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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 15

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 15 is entirely within Allen County and includes most of the county, including much of Fort Wayne. [5, 8]
  • Republican primary (May 5, 2026): Brown defeated Darren Vogt, a staffer for U.S. Sen. Jim Banks and Northwest Allen County Schools board member, 5,241 to 5,227 in certified totals. [5] Vogt requested a recount on May 19 and asked the Recount Commission to dismiss it in July, saying it "made sense not to waste anybody's time." [5]
  • The primary followed disputes between Brown and Rokita and Banks over immigration legislation. [5]
  • Democratic primary: Julie McGill defeated Chloe Andis with about 57% of the vote, per WBOI. [9] The two met in a March 14, 2026 primary debate hosted by the Progressive Indiana Network. [10]
  • Key differences: McGill's campaign emphasizes health care access including Medicaid and the Healthy Indiana Plan, public school funding and accountability for public dollars going to private schools, utility costs and government accountability; Brown's re-election announcement emphasized her conservative record on abortion restrictions, parental rights, health care and consumer data rights. [11, 4]

Candidates on the ballot

Liz Brown

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
Owner, Brown Mediation LLC; attorney licensed in Indiana and Ohio [3]

Liz Brown is the incumbent senator, a Fort Wayne attorney and mediator first elected in 2014 who chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee until December 2025. [3, 4]

Brown's background

  • Owner of Brown Mediation LLC, licensed to practice law in Indiana and Ohio; University of Notre Dame and University of Iowa law graduate. [3]
  • Served on the Fort Wayne City Council at-large (2008–2011) before joining the Senate. [3]
  • Lives in Fort Wayne. [4]

Brown's positions

Abortion

  • Cited banning sex-selection abortions, championing the 2022 near-total abortion ban, and more than two dozen anti-abortion bills in her re-election announcement. [4]

Health care

  • Cited her series of health care bills, which she calls "I-ACHE, Increasing Access to Care for Hoosiers Everywhere," aimed at transparency, fewer regulations and more affordable care. [4]

Parental rights & data privacy

  • Cited passing parental rights legislation and a consumer data rights law giving Hoosiers control over their digital information. [4, 15]

Government oversight

  • Responding to proposals for expanded state audits, said oversight already exists through the State Board of Accounts and Medicaid monitoring, and that recent legislation she supported added audit provisions for public assistance eligibility. [15]

Immigration

  • Says she worked with law enforcement and the governor's administration on immigration enforcement legislation after concerns raised by sheriffs. [15]

Brown on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements about Julie McGill were found.
  • During the primary she called Rokita's criticism personal and politically motivated, described the race as a "proxy war," and said outside spending including "dark money" was going to her opponent. [15] After the recount was dropped she called it "costly, time-consuming and unnecessary." [5]

How Brown got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary over Darren Vogt by 14 votes in certified totals; Vogt withdrew his recount request in July 2026. [5]

Brown's endorsements and funding

  • Endorsed by President Trump in March 2026. [7]
  • Said in her January 2026 announcement that she had been endorsed by the Indiana Right to Life PAC and Indiana Family Action PAC [4], and in April 2026 that Gov. Mike Braun had endorsed her campaign. [15]

What we could not find about Brown

  • No current campaign website found; her campaign uses a Facebook page.
  • Her recorded votes on the 2025 property tax law (SEA 1) and the 2025 state budget were not verified from a readable source.
  • Other endorsements reported in secondary listings (Rep. Bob Morris, Indiana Farm Bureau AgELECT PAC and NFIB Indiana PAC) could not be confirmed from freely available sources.
  • Local coverage (The Journal Gazette) of her 2026 general-election priorities could not be reviewed for this profile; her current positions on property taxes and the state budget were not confirmed from freely available sources.
  • The WANE article on the Rokita dispute showed only a relative date (about six months before 2026-10-10); the date given is approximate.
  • No general-election debate or forum found as of 2026-10-10.

