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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 14

Indiana Senate. 4-year term.

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What this office does

Members of the Indiana Senate write and vote on state laws as part of the Indiana General Assembly. The Senate has 50 members, each representing one district for a four-year term; about half the seats are elected every two years [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
4 years [1]
Term limit
None [1]
Seats
50 [1]
On the 2026 ballot
25 districts [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 25 years old when taking office and have lived in the district for at least a year, under Article 4 of the Indiana Constitution [1].

About this race

  • Senate District 14 covers portions of Allen and DeKalb counties in northeast Indiana. [3]
  • Johnson is the incumbent; Democrat Blaine Sefton, a union electrician, is a first-time candidate. [9] Both were their parties' nominees after the May 5, 2026 primary. [1]
  • Key differences in stated positions: Sefton's platform calls for repealing Senate Bill 76 (immigration enforcement), a moratorium on new data centers, and ending the private school voucher system; Johnson's record emphasizes health insurance prior authorization changes and opposition to a casino relocation in the district. [10, 4, 6]

Candidates on the ballot

Tyler Johnson

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Emergency room physician [3]

Tyler Johnson is the incumbent senator, an emergency room physician from Leo first elected in 2022. [3]

Johnson's background

  • Emergency room physician; the caucus lists Leo High School and the University of Saint Francis in his education. [3]
  • Serves as assistant majority caucus chair. [3]

Johnson's positions

Health care

  • Has made prior authorization reform a priority; his SEA 480, which took effect July 1, 2025, limits when insurers can require prior authorization, requires those decisions to be made by licensed medical practitioners, and speeds up determinations and appeals. [4, 5]
  • In April 2025 issued a statement supporting the "Make Indiana Healthy Again" movement, per the caucus. [3]

Gambling

  • Opposes relocating a casino to northeast Indiana near Auburn. [6]

Elections & redistricting

  • Voted for the 2025 mid-decade congressional redistricting bill. [8]

Roads

  • The caucus lists his announcements of Community Crossings road grants for the district, including about $6.1 million in March 2025 and more than $1.4 million in July 2026. [3]

Johnson on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements about Blaine Sefton were found. [3]

How Johnson got on the ballot

  • Renominated in the May 5, 2026 Republican primary; Trump endorsed him in March 2026, and the Capital Chronicle described him as among senators unopposed or heavy favorites for renomination. [8, 1]

Johnson's endorsements and funding

  • Endorsed by President Trump in March 2026. [8]

What we could not find about Johnson

  • No current campaign website was found.
  • His votes on the 2025 property tax law (SEA 1) and the 2025 state budget were not verified from a readable source.
  • No stated 2026 campaign plans or general-election statements found; no fundraising totals verified.
  • No debate or forum for this race found as of 2026-10-10.

Johnson's record in office

Indiana Senate record, District 14 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
78
30 became law
Co-authored
52
32 became law
Sponsored
44
33 became law
Co-sponsored
11
10 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Education and Career Development
  • Elections
  • Family and Children Services
  • Health and Provider Services
  • Tax and Fiscal Policy
  • Child Services, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)
  • Elections, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 384, No 104, Not voting 1
  • 2024: Yes 252, No 56
  • 2025: Yes 360, No 113, Not voting 14
  • 2026: Yes 235, No 54, Not voting 11
How Johnson voted on 35 selected bills
The 185 bills Johnson carried

  • SB 12: Material harmful to minors.

    2023 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 214: Standing order for overdose intervention drugs.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a statewide standing order for the dispensing of an overdose intervention drug must allow for choice in the: (1) purchasing; (2) dispensing; and (3) distributing; of any formulation or dosage of a naloxone product that is approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration.

  • SB 26: Representation of unlicensed caregiver in CHINS cases.

    2023 · Authored (listed 3rd) · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Provides that a unlicensed caregiver is entitled to representation by counsel in a child in need of services (CHINS) proceeding under certain circumstances.

  • SB 272: Requirements for foster families.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits a licensed child placing agency from: (1) requiring, as a condition for obtaining an adoption, that an individual or a member of the individual's household receive an immunization; or (2) discriminating against an individual with respect to the immunization status of or a refusal to receive an immunization by the individual or a member of the individual's household.

  • SB 273: Administration of anesthesia in dental office.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a rule requiring an office based setting to be accredited by an accreditation agency does not apply to certain individuals providing anesthesia in a dental office.

  • SB 274: Tax exempt property.

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

    Provides that a building is exempt from property taxation if it is owned by a nonprofit entity and is: (1) registered as a continuing care retirement community; or (2) licensed as a health care facility.

