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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana House, District 96

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

  • Gregory Porter (Democratic) is the only candidate for House District 96 [2].

Candidates on the ballot

Gregory W. Porter

DemocraticIncumbent

Work
Senior vice president of external affairs at Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County [3]

Democrat Gregory W. Porter of Indianapolis is serving his 17th term in House District 96 and is the ranking minority member of the Ways and Means Committee, according to his caucus biography [3].

Porter's background

  • Serving his 17th term in the Indiana House [3].
  • Senior vice president of external affairs at Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County; Earlham College graduate [3].
  • Past president of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators [3].

How Porter got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary unopposed, with 9,525 votes [4].
  • Has no opponent on the November ballot [2].

What we could not find about Porter

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

Porter's record in office

Indiana House record, District 96 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
30
3 became law
Co-authored
32
22 became law
Co-sponsored
20
20 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Ways and Means (Ranking Minority Member)
  • Insurance
  • Public Health
  • Fiscal Policy, Interim Study Committee on (House Minority Member)
  • Legislative Council, Audit and Financial Reporting Subcommittee (House Minority Member)
  • Medicaid Oversight Committee (House Minority Member)
  • State Fair Advisory Committee (House Minority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 392, No 75, Excused 20, Not voting 4
  • 2024: Yes 239, No 58, Excused 9, Not voting 4
  • 2025: Yes 358, No 106, Excused 39, Not voting 7
  • 2026: Yes 284, No 84, Excused 1, Not voting 8
How Porter voted on 37 selected bills
The 82 bills Porter carried

  • HB 1012: Exclusion of discharged student loans as income.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the Indiana adjusted gross income add back of forgiven federal student loan debt that is excluded under the Internal Revenue Code applies only to the 2021 taxable year and does not apply to forgiven federal student loan debt forgiven in subsequent taxable years.

  • HB 1152: Cultural competency in education.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of education (department) to: (1) assess and monitor school corporations and public schools regarding culturally competent practice and training in instruction and classroom management; and (2) provide technical assistance to school corporations and public schools regarding certain practices.

  • HB 1153: Educational opportunity and academic success.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the department of education (department) to establish the division of educational opportunity and academic success (division) within the department.

  • HB 1422: Dementia care.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an area agency on aging designated by the bureau of aging services (area agency) may establish a dementia care specialist program.

  • HB 1423: Rare disease advisory committee.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the rare disease advisory committee.

  • HB 1424: University of Southern Indiana bridge program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes an appropriation from the state general fund to the University of Southern Indiana for use in its bridge program.

  • HB 1425: Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a registration or certificate of a birth or stillbirth is open to public inspection and copying upon the request of any person that occurs 99 years (instead of 75 years) after the record is created.

  • HB 1531: Teacher recruitment and retention.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a teacher recruitment and retention fund, administered by the department of education, to: (1) attract qualified teachers to geographic areas of Indiana where a critical shortage of teachers exists; and (2) retain qualified teachers in teacher shortage areas; by providing student loan repayment assistance.

  • HB 1532: Landlord-tenant relations concerning bed bugs.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a tenant to inform the landlord if the tenant reasonably suspects the presence of bed bugs.

  • HB 1631: IMPD park rangers.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a special law enforcement officer employed by the city of Indianapolis full time after June 30, 2023, to perform park ranger duties (park ranger) is subject to the same training requirements as regular law enforcement officers.

  • HB 1001: State budget.

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

    Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes.

  • HB 1028: Thirteenth check.

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

    Provides for a thirteenth check in 2023 and 2024 for certain members, participants, or beneficiaries of the: (1) Indiana state teachers' retirement fund; (2) Indiana public employees' retirement fund; (3) state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan; (4) state police pre-1987 benefit system; and (5) state police 1987 benefit syst

  • HB 1040: Requirements for elected officials.

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

    Provides that if an examination of an audited entity is unable to be performed because the audited entity's accounts, records, files, or reports are not properly maintained or reconciled, the entity may be declared unauditable.

  • HB 1041: State board of accounts.

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

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

  • HB 1101: Music and art therapy.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that art therapy services provided by a licensed art therapist to an individual who receives mental health services or to an individual who receives services from a community mental health center are reimbursable under Medicaid.

  • HB 1112: Medicaid reimbursement for dental services.

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

    Specifies that Medicaid dental service reimbursement rates (reimbursement rates) must at least be in the fiftieth percentile of one of the specified fee schedules.

  • HB 1201: Rare disease advisory council.

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

    Establishes the rare disease advisory council (council) to address various issues concerning the needs of patients in Indiana with rare diseases and their caregivers and providers.

  • HB 1207: 911 fees.

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

    Authorizes the statewide 911 board to increase the following fees one time in the period beginning after April 30, 2023, and ending before July 1, 2026: (1) The enhanced prepaid wireless charge.

  • HB 1445: Audit of Medicaid program prescription drug costs.

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

    Amends the requirements for a physician to provide office based opioid treatment.

  • HB 1457: Public health matters.