Brown's record in office

Indiana Senate record, District 15 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
57
31 became law
Co-authored
25
17 became law
Sponsored
48
39 became law
Co-sponsored
9
9 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Artificial Intelligence Task Force (Senate Co-Chair)
  • Appropriations
  • Corrections and Criminal Law
  • Ethics
  • Health and Provider Services
  • Judiciary
  • School Funding Subcommittee
  • Courts and the Judiciary, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 414, No 70, Not voting 5
  • 2024: Yes 242, No 40, Excused 26
  • 2025: Yes 384, No 98, Not voting 5
  • 2026: Yes 253, No 46, Not voting 1
How Brown voted on 35 selected bills
The 139 bills Brown carried

  • SB 11: Marriage and family therapists.

    2023 · Authored (listed 3rd) · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Decreases the number of experiential practice hours required to obtain a license as a marriage and family therapist or a therapist associate.

  • SB 163: Evidence of lack of seat belt use.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that evidence concerning a failure to comply with safety belt requirements, including a child restraint system, may be admissible in a civil action.

  • SB 181: Cause of action concerning restraint of trade.

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

    Amends the statute concerning combinations restraining trade as follows: (1) Provides that the attorney general may bring an action for the following on behalf of the state or a political subdivision in connection with a violation of the statute: (A) Appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief, including disgorgement of any gains derived from the violation.

  • SB 191: Associate physicians.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes the licensure of associate physicians and sets forth requirements for licensure.

  • SB 20: Alcohol matters.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission).

  • SB 25: Cigarette tax evasion.

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

    Provides that if a person unlawfully transports cigarettes without an Indiana tax stamp, the person commits: (1) a Class C infraction if a person possesses more than 1,000 cigarettes; (2) a Class B misdemeanor if the number of cigarettes is between 2,000 and 7,500; (3) a Class A misdemeanor if the number of cigarettes is between 7,500 and 15,000; and (4) a Level 6 felony if the number of cigarette

  • SB 274: Tax exempt property.

    2023 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 (listed 2nd) · 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 296: Sale of tax delinquent real property.

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

    Defines the term "severed interest" as an improvement, mineral rights, air rights, water rights, or other rights in property in, on, under, or above the land for which the owner or holder of the interest identified in the current real property tax records of the county auditor is sent a separate property tax statement.

  • SB 301: Sex offenses.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases the maximum penalty for child molesting from 40 to 50 years under certain circumstances.

  • SB 302: Regulation of charitable organizations.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prohibits a state agency or a state official from imposing on a charitable organization any filing or reporting requirements that are more stringent or burdensome than those imposed by, or authorized under, state or federal law.

  • SB 303: Privacy protections for nonprofit organizations.

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

    Defines "personal information", with respect to a nonprofit organization, as a compilation of data that directly or indirectly identifies a person as a member of, supporter of, volunteer for, or donor to, the nonprofit organization.

  • SB 304: Exemption for certain cemetery property.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Makes various changes to a provision granting a property tax exemption to cemetery owners.

  • SB 345: Termination of parental rights.

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

    Defines "safe haven infant".

  • SB 400: Health care matters.

    2023 · 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 455: Limitation of liability for DCS contractors.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

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

  • SB 5: Consumer data protection.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes a new article in the Indiana Code concerning consumer data protection, to take effect January 1, 2026.

  • SB 77: Throwing stars.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes throwing stars legal in Indiana except for on school property.

  • SB 83: Unlawful tracking of another individual.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a person who, with the intent to track an individual, and without the individual's knowledge, places a tracking device on an individual or the individual's property commits remote criminal tracking, a Class C misdemeanor.

  • SB 106: Local powers concerning elections.

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

    Provides that a unit does not have the power to adopt an ordinance, a resolution, or an order concerning certain elections, or otherwise conduct an election, except as expressly granted by statute.

  • SB 300: Residential tax increment financing.

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

    Removes the threshold conditions for establishing a residential housing development program and a tax increment allocation area for the program, including the condition that the governing body of each school corporation affected by the program pass a resolution approving the program before the program may go into effect.

  • SB 392: University housing for single mothers.

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

    Provides that the commission for higher education may administer a program to support JobSource, Inc., for the management of the Heartland/Anderson Scholar House.

  • SB 4: Public health commission.

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

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

  • SB 438: Home health services.

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

    Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services to: (1) perform a comprehensive review of existing home health services for children with complex medical needs; (2) assess the home health services and policies for a person-centered approach; and (3) engage stakeholders in the assessment to solicit feedback on issues securing and maintaining home health services.

  • SB 468: Uniform Commercial Code amendments.