  • SB 275: Practice of medicine terms.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides, for purposes of the law prohibiting the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine, that "the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine" includes attaching to an individual's name the words "allergist", "electrophysiologist", "geriatrician", "immunologist", "medical geneticist", "neonatologist", or "pulmonologist".

  • SB 278: Nonprofit corporations.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that the contents of an investigative demand issued by the attorney general are to be kept confidential.

  • SB 474: Home health agencies.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a home health agency to: (1) provide services in any county in Indiana; and (2) satisfy supervising home health aide services requirements by complying with federal law.

  • SB 480: Gender transition procedures for minors.

    2023 · Authored · 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.

  • SB 71: Parole.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 252: Long acting reversible contraceptives.

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

    Allows a long acting reversible contraceptive that is prescribed to and obtained for a Medicaid recipient to be transferred to another Medicaid recipient if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 345: Termination of parental rights.

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

    Defines "safe haven infant".

  • SB 35: Financial literacy.

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

    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 2028, an individual must successfully complete a personal financial responsibility course (course) before the individual may graduate.

  • SB 369: Automated external defibrillator requirements.

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

    Provides that school coaches, assistant coaches, marching band leaders, drama and musical leaders, and extracurricular activity leaders may ensure that an operational automated external defibrillator (AED) is present at each event in which students have an increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest (event) for which the individual is providing coaching or leadership.

  • SB 378: Hospital assessment fee.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a physician owned hospital that is ineligible to receive Medicaid disproportionate share payments is not considered to be a hospital for purposes of the hospital assessment fee.

  • SB 400: Health care matters.

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

    Requires the state employee health plan, policies of accident and sickness insurance, and health maintenance organization contracts to provide coverage for wearable cardioverter defibrillators.

  • SB 402: Reading standards and curriculum.

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

    Defines "science of reading".

  • SB 443: Various education matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · 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 486: Education matters.

    2023 · Co-authored · 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 7: Physician noncompete agreements.

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

    Provides that beginning July 1, 2023, a primary care physician and an employer may not enter into a noncompete agreement.

  • SJR 16: Article V convention on congressional term limits.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Applies to Congress for a convention for proposing amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.

  • HB 1167: Live streaming and archiving meetings.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1201: Rare disease advisory council.

    2023 · Sponsored · 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 1282: Limitation of liability for DCS contractors.

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

    Limits the civil liability of contractors that provide specified services under a contract with the department of child services (DCS).

  • HB 1286: Toxicology screening for xylazine.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, if the coroner reasonably suspects the cause of the person's death to be accidental or intentional overdose of an opioid or if the person was administered an overdose intervention drug prior to death and was unresponsive to the overdose intervention drug, the coroner shall test certain bodily fluids to determine whether the bodily fluid contained any amount, including a trace amount

  • HB 1457: Public health matters.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes licensing standards for rural emergency hospitals.

  • HB 1458: Doctor scope of treatment and do not resuscitate.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a declarant may include a person for whom a proxy has executed an out of hospital do not resuscitate (DNR) declaration if the person: (1) is at least 18 years of age and is certified as a qualified person; (2) is incapacitated or incompetent; and (3) has no representative who is able and available to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration.

  • HB 1460: Professional and occupational licensing.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a board that regulates a health care provider or a regulated professional under IC 25 to use electronic means of communication to conduct meetings if certain requirements are met.

  • HB 1462: Health matters.

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

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

  • HB 1637: Teacher education scholarship programs.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases the annual scholarship amount that the commission for higher education (commission) may award under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program from $7,500 to $10,000.

  • HB 1006: Mental health programs.

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

    Specifies the circumstances under which a person may be involuntarily committed to a facility for mental health services and specifies that these services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines.

  • HB 1169: Separation of siblings in child placement.

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

    Provides that if a child is placed in a temporary out-of-home placement in a location in which a sibling of the child resides, the department of child services shall, before changing the placement of the child, consider whether separating the child from the child's sibling is in the child's best interest.

  • HB 1177: Firearms training for teachers.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · 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 1334: Absentee voting.

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

    Provides that an agency of the state or a political subdivision may not provide an individual with an application for an absentee ballot unless requested by the individual or a member of the individual's family.

  • HB 1528: Next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program.

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

    Provides that an individual enrolled in a transition to teaching program may apply for a one time scholarship under the next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program.

  • HB 1623: Administrative law.

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

    Establishes the government reform task force (task force).

  • SB 109: Adult protective services.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the division of aging to contract with a person qualified to provide adult protective services.

  • SB 132: Professions and professional services.

    2024 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Authorizes the office of the secretary of family and social services to implement a risk based managed care program for certain Medicaid recipients.

  • SB 139: Psilocybin treatment program.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 142: Coverage for mobile integrated healthcare services.

