2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 38

Indiana Senate. 4-year term.

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 38 covers all of Vigo and Clay counties and part of Sullivan County [4, 5].
  • Goode is the incumbent on the ballot. In the May 5, 2026 Republican primary he received 6,631 votes (53.5%) to 4,471 (36.1%) for Vigo County Councilwoman Brenda Wilson, who was endorsed by President Trump and Gov. Mike Braun, and 1,289 (10.4%) for Alexandra Wilson, per Wikipedia's compilation [12, 4].
  • Democrat Kacey Blundell was unopposed in her primary [4].
  • No general-election debate or forum between Goode and Blundell was found in reviewed coverage.

Candidates on the ballot

Kacey Blundell

Democratic

Work
Works in the criminal justice system; former family case manager, Indiana Department of Child Services [14]

Blundell is a Terre Haute–area civil servant and former Department of Child Services family case manager making her first run for the Senate; she was unopposed in the Democratic primary [14, 15, 4].

Blundell's background

  • Worked as a family case manager for the Indiana Department of Child Services from 2017 to 2021 [15]; now works in the criminal justice system [14].
  • Holds a bachelor's in political science (2011) and a master's in public administration (2015) from Indiana State University [15].
  • Interned in the State Senate with Democratic Sen. Tim Lanane as an undergraduate, and is an alumna of Hoosier Women Forward, a Democratic leadership training program [14].

Blundell's positions

Economy & jobs

  • Names cost of living as her main concern: "Life is not affordable; that's what keeps me up at night" [14].

Education

  • Lists public education as a main concern; no specific proposals found [14].

Health care

  • Lists health care as a main concern; no specific proposals found [14].

Blundell on the current officeholder

  • Asked what distinguishes her from Goode, she said, "I've spent my entire life in civil service; I know the issues" [14].

How Blundell got on the ballot

  • Launched her campaign Nov. 7, 2025, in Terre Haute [14]; unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary [4].

What we could not find about Blundell

  • Very limited coverage: no campaign website, policy platform, survey responses, endorsements or finance reports located.
  • Local coverage (Tribune-Star) of primary-season forums could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No detailed legislative plans were found in reviewed coverage.
  • No endorsements or fundraising totals were found in reviewed coverage.

Sources for Blundell

Greg Goode

RepublicanIncumbent

Work
State director for U.S. Sen. Todd Young [3]

Goode, the incumbent since 2023, is a former Indiana State University government relations executive and 2008 Republican nominee for Congress in the 8th District who won a contested 2026 primary [3, 13, 4].

Goode's background

  • State director for U.S. Sen. Todd Young; previously executive director of government relations and university communication at Indiana State University [3].
  • Won the 2008 Republican nomination for the 8th Congressional District and lost the general election to Democrat Brad Ellsworth, 64.7% to 35.3% [13].
  • Studied political science and history at Indiana State University and is a doctoral student at Virginia Tech, according to the Senate Republican caucus [5]. Lives in Terre Haute [4].

Goode's positions

Elections & redistricting

  • Opposed the 2025 congressional redistricting bill, citing constituent opposition, the split of Wabash Valley counties and Clay County's placement [9].

Education

  • Authored laws on public university program review (SEA 448, 2025) and Ivy Tech's workforce mission (SEA 254, 2026) [7, 10].

Energy & utilities

  • Says he is focused on blocking possible diversion of Wabash River water [4].

Economy & jobs

  • Has raised concerns about proposed Interstate 70 tolls [4]; said HEA 1268 would help "attract new jobs and developments to Indiana" in the defense sector [11].

Goode on the current officeholder

  • Is the current officeholder. No statements by Goode about Blundell were found. Of the primary, he said he expected a "barrage of wrath from outside the state of Indiana" over his redistricting vote [4].

How Goode got on the ballot

  • Won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 53.5% over Brenda Wilson and Alexandra Wilson [12].

Goode's endorsements and funding

  • Named 2026 Legislator of the Year by the Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging and Aviation Indiana's 2024 Senator of the Year, per the caucus [5].

What we could not find about Goode

  • Votes on the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1) and the 2025 state budget were not reviewed for this profile.
  • Endorsements and details of his 2023 caucus selection could not be confirmed from freely available sources.
  • Local primary-night coverage (Tribune-Star) could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • No campaign website located.
  • No published general-election agenda was found; the Capital Chronicle reported his focus on local issues including Wabash River water and I-70 tolls [4].

Goode's record in office

Indiana Senate record, District 38 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Authored
33
7 became law
Co-authored
27
15 became law
Sponsored
13
12 became law
Co-sponsored
10
9 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Education and Career Development (Ranking Member)
  • Appropriations
  • Elections
  • Family and Children Services
  • School Funding Subcommittee
  • Education, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)
  • Employment and Labor, Interim Study Committee on (Senate Majority Member)

Floor votes

  • 2024: Yes 272, No 36
  • 2025: Yes 406, No 81
  • 2026: Yes 267, No 33
How Goode voted on 35 selected bills
The 83 bills Goode carried
  • SB 110: Social work licensure compact.