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

    Incorporates into Indiana's Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) the Amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code (2022) approved and recommended for enactment in all states by the Uniform Law Commission (ULC) to address emerging technologies.

  • 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.

  • SJR 17: General Assembly sessions.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that the General Assembly shall meet at the state capital, at a place designated by law, in odd-numbered years, ending on a date that is appointed by law.

  • HB 1004: Health care matters.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the health care cost oversight task force and sets forth duties of the task force.

  • HB 1009: Court ordered expenses.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies what a court shall order a father to pay for pregnancy and childbirth expenses.

  • HB 1091: Eligibility under Medicaid, CHIP and other benefits.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Changes the requirements for submitting eligibility information for an individual who is: (1) less than 19 years of age; and (2) a recipient of either the Medicaid program or the children's health insurance program (CHIP) (programs).

  • HB 1113: Dental compliance fund.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Removes a requirement that dentists and dental hygienists pay a $20 compliance fee when renewing a license that is deposited into the dental compliance fund (fund).

  • HB 1124: Civil proceeding advance payment contracts.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the law concerning civil proceeding advance payment (CPAP) transactions to provide that in a civil proceeding in which a consumer claimant has entered into a CPAP contract, the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney is required to provide to: (1) each of the other parties in the civil proceeding; and (2) each insurer that has a duty to defend another party in the civil procee

  • HB 1179: Professional licensing.

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

    Allows a state agency to adopt a policy governing electronic meetings conducted by a board or committee of the agency, if the board or committee has not adopted a policy.

  • HB 1212: Privacy protections for nonprofit organizations.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "personal information" as data that directly or indirectly identifies a "person" (including an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, a government entity, a partnership, a trust, an estate, or other entity) as a: (1) member or supporter of; (2) volunteer for; or (3) donor to; a nonprofit organization.

  • HB 1213: Community integration and habilitation waiver.

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

    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 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 1342: Direct support professionals.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1372: Credentialing for Medicaid services.

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

    Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (office) to prescribe a credentialing application form to be used by: (1) a provider who applies for credentialing by a managed care organization or a contractor of the office (contractor); and (2) a managed care organization or contractor that performs credentialing activities.

  • HB 1400: Statute of limitation on certain claims.

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

    Provides that an action for injury to a person that results from the sexual abuse of a child, that has expired under the current statute of limitations, may be commenced at any time against certain entities seeking bankruptcy protections.

  • 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 1461: Long term services.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the housing and community development authority to: (1) assess the feasibility of the development of new assisted living communities for low and middle income individuals; and (2) determine possible funding for the assisted living communities; and submit a report to the legislative services agency.

  • HB 1528: Next generation Hoosier educators scholarship program.

    2023 · 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 1560: Adoptions.

    2023 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that certain consent to adoption may be withdrawn not later than 15 days after the consent to adoption is signed and that certain persons must file a motion to contest an adoption after receiving certain notice.

  • SB 132: Professions and professional services.

    2024 · Authored · 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 133: Supplier diversity for political subdivisions.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a unit of local government to accept the Indiana department of administration's certification of: (1) a minority business enterprise; (2) a women's business enterprise; and (3) a veteran owned small business; as evidence that a business entity is eligible to participate in the unit of local government's initiatives and programs related to the business entity's certification.

  • SB 148: Workforce data collection.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the division of disability and rehabilitative services (division), beginning 12 months after the direct support professional registry is implemented, to post monthly on the division's website the total number of individuals registered under the registry.

  • SB 150: Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates the artificial intelligence task force (task force) to study and assess use of artificial intelligence technology by state agencies.

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

    2024 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 179: Commission on court appointed attorneys.

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

    Requires the justice reinvestment advisory council (council) to conduct a study on criminal indigency determinations by all Indiana trial courts.

  • SB 18: Various probate matters.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Expands the definition of a "health care representative".

  • SB 188: Actions on deposit accounts.

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

    Provides that an action upon a deposit account must be commenced not later than two years (instead of six years under current law) after the cause of action accrues, regardless of whether the action is brought by a depositor or a depository institution..

  • SB 226: Attorney's fees.

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

    Increases: (1) the amount of attorney's fees that may be incurred by an offeror to $250 per hour; and (2) the total amount of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses that may be awarded to not more than $5,000; with respect to a qualified settlement offer.