    2024 · Authored (listed 3rd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that: (1) a state employee health plan; (2) a policy of accident and sickness policy; and (3) an individual or group contract; must provide reimbursement beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2027, for emergency medical services that are performed or provided in specified counties by a mobile integrated healthcare program.

  • SB 154: Transportation funding.

    2024 · Authored (listed 3rd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Provides that a school corporation may use the school corporation's operations fund for transportation of school children to certain: (1) apprenticeship programs; (2) career and technical education programs; (3) modern youth apprenticeships; and (4) work based learning courses.

  • SB 169: Child caring institutions and group homes.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires specified types of residential child care facilities to: (1) implement specified personnel policies, including with regard to: (A) minimum qualifications for specified employee classifications; and (B) maintenance of personnel records; (2) comply with specified restrictions on caseloads; (3) obtain specified health records, immunizations, and examinations for each child under the facility

  • SB 171: Reunification plan for a child in need of services.

    2024 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the circumstances under which reasonable efforts to reunify a child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian or preserve a child's family are not required.

  • SB 191: Transparency and freedom of expression.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes restrictions on a state educational institution (institution) in regard to the following: (1) A student's or employee's ideological or political viewpoints or refusal to support or endorse one or more divisive concepts.

  • SB 192: Various health care matters.

    2024 · Authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Provides that if a physician has entered into a provider agreement with the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) or a managed care organization and the physician, subject to the provider agreement, provides emergency medical services to individuals participating in the state Medicaid program, the office or the managed care organization shall promptly compensate the physician for the ser

  • SB 193: Child welfare provider protections.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits the state from discriminating against adoption agencies, foster parents, or adoptive parents on the basis of religious beliefs.

  • SB 194: Length of service award program.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows the legislative body of a: (1) unit in which a fire protection district has not been established; and (2) fire protection district; to establish a length of service award program for the active volunteer members of the emergency service organizations operating under the unit's or fire protection district's jurisdiction.

  • SB 202: State educational institution matters.

    2024 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the duties of state educational institutions' diversity committees.

  • SB 213: Prekindergarten programs.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Exempts public schools and charter schools from: (1) certain paths to quality program requirements; and (2) certain prekindergarten program eligible provider requirements.

  • SB 257: Fiduciary duty in health plan administration.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that any third party administrator, pharmacy benefit manager, employee benefit consultant, or insurance producer acting on behalf of a plan sponsor owes a fiduciary duty to the plan sponsor.

  • SB 258: Physician referrals and reimbursement rates.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits a referring physician from receiving compensation or an incentive from a health care entity or another physician, who is in the same health care network as the referring physician, for referring a patient to the health care entity or other physician.

  • SB 284: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (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).

  • SB 3: Prior authorization.

    2024 · Authored · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Provides that a utilization review entity may only impose prior authorization requirements on less than 1% of any given specialty or health care service and 1% of health care providers overall in a calendar year.

  • SB 1: Reading skills.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 10: Community cares initiative grant pilot program.

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

    Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana.

  • SB 110: Social work licensure compact.

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

    Establishes the social work licensure compact.

  • SB 128: Human sexuality instruction.

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

    Defines "governing authority" of a school.

  • SB 14: Right of certain persons to carry a handgun in the statehouse and state capitol complex.

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

    Allows: (1) certain statewide elected officials; (2) members of the general assembly; (3) members of the Indiana lobby registration commission; (4) professional staff of the general assembly; and (5) employees of certain statewide elected offices; to carry a handgun in the statehouse or on the property of the state capitol complex under certain circumstances.

  • SB 151: Statute of limitations.

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

    Allows the prosecution of Level 3 felony rape and child molesting offenses to be commenced at any time.

  • SB 17: Age verification for material harmful to minors.

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

    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.

  • SB 178: Hospital assessment fee.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a physician owned hospital that is ineligible to receive certain Medicaid or Medicare reimbursement is not considered to be a hospital for purposes of the hospital assessment fee.

  • SB 181: Citizenship and immigration status.

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

    Provides that, if the attorney general determines probable cause exists, the attorney general, rather than any person lawfully domiciled in Indiana, shall bring an action to compel a governmental body or postsecondary educational institution to comply with statutes requiring cooperation with federal immigration officials.

  • SB 189: Locating and recovering wild game.

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

    Permits a person to use an unmanned aerial vehicle with infrared abilities to locate and recover a legally taken wild animal.

  • SB 234: Disaster emergency.

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

    Provides that a state of disaster emergency declared by the governor: (1) that applies to the entire state may not continue for more than 60 days unless a renewal is authorized by the general assembly; and (2) that only applies to part of the state may not continue for more than 30 days unless renewed by the governor.

