional compliance period for those seeking material error review regarding certain license suspensions.

  • SB 214: Student mental health resources.

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

    Requires the department of education, in consultation with the office of the secretary of family and social services, to approve and make available student mental health resources for certain schools.

  • HB 1451: Evansville professional sports development area.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the maximum amount of covered taxes that may be captured in the Evansville professional sports and convention development area from $10 per resident to $5,000,000.

  • HB 1452: Audits of township governments.

    2025 · 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 1453: Cancer research and treatment grants.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a program may be established to provide grants to cancer centers in Indiana to increase breast cancer research projects or breast cancer clinical trials.

  • HB 1454: Emergency ambulance services.

    2025 · 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 1489: Indiana-Ireland trade commission.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the Indiana-Ireland trade commission (commission) to advance bilateral trade and investment between Indiana and Ireland and other related matters.

  • HB 1685: Tax credit for teacher professional development.

    2025 · 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 · 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.

  • HB 1005: Housing and building matters.

    2025 · Co-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 1016: School safety commission.

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

    Provides for the appointment of a fire chief, or the fire chief's designee, to a county school safety commission.

  • HB 1111: Indiana National Guard.

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

    Increases, from $8,800 to $20,000, the amount that shall be paid by the state if a member of the Indiana National Guard dies in the active service of the state.

  • HB 1113: Fire protection districts.

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

    Provides, in certain circumstances, for the expansion of the purposes for which a fire protection district may be established.

  • HB 1117: State property offenses.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a person convicted of: (1) rioting; (2) criminal mischief; (3) burglary; (4) residential entry; or (5) criminal trespass; committed on state property is ineligible to receive or continue receiving state public assistance, including tuition assistance, for a period of three years.

  • HB 1132: Stadium and convention building authority.

    2025 · Co-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 1136: School corporation reorganization.

    2025 · Co-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 1272: Commission, committee, and board administration.

    2025 · Co-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 1292: Professional sports development commission.

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

    Establishes the northwest Indiana professional sports development commission.

  • HB 1346: Maintenance of U.S. 41 right-of-way.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Appropriates $500,000 from the state general fund to the Indiana department of transportation (department) to be used by the department for the purpose of providing roadside mowing on U.S.

  • HB 1347: Real estate matters.

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

    Requires a broker company to deposit funds belonging to others into a trust account that the broker company maintains.

  • HB 1433: Various gaming matters.

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

    Allows for the use of the following in charity gaming: (1) Electronic pull tab games, electronic pull tab devices, and electronic pull tab systems.

  • HB 1450: False or fraudulent deeds and affidavits.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that it is a deceptive act enforceable by the attorney general for a person to: (1) convey or attempt to convey; or (2) conspire to convey or attempt to convey; title to real property by recording a false or fraudulent deed or affidavit.

  • HB 1488: Pediatric cancer research and treatment grant.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the pediatric cancer research and treatment grant program (grant program) to be administered by the rare disease advisory council (council).

  • HB 1577: Mobile retail food establishment licenses.

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

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees.

  • SB 438: County recorder's records perpetuation fund.

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

    Provides that certain fees collected by the county recorder are deposited in the county recorder's records perpetuation fund.

  • SB 108: Charity gaming.

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

    Provides that, beginning January 1, 2026, a facility or location may not be used for the purpose of conducting a bingo event or a casino game night on more than three calendar days per calendar week.

  • SB 144: County police force pension trust and trust fund.

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

    Requires in a county other than Marion County, that the county police department or a designee of the county police department make an annual presentation regarding the county police force pension trust and trust fund to the county council.

  • SB 157: Protection of property rights.

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

    Defines "squatter" as an individual who occupies the property of another and who does not have and has never had: (1) a rental agreement; (2) permission of the owner; or (3) another legal interest in the property.

  • SB 451: Income tax rate.

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

    Provides for a decrease in the individual adjusted gross income tax rate beginning in 2030 depending on certain conditions being met.

  • SB 472: Cybersecurity.