  • SB 280: Eyewitness identification procedures.

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

    Establishes a procedure to be used by a law enforcement agency in conducting a lineup.

  • SB 297: Administrative rules.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 46: Parental rights.

    2024 · 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 9: Notice of health care entity mergers.

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

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

  • 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 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 2: Child care.

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

    Requires the Indiana economic development corporation to annually report to the general assembly regarding funds dedicated to supporting child care under specified state and federal programs.

  • 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 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 3: Prior authorization.

    2024 · Co-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 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.

  • HB 1032: Legislative notaries.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes stylistic and technical changes to the statute that confers notarial powers on members of the general assembly, the principal clerk of the house of representatives, and the principal secretary of the senate.

  • 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 1068: Unlicensed real estate solicitors.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines an "unlicensed real estate solicitor".

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

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1160: Civil proceeding advance payment contracts and commercial litigation financing.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Prevents a CPAP provider from making any decision, having any influence, or directing the consumer claimant or the consumer claimant's attorney with respect to the conduct of the underlying civil proceeding.

  • HB 1204: Publication of public notices.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a political subdivision to publish notice in the print or electronic edition of a newspaper or locality newspaper that issues a print edition not more than three times a week.

  • 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 1238: Competency evaluation.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the division of mental health and addiction to establish a training program to certify a competency evaluator to assist a court in determining competency.

  • HB 1259: Health care matters.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • 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 1352: Inspection of residential onsite sewage systems.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes when certain officials may inspect a residential onsite sewage system or nonresidential onsite sewage system.

  • HB 1369: Family and juvenile law matters.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the definition for "act of rape", only for the purposes of IC 31-35-3.5 (termination of parent-child relationship of an individual who committed an act of rape), to include child molestation and sexual misconduct with a minor.

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

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 141: Eyewitness identification procedures.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes a procedure to be used by a law enforcement agency in conducting a lineup or in person witness identification.

  • SB 142: Eviction issues.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows a court to order, upon its own motion, that certain eviction records may not be disclosed.

  • SB 143: Parental rights.

    2025 · 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 170: Prohibited government abortion assistance.

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

    Prohibits the state or a political subdivision of the state from assisting an individual in seeking or obtaining an abortion.

  • SB 240: Abortion reporting and education.

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

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

  • SB 245: Abortion inducing drugs.

    2025 · Authored (listed 2nd) · 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 472: Cybersecurity.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • SB 473: Various health care matters.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • SB 480: Prior authorization.

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

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

  • SB 488: Skills training pilot program.

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

    Provides that the department of workforce development may establish a reemployment skills training pilot program (pilot program) to supplement an individual's receipt of weekly unemployment benefits.

  • SB 489: Address protection in recorded documents.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a county recorder may not disclose recorded documents containing identifying information of an address confidentiality program participant, unless: (1) the participant provides written consent; and (2) the participant's name is redacted.

  • SB 371: Workforce matters.

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

    Amends the definitions of "discharge for just cause", "employment", and "gross misconduct" for purposes of unemployment insurance.

  • HB 1031: Dental matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Specifies the persons that may file an action to obtain an injunction against an individual practicing dentistry without a license and the action that is required or allowed to be included in an injunction.

  • HB 1088: Various probate matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Clarifies that a personal representative or the personal representative's agent shall serve a written or electronic copy of the notice of the estate administration on a creditor of the decedent within one month of the notice being published.

  • HB 1121: Concurrent juvenile delinquency jurisdiction on military bases.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Creates a process for the state to establish concurrent jurisdiction with the United States for certain juvenile delinquency proceedings on Indiana military property.

  • HB 1144: Courts.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that the judges of the Marion County juvenile courts may not appoint more than 11 magistrates.

  • HB 1248: Child Care and Development Fund.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a household is eligible for assistance under the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) program if the household includes a foster parent at the time of the office of the secretary of family and social services' initial determination regarding the household's CCDF eligibility.

  • HB 1253: Child care.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a granted waiver or variance expires three years after the date that the waiver or variance becomes effective.

  • HB 1273: Child welfare task force.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the child welfare task force (task force) to study specified topics regarding child welfare services in Indiana.

  • HB 1312: Public notices.

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

    Requires the Indiana office of technology (office) to establish a state public notice website not later than July 1, 2026.