  • SB 241: Taking bobcats.

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

    Requires the department of natural resources to establish and implement a season to take bobcats not later than July 1, 2025.

  • SB 282: Absenteeism and school attendance.

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

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

  • SB 287: Education matters.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 296: Administrative proceedings.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that the office of administrative legal proceedings (OALP) is the ultimate authority for agencies subject to the jurisdiction of the OALP.

  • SB 297: Administrative rules.

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

    Requires an agency to conduct a regulatory analysis for certain proposed rules, including if the implementation and compliance costs are at least $1,000,000.

  • SB 4: Fiscal and administrative matters.

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

    Specifies that certain workforce related programs must be reviewed by the legislative services agency at least once rather than every five years.

  • SB 46: Parental rights.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of furthering the governmental interest.

  • SB 48: State educational institution information.

    2024 · Co-authored · 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 5: Lead water line replacement and lead remediation.

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

    Specifies that, for purposes of the statute concerning the replacement of customer owned lead service lines by water utilities, a municipally owned utility includes a utility company owned, operated, or held in trust by a consolidated city.

  • SB 52: Prohibition on use of dedicated lanes.

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

    Prohibits, until July 1, 2025, a consolidated city from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, rule, policy, or other requirement concerning a public transportation project, including the blue line, that seeks to: (1) convert; (2) restrict; or (3) otherwise establish; a vehicular traffic lane for use as a dedicated lane.

  • SB 9: Notice of health care entity mergers.

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

    Requires health care entities to provide notice of certain mergers or acquisitions to office of the attorney general.

  • HB 1042: Transition to teaching scholarships.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an applicant for a transition to teaching scholarship after June 30, 2024, must be a member of a household with an annual income of $100,000 or less.

  • HB 1084: Privacy of firearms financial transactions.

    2024 · Sponsored · 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 1102: Child care.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Revises the definition of "child care home".

  • HB 1137: Release for religious instruction.

    2024 · Sponsored · 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 1156: Report on Medicaid behavior analysis services.

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

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to prepare and submit a report to specified entities concerning data on the provision of applied behavior analysis services in the Medicaid program.

  • HB 1203: Xylazine.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes possession of xylazine a Class A misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior xylazine related conviction.

  • HB 1209: Rule against perpetuities.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds provisions regarding a second power of appointment.

  • HB 1216: Medicaid reimbursement for certain detainees.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Removes provisions in current law specifying that services provided to an individual while the individual is committed to a facility for mental health services are medically necessary when provided in accordance with generally accepted clinical care guidelines.

  • HB 1258: Food regulation.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    For provisions governing home based food products, repeals the term "potentially hazardous food product" and defines "time temperature control for safety food".

  • HB 1260: Indiana department of health.

    2024 · Sponsored · 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.

  • HB 1310: Children in need of services.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a child has been removed from the child's parent for at least 12 of the most recent 22 months at the time of a periodic case review, the child's permanency plan must include at least one intended permanent or long term arrangement for care and custody of the child other than reunification of the child with the child's parent, guardian, or custodian.

  • HB 1359: Probate.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Extends insurance coverage on property transferred by a transfer on death transfer following the death of the insured after June 30, 2025, for property and casualty insurance and liability insurance other than title insurance and certain insurance relating to bonds and mortgages.

  • HB 1385: Emergency medical services.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the community cares initiative grant pilot program for the purpose of assisting in the costs of starting or expanding mobile integrated health care programs and mobile crisis teams in Indiana.

  • HB 1414: Various health care matters.

    2024 · Sponsored · passed the House only; did not pass the Senate

    Requires the budget committee to review certain contracts with managed care organizations for the Medicaid program.

  • SB 118: 340B drug program report.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires certain entities authorized to participate in the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program to annually report specified data to the Indiana department of health (state department).

  • SB 119: Certificate of public advantage.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits the submission of an application for a certificate of public advantage (application) after May 13, 2025.

  • SB 140: Pharmacy benefits.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires an insurer, a pharmacy benefit manager, or any other administrator of pharmacy benefits to ensure that a network utilized by the insurer, pharmacy benefit manager, or other administrator is reasonably adequate and accessible and file an annual report regarding the network with the commissioner of the department of insurance (commissioner).

  • SB 147: Physician referrals and reimbursement rates.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Prohibits, in accordance with the federal Stark Law (42 U.S.C.

  • SB 166: Marijuana advertising.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a person may not advertise a product containing marijuana or a marijuana business by any medium within the borders of Indiana.

  • SB 176: Nursing matters.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • SB 182: Adult protective services.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that the adult protective services reporting applies to reports received through a statewide toll free telephone call or through online reporting.