    2024 · Authored (listed 2nd) · reported from Senate committee; no Senate third-reading vote

    Establishes the social work licensure compact.

  • SB 261: Clinical social worker licensure.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that licensed physicians with training in psychiatric medicine or licensed clinical psychologists (qualified supervisors) may supervise individuals seeking a clinical social worker license.

  • SB 262: Licensure of naturopathic physicians.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians.

  • SB 286: Selection of poet laureate.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends the membership of the poet laureate selection committee.

  • 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 150: Artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

    2024 · Co-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 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 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 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 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 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 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 8: Higher education matters.

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

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

  • SB 93: Mixed beverages.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Adds a definition of "mixed beverage".

  • HB 1142: Hoosier first responder medal of honor.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes the Hoosier first responder medal of honor (medal).

  • HB 1183: Foreign ownership of land.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is: (1) located in Indiana; and (2) located within a 10 mile radius of a military installation; with certain exceptions.

  • HB 1222: Residential real estate service agreements.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines a "residential real estate service agreement" as an agreement: (1) under which a service provider agrees to provide one or more services: (A) in connection with the maintenance, purchase, or sale of residential real estate; and (B) that are not to be performed in their entirety within one year after the agreement is entered into; and (2) that: (A) purports to run with the land or to be bin

  • HB 1242: Excess liability trust fund.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Allows the department of environmental management (IDEM) to pay an excess liability trust fund claim to replace an underground petroleum storage tank being decommissioned and replaced with an underground or aboveground petroleum storage tank.

  • HB 1002: Enforcement of equal educational opportunity.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · passed both chambers; vetoed by the Governor

    Defines "antisemitism", specifies that the public policy of the state is to provide educational opportunities free of religious discrimination, and provides that antisemitism is discrimination on the basis of race, creed, religion, or national origin.

  • HB 1025: Mixed beverages.

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

    Adds a definition of "mixed beverage".

  • SB 374: Publication of meeting notice on website.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that for purposes of the open door law, if a public agency has a website the governing body of the public agency shall provide public notice of meetings by posting a copy of the notice on the public agency's main website.

  • SB 375: Dietitian licensure compact.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Adopts the dietitian licensure compact.

  • SB 376: Cigarette tax revenue stamp allowance.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Changes the stamp discount for cigarette distributors from $0.02 to $0.05.

  • SB 377: Funding for regional economic development.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides certain planning and review requirements that must occur before funding may be allotted and disbursed to a state agency for purposes of regional development.

  • SB 378: Semiquincentennial commission.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Changes the membership of the semiquincentennial commission (commission).

  • SB 380: Threatening leafleting.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Creates the crime of threatening leafleting, a Class A misdemeanor, and provides a penalty enhancement.

  • SB 381: Delivery of alcoholic beverages.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Permits a beer, liquor, or wine dealer that is the proprietor of a drug store (which includes a pharmacy within a grocery or big box store) to sell certain alcoholic beverages for curbside pickup.

  • SB 382: County transfers or gifts to school corporations.

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

    Provides that, if a county transfers or gifts any unencumbered funds to a school corporation, the county executive may establish a local board to have oversight and manage the use of the funds.

  • SB 383: Advanced practice registered nurses.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician.

  • SB 385: E-Verify program.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a construction manager as contractor and a subcontractor of any tier to submit the E-Verify case verification number for an individual to the public agency before the individual begins work on a public works project.

  • SB 386: Community corrections programs.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes a community corrections commissary fund (fund).

  • SB 387: Licensure of naturopathic physicians.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides for the licensure of naturopathic physicians.

  • SB 448: Higher education and workforce development matters.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Establishes additional duties for the governor's workforce cabinet and requires the cabinet to perform certain duties jointly with other state agencies.

  • SB 449: Health care service provider employees.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires a home health agency or personal services agency to run a criminal background check on certain employees on an annual basis.

  • SB 517: Purchase of coal fired generation facilities.

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

    Provides that: (1) a public utility that provides electric utility service in Indiana (public utility) may not enter into an agreement to sell a coal fired electric generation facility (coal facility) that the public utility plans to retire unless the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC) approves the agreement; and (2) a person that purchases from a public utility, under an agreement appro

  • SB 95: Law enforcement training cost reimbursement.

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

    Allows the state, a state agency, or a political subdivision (public employer) to be reimbursed for the costs of employing and training a law enforcement officer by a public employer that subsequently employs the officer.

  • 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 365: Education matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 388: 1977 pension and disability fund.

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

    Increases the basic monthly pension benefit payable to a member of the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund who retires after June 30, 2025, with 20 years of service.

  • SB 4: Water matters.

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

    Prohibits a water utility from constructing a long haul water pipeline unless the water utility first obtains a certificate of public convenience and necessity (CPCN) from the Indiana utility regulatory commission (IURC).