  • 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 1391: Services for the aged and disabled.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the office of the secretary of family and social services (office of the secretary) to study and prepare a report containing recommendations for realigning and consolidating the local area agency on aging (area agency) planning and service areas.

  • HB 1555: Licensure of foreign trained physicians.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes a limited medical license for individuals who: (1) have graduated from certain international medical programs; (2) obtain a health care facility sponsor in an underserved area; and (3) meet certain other criteria.

  • HB 1605: Juvenile law matters.

    2025 · 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.

  • HB 1626: Child custody orders.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the following to be included in a custody order: (1) a trial court shall include the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law on which the custody order is based; and (2) an appellate decision shall include the facts upon which the appellate court relied to affirm or reverse an order.

  • HB 1126: Watershed development commissions.

    2025 · Co-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 1148: Confidentiality of birth and stillbirth records.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 1416: Awareness of human trafficking.

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

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

  • HB 1474: FSSA matters.

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

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

  • SB 119: Grooming.

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

    Adds a facility or event that provides entertainment or programming primarily directed toward a child less than 18 years of age to the list of facilities at which a sexually violent predator or an offender against children may not work or volunteer.

  • SB 129: Age verification for access to social media.

    2026 · Authored (listed 2nd) · not reported from Senate 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 171: Family and children matters.

    2026 · Authored (listed 3rd) · 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 (listed 3rd) · 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 (listed 3rd) · 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 180: Various health care matters.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Eliminates a requirement that home health aide competency evaluation program training include at least 75 hours of training and 16 hours of classroom training before supervised practical training.

  • SB 181: Notice of eviction.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a landlord to provide notice at least five days before filing an eviction that includes the following: (1) The amount owed.

  • SB 182: Gender issues.

    2026 · Authored · 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 236: Abortion inducing drugs and abortion reports.

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

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

  • SB 54: Zoning overlay districts for solar projects.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that after December 31, 2025, a permit authority may not establish in a unit a zoning overlay district in which one or more commercial solar energy projects (CSE projects) will be located unless each underlying zoning district across which the proposed overlay district will extend is zoned for a use that, under the unit's existing zoning ordinance at the time the overlay district is propo

  • SB 76: Immigration matters.

    2026 · Authored · 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 · 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 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 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 189: Nonparticipating providers.

    2026 · Co-authored · 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 256: Foreign agent registration, foreign terrorist organizations, and foreign adversaries.

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

    Provides that contracts entered into, amended, or renewed by a qualified entity for the provision of a technological product or service must contain a provision requiring the contractor to confirm that the contractor and any subcontractors working under the contract for the contractor are not prohibited persons.

  • SB 291: Court security.

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

    Establishes a procedure to prevent certain personal information of a protected judicial individual from being publically available by a public agency.

  • SB 88: Education matters.

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

    Amends good citizenship instruction requirements.

  • HB 1032: Redistricting.

    2026 · 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 1254: Various dental matters; respiratory care.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the educational requirements for dental hygienists.

  • 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 1277: Health and human services matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · 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 1360: Access to public records.

    2026 · Sponsored · 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

  • HB 1002: Electric utility affordability.

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

    Requires an electricity supplier, other than a municipally owned utility, that is under the jurisdiction of the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) to do the following: (1) Beginning with the first monthly billing cycle that begins after June 30, 2026, apply a levelized billing plan (plan) to all active residential customer accounts: (A) for service provided under the electricity supplier

  • HB 1200: Bureau of motor vehicles.

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

    Allows additional license plates issued by the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to be designed as a personalized license plate.

  • HB 1303: Sex crimes and child safety.

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

    Specifies the sex offender reporting requirements for persons who are sex offenders or required to register in other jurisdictions.

  • HB 1343: Public safety matters.

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

    Provides that the law enforcement training board (board) shall select an executive director to serve at the pleasure of the board.

  • HB 1389: Adoption and foster care matters.

    2026 · Co-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.