  • SB 234: Medicaid matters.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee.

  • SB 235: Limitations on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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

    Establishes prohibitions and requirements on state agencies, recipients of state contracts or grants, state educational institutions, and health profession licensing boards regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.

  • SB 236: Enforcement of federal child sex crimes.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a person who violates certain federal offenses concerning child sexual abuse commits a Level 1 felony.

  • SB 237: Individualized investigational treatment.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Allows: (1) a manufacturer to provide; and (2) a patient to receive; individualized investigational treatment if certain conditions are met.

  • SB 238: Lobbying prohibition.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that an individual who is a member of the general assembly after November 5, 2024, may not be registered as a lobbyist during the period that begins on the day the individual ceases to be a member of the general assembly and ends 1,095 days after the date the individual ceases to be a member of the general assembly.

  • SB 239: Child welfare provider protections.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits the state from discriminating against adoption agencies, foster parents, or adoptive parents on the basis of religious beliefs.

  • SB 240: Abortion reporting and education.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to: (1) create a video for practitioners concerning the state's abortion laws and the standard of care for treating pregnant women with life threatening conditions; and (2) publish the video on its website.

  • SB 241: Enforcement of restrictions on abortion.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides the attorney general concurrent jurisdiction with the prosecuting attorney in the prosecution of certain offenses concerning abortion.

  • SB 242: Payment for Medicaid physician services.

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

    Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) or a managed care organization to promptly cover physician services rendered in a hospital emergency department by a physician who has entered into a provider agreement with the office or managed care organization, without limiting what constitutes an emergency medical condition.

  • SB 243: Required physician ownership of medical practices.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires that the majority ownership of a physician group practice be licensed physicians in Indiana.

  • SB 244: Daylight saving time.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Exempts Indiana from daylight saving time.

  • SB 245: Abortion inducing drugs.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally engages in the use of an abortion inducing drug, including Mifepristone or Misoprostol, on a pregnant woman without the knowledge or consent of the pregnant woman, commits a Level 5 felony.

  • SB 246: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires the Indiana medical licensing board to accept and review complaints concerning physician collaborative practice agreements with advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs).

  • SB 255: Education matters.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of education (department) to grant an initial practitioner license to an individual who: (1) holds a bachelor's degree with a major in any combination of science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; (2) successfully completes a total of at least nine academic credits regarding certain instruction in teaching; and (3) meets other specified requirements.

  • SB 280: Deer hunting.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, for a hunting season beginning after June 30, 2025, rifles may be used to hunt deer on public property subject to certain restrictions.

  • SB 289: Unlawful discrimination.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals provisions concerning university diversity committees.

  • SB 291: Anatomical gift inquiries.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Requires a state agency to offer a state employee an opportunity to register as a donor of an anatomical gift: (1) during the state employee's onboarding process; and (2) on an annual basis, during the state agency's employee benefits enrollment period.

  • SB 294: Hospital assessment fee.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a physician owned hospital that is ineligible to receive certain Medicaid or Medicare reimbursement is not considered to be a hospital for purposes of the hospital assessment fee.

  • SB 33: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (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).

  • SB 365: Education matters.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 419: Crimes against health care providers.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Defines "health care provider".

  • SB 441: Definition of sex and gender; birth certificates.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Defines "sex" and "gender" for the purposes of the Indiana Code.

  • SB 450: Article V convention.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Changes the defined term of "delegate" to "commissioner" in reference to an individual who is appointed to represent Indiana at an Article V convention.

  • SB 473: Various health care matters.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • SB 475: Physician noncompete agreements.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a physician and a hospital, a parent company of a hospital, an affiliated manager of a hospital, or a hospital system may not enter into a noncompete agreement on or after July 1, 2025.

  • SB 479: Transportation of minor for prohibited procedures.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Makes assisting a child in procuring a gender transition procedure a Level 6 felony.

  • SB 480: Prior authorization.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Sets forth requirements for a utilization review entity that requires prior authorization of a health care service.

  • SB 485: Managed care assessment fee.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides for the assessment of a fee on managed care organizations to pay the state's share of the cost of Medicaid services provided under the Medicaid program.

  • SB 505: Emergency transport to appropriate facility.

    2025 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows, subject to a written agreement concerning the transport of individuals, an emergency medical responder, an emergency medical technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, or a paramedic (emergency medical services personnel) to transport an individual to: (1) a health care facility; (2) a mental health facility; or (3) an urgent care facility; that can provide the individual with a

  • SB 508: Property tax streamline.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Abolishes the offices of county assessor and township assessor, effective July 1, 2025.