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

    Establishes licensing standards for rural emergency hospitals.

  • HB 1513: FSSA matters.

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

    Changes the name of the bureau of developmental disabilities services to the bureau of disabilities services.

  • HB 1559: Employment of individuals with a disability.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a tax credit for an eligible taxpayer that employs certain individuals with a disability.

  • HB 1573: Repayment of medical school loans.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health (department) to establish and administer a medical school loan forgiveness pilot program (program) for the purpose of attracting physicians to practice medicine in Indiana.

  • HB 1599: Tourism improvement districts.

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

    Provides that a person may circulate a petition to create a tourism improvement district (district) within the territory of a county, city, or town.

  • 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 171: State fair advisory committee.

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

    Specifies that the state fair advisory committee (committee) is required to report to the legislative council before December 1 following its annual review of the budgets and accounts of the state fair commission and the state fair board.

  • SB 2: Taxation of pass through entities.

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

    Authorizes certain pass through entities to make an election to pay tax at the entity level based on each owner's aggregate share of adjusted gross income.

  • SB 4: Public health commission.

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

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

  • SB 419: State tax matters.

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

    Changes the definition of "Internal Revenue Code" in the adjusted gross income tax law to mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended and in effect on January 1, 2023.

  • SB 8: Prescription drug rebates and pricing.

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

    Requires a pharmacy benefit manager to provide a report to the department of insurance at least every six months.

  • HB 1099: Alzheimer's disease and dementia education.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and (2) identify and collaborate with additional partners in the education.

  • HB 1100: Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) from selling the personal information of an individual who: (1) is less than 21 years of age; (2) is 65 years of age or older; or (3) opts out of the sale of the individual's personal information.

  • HB 1363: Elimination of sales tax on utility service.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides a sales tax exemption for utility services.

  • HB 1364: Supplemental homestead property tax credit.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes a supplemental homestead credit (credit) in the amount of $200.

  • HB 1365: Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a registration or certificate of a birth or stillbirth is open to public inspection and copying upon the request of any person that occurs 99 years (instead of 75 years) after the record is created.

  • 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 1067: Human services matters.

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

    Establishes the special service review team to review denied applications and applications for which a determination has not been made for the community integration and habilitation waiver.

  • HB 1214: Dental matters.

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

    Establishes the dentist and dental hygienist compact (compact).

  • HB 1260: Indiana department of health.

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

    Specifies that provisions of law governing the office of administrative law proceedings apply to the Indiana department of health (state department) in matters concerning the involuntary transfer or discharge of a resident of a health facility.

  • SB 183: County option property tax exemption.

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

    Provides that a county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to exempt mobile homes and manufactured homes located in the county from property taxation (exemption ordinance).

  • SB 221: State board of accounts.

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

    Limits the authority of the director of the special investigations department to investigations involving public monies that are the subject of financial examinations undertaken by the state board.

  • SB 225: Exchange of insurance information after accident.

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

    Provides that a law enforcement officer present at the scene of an accident shall ensure that each operator complies with the duties required of an operator of a motor vehicle after an accident regardless of the apparent extent of the total property damage resulting from the accident.

  • SB 256: Fiscal matters.

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

    Provides that money in the attorney general contingency fee fund is continuously appropriated and is not subject to allotment.

  • SB 260: Neighborhood and individual development incentives.

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

    Defines a "community based organization" as a private, nonprofit corporation whose board of directors is comprised of business, civic, and community leaders, and whose principal purpose includes the provision of low income housing.

  • SB 273: Biomarker testing coverage.

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

    Requires a health plan (which includes a policy of accident and sickness insurance, a health maintenance organization contract, the Medicaid risk based managed care program, and a state employee health plan) to provide coverage for biomarker testing for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment, appropriate management, or ongoing monitoring of an enrollee's disease or condition when biomarker testing i

  • HB 1076: Alzheimer's disease and dementia education.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and (2) identify and collaborate with additional partners in the education.

  • HB 1077: Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) from selling the personal information of an individual who: (1) is less than 21 years of age; (2) is 65 years of age or older; or (3) opts out of the sale of the individual's personal information.

  • HB 1148: Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a registration or certificate of a birth or stillbirth is open to public inspection and copying upon the request of any person that occurs 99 years (instead of 75 years) after the record is created.

  • HB 1357: Supplemental structured family care distribution.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to distribute $6,000 to an individual if the individual's child or dependent received structured family caregiving services for at least three months during the 2024 calendar year.

  • HB 1358: Coverage of prescription pain medications.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the office of the secretary of family and social services may not place greater coverage restrictions on a non-opioid drug prescribed for the treatment or management of pain than the coverage restrictions placed on an opioid drug prescribed to treat or manage pain with respect to the Medicaid program or the children's health insurance program.

  • HB 1359: Bed bug remediation in rental units.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the tenant of a dwelling unit to notify the tenant's landlord if the tenant knows or reasonably suspects that the tenant's dwelling unit contains bed bugs.