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 Brown's record came from

Sources for Brown

Julie McGill

Democratic

Work
Founder, Family Solutions Home Care; property management, Rental Solutions FW [12]

Julie McGill is a Fort Wayne home care business owner who founded Family Solutions Home Care in 2022. [12, 8]

McGill's background

  • Founded Family Solutions Home Care in 2022; her campaign site says she holds a degree from Purdue Fort Wayne and a master's in actuarial science from Ball State and previously worked at Lincoln Financial Group. [12]
  • Her BallotReady profile also lists property management (Rental Solutions FW LLC, since 2013) and work as an agency representative for Shelter Insurance (2015–2024). [13]
  • Her campaign site says she served on the founding leadership team of Indiana Families United for Care (2023–2025) and received The Arc of Indiana's 2024 Family Advocate Award as part of a statewide advocacy team. [12]
  • Says she grew up in Fort Wayne and is raising her three children about a mile from her childhood home. [14]

McGill's positions

Health care

  • Her campaign site says Medicaid and the Healthy Indiana Plan return billions of federal dollars to Indiana and calls for "practical, fiscally responsible solutions" to lower costs and expand access. [11]
  • Her campaign site emphasizes protecting access to Medicaid while saying safety-net programs need fiscal responsibility and oversight. [12]

Education

  • Says public education dollars "are increasingly being redirected to subsidize private school tuition" and pledges to fight for stronger academic standards, better teacher pay, transparent funding and "a level playing field for every school receiving public dollars." [11]
  • Her BallotReady profile supports school choice without tax shifts to homeowners, targeting vouchers to families who need them, accountability for schools receiving public funds, and higher teacher pay. [13]

Energy & utilities

  • Her campaign site calls for expanding access to affordable solar energy, protecting consumers and "ensuring new development pays its fair share." [11] In the primary debate she opposed data centers on prime farmland and said they should pay their fair share rather than be subsidized by household bills. [10]

Economy & jobs

  • Says families need relief from rising costs and calls for an end to "corporate price-gouging on everyday essentials." [11]

Ethics & government

  • Says Indiana "doesn't have a revenue problem. It has an accountability problem," and pledges stronger ethics laws, transparent spending and independent oversight. [11]

Housing

  • Said in the primary debate that the 2025 housing law missed the mark and called for regulating large landlords and out-of-state investors buying single-family homes. [10]

Public safety

  • Her BallotReady profile proposes counting repeated thefts together across county lines, expanding online reporting of non-emergency property crimes, and a statewide digital evidence portal. [13]

How McGill would run the office

  • Her campaign site lists health care, public education, affordability, government accountability, workers' rights, utilities and solar power, public safety, and personal freedoms as its issues. [11]

McGill on the current officeholder

  • Her campaign site says that "when one party holds unchecked supermajority power, waste, favoritism, and closed door deals become easier to hide"; no direct statements by McGill naming Brown were found. [11]

How McGill got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary over Chloe Andis with about 57% of the vote. [9]

What we could not find about McGill

  • No endorsements or fundraising totals verified.
  • Primary margin: WBOI reports she defeated Chloe Andis with 57% of the vote; Wikipedia lists 3,092 (55.6%) to 2,466.
  • Local coverage (The Journal Gazette) and the Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide could not be reviewed for this profile; her views on the 2025 property tax law (SEA 1) were not confirmed from freely available sources.
  • Primary-debate positions come from a summary posted by an advocacy outlet (Progressive Indiana), not a transcript.
  • No general-election debate or forum found as of 2026-10-10.

McGill's campaign website

Sources for McGill

Key points

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Liz Brown: Indiana State Senator, District 15 (Indiana Senate Republican Caucus)
  4. State Sen. Liz Brown announces run for re-election (21Alive (WPTA))
  5. Challenger drops recount of 14-vote GOP primary margin for state Sen. Liz Brown (Indiana Capital Chronicle via IPM/WFIU)
  6. Trump endorses Sen. Liz Brown, other Republicans who supported Indiana redistricting (Indiana Capital Chronicle via IPM/WFIU)
  7. State senator, local business owner vie for District 15 seat (The Journal Gazette)
  8. Allen County's final primary election results show tight win for Brown, Moss in Republican primary (WBOI)
  9. State Senate District 15 Democratic Primary Debate (Progressive Indiana Network)
  10. On the Issues (McGill campaign)
  11. Meet Julie (McGill for Indiana)
  12. Julie McGill (BallotReady)
  13. Julie McGill for Indiana Senate District 15 (McGill campaign)
  14. Rokita, Brown trade criticisms as GOP primary tensions rise in northeast Indiana (WANE 15)
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