  • SB 1: Local government finance.

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

    Places restrictions on the issuance of certain general obligation bonds.

  • SB 10: Voter registration.

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

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

  • SB 11: Minor access and use of social media.

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

    Requires a social media operator to restrict a minor user's viewing of social media without first obtaining verifiable parental consent for the minor user.

  • SB 143: Parental rights.

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

    Provides that a governmental entity may not substantially burden certain parental rights unless the burden, as applied to the parent and the child, is required to advance a compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the governmental interest.

  • SB 146: Teacher compensation.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 2: Medicaid matters.

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

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee.

  • SB 3: Fiduciary duty in health plan administration.

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

    Provides that any third party administrator or pharmacy benefit manager acting on behalf of a plan sponsor owes a fiduciary duty to the plan sponsor.

  • SB 370: Health care matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires Medicaid reimbursement for outpatient covered services at a hospital to be at the same reimbursement rate as that provided for the equivalent services at a physician's office.

  • SB 451: Income tax rate.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 497: Tax credit for newborn children.

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

    Establishes a tax credit for newborn children, which an eligible taxpayer may claim only in the first taxable year in which a particular newborn child is eligible for the exemption allowed under specified provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

  • SB 5: State fiscal and contracting matters.

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

    Allows a state agency to use artificial intelligence software to prepare information and projections for the state budget.

  • SB 503: Pharmacy benefit administration.

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

    Requires the attorney general to designate or appoint a pharmacy benefit compliance officer if certain prescription drug benefit public-private partnership contracts are entered into by the state.

  • SB 74: Extension of lifeline law immunity.

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

    Provides that an individual who is: (1) reasonably believed to be suffering from a health condition which is the direct result of alcohol consumption; and (2) assisted by a person who requested emergency medical assistance for the individual; is immune from prosecution for certain crimes.

  • SJR 21: Terms of members of Congress.

    2025 · Co-authored · enacted: became law (no signature action listed)

    Applies to Congress for a Convention for proposing Amendments under Article V of the Constitution of the United States to provide limits to the number of terms that an individual may serve in the United States House of Representatives and in the United States Senate.

  • HB 1003: Health matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies that the Medicaid fraud control unit's (MFCU) investigation of Medicaid fraud may include the investigation of provider fraud, insurer fraud, duplicate billing, and other instances of fraud.

  • HB 1126: Watershed development commissions.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Alters the membership of a watershed development commission board that includes the Maumee River basin (Maumee watershed development commission).

  • HB 1194: County coroners.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the coroner where the incident occurred to respond to the coroner where the death occurred not more than 24 hours after being contacted to discuss the need for an autopsy.

  • HB 1200: Opioid prescriptions.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a prescriber issues a prescription for an opioid for administration through an intrathecal pump or epidural pain pump: (1) the prescription may not exceed a 180 day supply; and (2) the patient may not be required to have a face-to-face visit with the prescriber more than once every 180 days unless the prescriber determines an earlier follow up visit is medically necessary.

  • HB 1285: Education matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits a school corporation from doing the following: (1) Removing a student's property without providing the student's parent with the opportunity to collect the student's property if the student has died, transferred, dropped out, or otherwise withdrawn from enrollment in the school corporation for any reason.

  • HB 1326: Scholarships.

    2025 · Sponsored · 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 1521: Consumer genetic testing providers.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    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 1531: Various immigration matters.

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

    Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or a postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain acts, the attorney general shall defend the law enforcement officer, the governmental body, or the postsecondary educational institution throughout the action.

  • HB 1562: Farm and home based food sales.

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

    Repeals current home based vendor regulations.

  • HB 1577: Mobile retail food establishment licenses.

    2025 · Sponsored · 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.

  • HB 1666: Ownership of health care providers.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires reporting of certain ownership information by: (1) a hospital to the Indiana department of health (state department); (2) certain health care entities to the secretary of state; and (3) an insurer, a third party administrator, and a pharmacy benefit manager to the department of insurance.

  • HB 1687: Probation transfers for sex or violent offenders.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits the transfer of a sex or violent offender's probation jurisdiction to another county in Indiana while the offender is required to register as an offender unless certain conditions are met.

  • HB 1167: Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes.

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

    Provides that the controlled substance paraphernalia statutes do not apply to items marketed to detect the presence of a drug or controlled substance.

  • HB 1605: Juvenile law matters.

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

    Requires the family and social services administration (FSSA) to provide address information to the department of child services (department) under specified circumstances subject to federal approval of a state plan amendment or waiver allowing FSSA to do so.

  • SB 159: School technology plans and policies.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 171: Family and children matters.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the local office of the department of child services to provide notice of an adoption petition to the court in which a CHINS proceeding is open or pending.