  • HB 1360: Medicaid coverage for health related social needs.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2025, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide coverage for health related social needs.

  • HB 1361: Exclusion of discharged student loans as income.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the Indiana adjusted gross income add back of forgiven federal student loan debt that is excluded under the Internal Revenue Code applies only to the 2021 taxable year and does not apply to forgiven federal student loan debt forgiven in subsequent taxable years.

  • HB 1469: Local income tax supplemental distributions.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Changes the local income tax threshold percentages of a county trust account for purposes of determining whether a county shall receive a supplemental distribution.

  • HB 1470: Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, not later than October 1, 2025, apply for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide prerelease services to certain incarcerated individuals beginning 90 days before the individual is released.

  • HB 1001: State budget.

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

    Appropriates money for capital expenditures, the operation of the state, K-12 and higher education, the delivery of Medicaid and other services, and various other distributions and purposes.

  • HB 1024: Medicaid reimbursement for children's hospitals.

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

    Extends the expiration date of language specifying Medicaid reimbursement for certain out-of-state children's hospitals from July 1, 2025, to July 1, 2027.

  • HB 1065: Cancer clinical trial program.

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

    Allows an organization or entity to establish and administer a cancer clinical trial participation program for the purpose of providing payments to a participant for certain costs incurred by the participant while participating in a cancer clinical trial.

  • HB 1221: Pension matters.

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

    Amends provisions regarding the surcharge rates established by the Indiana public retirement system to actuarially prefund certain postretirement benefits.

  • HB 1550: Personal exemptions.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Increases the personal exemption to $1,500 in the definition of "adjusted gross income" for a taxpayer, or, in the case of a joint return, for each spouse.

  • HB 1689: Human services matters.

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

    Provides that provisions of law concerning the statewide waiver ombudsman apply to an individual who has a disability and receives services administered by the bureau of disabilities services.

  • SB 314: Tax exemption for eligible events.

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

    Provides various tax exemptions for the Women's National Basketball Association All-Star Game, including ancillary events, when held in Indiana.

  • SB 453: Various tax matters.

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

    Amends estimated quarterly tax payment provisions.

  • SB 473: Various health care matters.

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

    Specifies the process for a managed care organization to follow concerning home modification services.

  • SB 516: Economic development.

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

    Establishes the office of entrepreneurship and innovation (office).

  • HB 1026: Child care funding.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Amends the appropriation from the financial responsibility and opportunity growth fund (fund) for the state budget biennium in HEA 1001-2025 to require the total amount appropriated from the fund to be used for funding the Child Care and Development Fund voucher program and On My Way Pre-K programmatic funding and for no other purpose.

  • HB 1027: Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits the bureau of motor vehicles (BMV) from selling the personal information of an individual who: (1) is less than 21 years of age; (2) is 65 years of age or older; or (3) opts out of the sale of the individual's personal information.

  • HB 1028: Medicaid coverage for health related social needs.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to apply, not later than October 1, 2026, for approval of a Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waiver to provide coverage for health related social needs.

  • HB 1029: Alzheimer's disease and dementia education.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) collaborate with a national Alzheimer's disease and dementia organization in educating the public about Alzheimer's disease and dementia; and (2) identify and collaborate with additional partners in the education.

  • HB 1365: FSSA report on managed care organization contracts.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to, not later than March 1, 2026, provide a written report to the budget committee with specified information concerning any termination of a managed care organization's Medicaid contract in 2025.

  • HB 1089: Authority to prohibit firearms in local parks.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a unit may prohibit or restrict the possession of a firearm in a public park operated or maintained by the unit.

  • HB 1145: Thirteenth check.

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

    Allows a participant in the state excise police, gaming agent, gaming control officer, and conservation enforcement officers' retirement plan to elect a joint and survivor option for the payment of the participant's retirement allowance.

  • HB 1177: Child care assistance.

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

    Increases the maximum number of individuals an entity may employ to be eligible for the employer child care expenditure income tax credit.

  • HB 1258: Crimes of violence.

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

    Revises and consolidates the definition of "crime of violence".

  • HB 1277: Health and human services matters.

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

    Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning Medicaid home and community based services waivers (waiver).

  • HB 1296: Mental health services.

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

    Requires the secretary of family and social services to certify integrated reentry and correctional support programs.

  • HB 1358: Indiana department of health.

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

    Changes the statewide standing order for the dispensing of a smoking cessation product to a tobacco, vaping, or nicotine cessation product.

  • HB 1360: Access to public records.

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

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

  • 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 282: Compounding drugs; registration of medical spas.

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

    Sets forth drug compounding requirements.

  • SB 293: Pharmacist licensure.

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

    Removes an examination requirement for certain pharmacists for license reciprocity.

  • 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.

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 Porter's record came from

Sources for Porter

Key points

Sources

Researched Tuesday, October 13, 2026

  1. Indiana House of Representatives (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Member page: State Representative (Indiana House Democratic Caucus)
  4. 2026 Primary Election results (certified), Indiana Election Night Reporting (Indiana Election Division)
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