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

    Requires political subdivisions, state agencies, school corporations, and state educational institutions (public entities), with the exception of specified categories of hospitals and the Indianapolis department of public utilities (department), to adopt not later than December 31, 2027, a: (1) technology resources policy; and (2) cybersecurity policy; that meet specified requirements.

  • SB 516: Economic development.

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

    Establishes the office of entrepreneurship and innovation (office).

  • HB 1250: Public safety procedures.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of correction to electronically notify, at least seven days in advance, the: (1) county sheriff; (2) prosecuting attorney; and (3) chief of police; of the county or municipality into which the department will release a serious violent felon, including a juvenile adjudicated for an act that would be a serious violent felony, and of the county or municipality where the seriou

  • HB 1251: Emergency ambulance services.

    2026 · Authored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

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

  • HB 1252: Broker companies.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires a broker company who refers a client or customer to another broker company to disclose if the broker company may be compensated for referring the client or customer.

  • HB 1001: Housing matters.

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

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

  • HB 1125: False or fraudulent deeds and affidavits.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that it is a deceptive act enforceable by the attorney general for a person to: (1) convey or attempt to convey; or (2) conspire to convey or attempt to convey; title to real property by recording a false or fraudulent deed or affidavit.

  • HB 1139: Assessment of property.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that all tangible property that is subject to assessment shall be assessed on a just valuation basis and in a uniform and equal manner regardless of: (1) who owns the tangible property; or (2) who the person or entity is that is liable for property taxes due on the tangible property.

  • HB 1149: Pre-kindergarten care SGO tax credit.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes an early childhood scholarship tax credit for contributions made to a scholarship granting organization that conducts a program to provide scholarships for children who attend a qualified early child care provider.

  • 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 1241: Roth IRA rollover of 529 account balance.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Designates as a qualified withdrawal for Indiana529 plan (529 plan) purposes a withdrawal of funds from the 529 plan in order to make a contribution to a Roth IRA, pursuant and subject to the limitations of the federal SECURE 2.0 Act.

  • HB 1329: Real property assessment.

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

    Establishes the real property assessment task force (task force) to review issues related to real property assessment in Indiana.

  • 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 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 4: Various fiscal matters.

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

    Requires the legislative services agency to perform a fiscal impact analysis for all executive orders issued by the governor within seven days of an order's issuance.

  • SB 89: Three-way permits.

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

    Provides the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue not more than: (1) three new three-way permits to the town of Schererville; (2) three new three-way permits to the city of Lafayette; (3) two new three-way permits to the city of West Lafayette; (4) eight new three-way permits to restaurants located within a transit development district located in the city of Michigan City; (5) two new three-wa

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 O'Brien's record came from

O'Brien's campaign website

Sources for O'Brien

Key points

  • Key differences: Busby centers her campaign on utility rate caps and public school funding instead of vouchers; O'Brien cites state investments in education, housing supply and child care. (Sally Busby campaign)
  • O'Brien was reelected without opposition in 2024. Both O'Brien and Sally Busby were unopposed for their parties' nominations in the May 5, 2026 primary. (Wikipedia)
  • Forums: The Evansville NAACP and League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana invited all local and state candidates on the ballot to a Sept. 12, 2026 forum in Evansville; which candidates attended was not reported. No head-to-head debate was found. (WNIN)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Tim O'Brien (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  4. O'Brien: Legislative session ends with new laws to help Hoosiers (Indiana House Republican Caucus)
  5. Sally Busby for Indiana House District 78 (Sally Busby campaign)
  6. Accountability (Sally Busby campaign)
  7. 2026 Indiana House of Representatives election (Wikipedia)
  8. Candidates Forum Set for Saturday (WNIN)
  9. Priorities (Sally Busby campaign)
  10. State Representative Tim O'Brien running for reelection (Eyewitness News (WEHT/WTVW))
  11. Voter Guide 2026 (Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library / Evansville NewsLab)
  12. Meet Sally (Sally Busby campaign)
  13. Vanderburgh Democrats bring several challengers to GOP-controlled county, state, national seats (WNIN)
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

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.