  • SB 172: Administrative rulemaking.

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

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

  • SB 173: Health care matters.

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

    Prohibits: (1) the state employee health plan; (2) the Medicaid program; (3) an accident and sickness insurance policy; and (4) a health maintenance organization individual or group contract; from imposing a time limit on the amount of anesthesia time for a medical procedure or otherwise restricting or excluding coverage or payment of anesthesia time.

  • SB 174: Various health matters.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Prohibits a person from adding a chemical to a public water supply in certain circumstances.

  • SB 182: Gender issues.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House (not reported from House committee)

    Defines "female", "male", "gender", and "sex" for all Indiana statutes.

  • SB 189: Nonparticipating providers.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires an initiating party that submits a request for independent dispute resolution to provide written notice to the facility not later than three business days after submitting the request.

  • SB 236: Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports.

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

    Modifies the definitions of "abortion" and "abortion inducing drug".

  • SB 255: Property tax streamline.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Abolishes the offices of county assessor and township assessor and transfers the duties of the assessor to the county auditor.

  • SB 267: Influence campaign reports.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Requires a person who provides another person with at least $500 in compensation to induce, support, aid, or otherwise encourage the other person to engage in an influence campaign to file a written report with the Indiana lobby registration commission.

  • SB 76: Immigration matters.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain immigration matters, the attorney general may defend the law enforcement officer, the governmental body, or the postsecondary educational institution if representation is requested and the

  • SB 9: Victim impact statements.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • SB 90: Consent for pelvic, prostate, and rectal exams.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits health practitioners and other specified individuals from performing pelvic, prostate, or rectal examinations on an anesthetized or unconscious patient except in specified circumstances.

  • SB 1: Human services matters.

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

    Establishes the Indiana rural health transformation fund and makes allotments and expenditures from the fund subject to budget committee review before the allotment and expenditure may occur.

  • SB 12: Prohibition of ranked choice voting.

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

    Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting.

  • SB 122: Various immigration matters.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that if a law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution is made a party to a civil suit and the attorney general determines that the suit has arisen out of certain acts, the attorney general shall defend the law enforcement officer, governmental body, or postsecondary educational institution throughout the action.

  • SB 176: Shooting ranges.

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

    Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environmental controls, is a continuation of a permitted use and may not be treated by a local unit of government as: (1) an expansion of a nonconforming use; or (2) a basis to d

  • SB 8: Library budgets.

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

    Amends the percentage increase in a public library's proposed budget that determines whether the public library's proposed budget is subject to binding review by the applicable county, city, or town, fiscal body.

  • HB 1004: Various education matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes changes to various education provisions concerning the following: (1) Certain school corporation accounting requirements.

  • HB 1137: Foods and beverages on school property.

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

    Provides that a public school that participates in a federally funded or assisted meal program: (1) may not serve, sell, or allow a third party vendor to serve or sell a food or beverage that contains certain ingredients on school property on a school day; and (2) shall post any breakfast or lunch menu and ingredients on the school's website.

  • HB 1257: Child services matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds four members to the statewide child fatality review committee, one of whom is appointed by each of the following: (1) The speaker of the house of representatives.

  • HB 1264: Child fatality information.

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

    Provides that the department of child services (department) shall disclose to the public certain information regarding child fatalities or near fatalities.

  • HB 1266: Department of education and education matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes various changes to education provisions concerning the following: (1) Creating a teaching and learning framework for the implementation of mathematics academic standards.

  • HB 1271: Payment of health claims.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires a hospital to: (1) disclose information concerning payment assistance programs; (2) post signs concerning the programs in specified locations of the hospital; and (3) make information concerning the programs available to individuals through the hospital's patient portal.

  • HB 1315: Township reorganization.

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

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

  • HB 1377: Straight ticket voting.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals provisions that prohibit counting straight party votes for candidates for election to an at-large district to which more than one person may be elected.

  • HB 1389: Adoption and foster care matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits a governmental entity from discriminating against a person in adoption and foster care matters based on the person's sincerely held religious belief, unless the discriminatory act as applied to the person is required to advance a compelling government interest and is the least restrictive means of advancing the interest.

  • HB 1032: Redistricting.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · passed the House; defeated on third reading in the Senate

    Allows the general assembly to amend congressional districts at a time other than the first regular session of the general assembly convening immediately following the United States decennial census.

  • HB 1036: Children in need of services.

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

    Requires the department of child services, subject to certain procedural safeguards, to have in-person contact with an alleged victim of child abuse or neglect: (1) before concluding an assessment; and (2) before dismissing or terminating a pending child in need of services case with the juvenile court.

  • HB 1424: Farm and homestead food sales.

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

    Allows the executive board of the Indiana department of health to adopt rules concerning time temperature control for food safety, but provides that the rules may not be applied to a homestead vendor or small farm vendor.

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 Johnson's record came from

Sources for Johnson

Blaine Sefton

Democratic

Work
Union electrician, IBEW; former case manager, Indiana Family and Social Services [9]

Blaine Sefton is a union electrician and community activist running for office for the first time. [9]

Sefton's background

  • Works as a union electrician and has been active with the Democratic Socialists of Fort Wayne and Indivisible Indiana, according to WBOI. [9]
  • His campaign site says he is a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and previously worked as a case manager for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and at the Social Security Office of Disability Adjudication. [11]
  • Describes himself as "a Worker, a Democratic Socialist." [12]

Sefton's positions

Economy & jobs

  • Campaign platform calls for raising the minimum wage to $20.30 by 2030, supporting unionization and repealing Indiana's right-to-work law. [10]
  • Proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 7.5%, incentives for small and local businesses, and a one-time 5% wealth tax on individuals worth $100 million or more. [10]

Housing

  • Would bar companies and private equity firms from buying single-family homes, increase landlord accountability for repairs, and overhaul zoning rules. [10]

Health care

  • Proposes a state "Medicaid-for-all" plan, requiring employers to cover medical expenses tied to their insurance plans, and reviewing nonprofit status of hospitals when patients are left with bills. [10]

Data centers

  • Calls for a moratorium on new data center construction, restrictions on existing centers' noise, light, water use and emissions, and an end to tax breaks for tech companies. [10]

Energy & utilities

  • Supports rules, modeled on Oregon laws, making large energy users pay full cost and capping rate increases, plus building renewable generation. [10]

Education

  • Would end the private school voucher system and strengthen teachers' unions' bargaining over class size and working conditions. [10]

Immigration & civil rights

  • Calls for repealing Senate Bill 76 and ending state cooperation with ICE, allowing sanctuary cities, repealing the abortion ban, and strengthening anti-discrimination laws. [10]

Marijuana

  • Supports legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing low-level, nonviolent offenses. [10]

How Sefton would run the office

  • Platform areas listed on his site: housing, health care, workers, child care, rights, data centers, taxes, roads and transit, public schools, utilities and marijuana. [10]
  • Child care: cap child care costs, enact paid parental leave, and create incentives for child care workers. [10]

Sefton on the current officeholder

  • Told WBOI, "It is the responsibility of the government to work for everyday people," and said he wants to hold accountable systems he feels no longer serve people; he did not name Johnson in the material reviewed. [9]

How Sefton got on the ballot

  • Filed just before the filing deadline at the start of 2026. [9] Listed as the Democratic nominee after the May 5, 2026 primary. [1]

Sefton's endorsements and funding

  • His campaign site lists endorsements from the Indiana AFL-CIO, MadVoters and the Fort Wayne Democratic Socialists of America. [13]

What we could not find about Sefton

  • No fundraising totals were confirmed from freely available sources.
  • Primary details (whether he had an opponent, vote count) could not be confirmed from freely available sources.
  • A WBOI photo caption lists him in District 22 while the article text says District 14; official listings show District 14.
  • No statements about Tyler Johnson by name found; no positions on property taxes or redistricting found.
  • No debate or forum for this race found as of 2026-10-10. Little news coverage beyond one WBOI feature.

Sefton's campaign website

Sources for Sefton

Key points

  • Senate District 14 covers portions of Allen and DeKalb counties in northeast Indiana. (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  • Johnson is the incumbent; Democrat Blaine Sefton, a union electrician, is a first-time candidate. Both were their parties' nominees after the May 5, 2026 primary. (WBOI)

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Dr. Tyler Johnson: Indiana State Senator, District 14 (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  4. Johnson prior authorization bill passes Senate (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  5. Prior authorization law takes effect (SEA 480) (KPC News / The Star)
  6. Statement from State Sen. Tyler Johnson on recent study looking at possible casino relocation to NE Indiana (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  7. Trump endorses Sen. Liz Brown, other Republicans who supported Indiana redistricting (Indiana Capital Chronicle via IPM/WFIU)
  8. Getting in the race: Hoosier Dems find record numbers up and down ballot (WBOI)
  9. Platform & Policy (Blaine for Indiana)
  10. Who I Am (Blaine for Indiana)
  11. Blaine for Indiana (campaign website) (Blaine for Indiana)
  12. Endorsements (Blaine for Indiana)
What's included
the U.S. House, statewide offices, every Indiana House and Senate district on the ballot, Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.
Everything else
Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.
Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

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