  • 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 93: Common construction wage.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Requires any firm, individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation that is awarded a contract, after June 30, 2025, by the state, a political subdivision, or a municipal corporation for the construction of a public work, and any subcontractor of the construction, to pay a scale of wages that is not less than the common construction wage.

  • HB 1289: Employment social enterprises.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "employment social enterprise" as a nonprofit or for-profit organization that meets certain criteria.

  • 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 1412: Reporting of child abuse or neglect.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that an individual's duty to report suspected child abuse or neglect may only be delegated to another person if certain conditions are met.

  • HB 1689: Human services matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1111: Indiana National Guard.

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

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

  • HB 1144: Courts.

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

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

  • HB 1320: Beauty apprenticeships.

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

    Provides that an individual who completes a United States Department of Labor registered apprenticeship program for barbers or manicurists is eligible to take the licensure examination of the applicable profession.

  • HB 1347: Real estate matters.

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

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

  • HB 1453: Cancer research and treatment grants.

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

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

  • HB 1498: School accountability.

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

    Repeals certain provisions regarding statewide assessment scores and the establishment of categories or designations of school performance.

  • HB 1601: Quantum research tax incentives.

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

    Amends the state sales and use tax exemption for data centers to include projects for investments in a quantum computing research, advanced computing, and defense infrastructure network that result in a minimum qualified investment within five years of at least $50,000,000.

  • SB 15: Foster youth.

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

    Requires the department of child services to: (1) create a statement called "the foster youth bill of rights", which is to summarize a foster youth's rights and responsibilities; (2) update the statement periodically; (3) distribute the statement to specified individuals; and (4) publish the statement on the department's website.

  • SB 183: Income tax deduction for health insurance premiums.

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

    Provides that a taxpayer who is covered by a health insurance plan may deduct from the taxpayer's adjusted gross income an amount equal to the total amount of premiums on the health insurance plan the taxpayer paid for coverage during the taxable year.

  • SB 204: Various education matters.

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

    Provides that an individual who has obtained a license to teach in a charter school may be eligible to obtain an initial practitioner professional educator license under certain conditions.

  • SB 253: Deed fraud.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Establishes the deed fraud task force.

  • SB 254: Ivy Tech Community College.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Consolidates duties and responsibilities for Ivy Tech Community College (college).

  • SB 281: Income tax credits.

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

    Requires the Indiana economic development corporation (IEDC) to commit $35,000,000 in redevelopment tax credits each state fiscal year among development authorities, qualified nonprofit organizations, and certain local economic development organizations that may be granted to taxpayers for qualified investments.

  • SB 58: School curriculum.

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

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

  • SB 60: Advanced practice registered nurses.

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

    Removes the requirement that an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) have a practice agreement with a collaborating physician.

  • SB 68: Accelerated graduate degree programs.

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

    Requires each state educational institution that offers a two year graduate degree program in mental or behavioral health to evaluate the graduate degree program to determine the feasibility of providing the program in a specifically structured manner to allow full-time students to complete the program within: (1) one year; or (2) five years if the program is combined with a baccalaureate degree p

  • SB 69: 1977 pension and disability fund.

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

    Increases the lump sum death benefit payable to the heirs or estate of a 1977 fund member.

  • SB 77: Sale of school buildings.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Provides that a governing body of a school corporation located in a county with a population of less than 150,000 has one year from the date the governing body determines at a public meeting to cease using a covered school building for classroom instruction on student instructional days to sell the covered school building to a county or municipal government at a mutually agreed upon price before t

  • SB 78: Wireless communication device policy.

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

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

  • SB 87: E-Verify requirements for public works projects.

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

    Provides that a public agency may not enter into or renew a contract for a public works project with a contractor unless, among other requirements, the contractor signs a notarized affidavit affirming that the contractor does not knowingly employ an unauthorized alien.

  • 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 140: Public safety.

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

    Amends the definition of "threat" in the intimidation statute to include posting a person's personal information on a social media platform with the intent to cause: (1) bodily injury to the person; (2) damage to the person's property; or (3) the commission of a crime against the person.

  • SB 267: Influence campaign reports.

    2026 · Co-authored · 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 72: Coverage of orthotic and prosthetic devices.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from Senate committee

    Sets forth requirements for coverage of orthotic devices and prosthetic devices by a state employee health plan, a policy of accident and sickness insurance, and a health maintenance organization contract.

  • SB 85: Health care debt and costs.

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

    Authorizes the attorney general to enforce provisions concerning health care debt wage garnishment and principal residence lien restrictions and establish a complaint process.

  • SB 92: Community corrections trust funds.

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

    Authorizes a county that operates a community corrections program to establish a county community corrections trust fund (fund).

  • HB 1102: Applied behavioral analysis therapy services.

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

    Requires, upon request, a public school to consult with and allow certain licensed or board certified behavior analysts and certified registered behavior technicians to provide applied behavioral analysis therapy services in the public school to a student under certain conditions in accordance with the student's special education program or plan.

  • HB 1145: Thirteenth check.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1177: Child care assistance.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

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

  • HB 1268: Indiana defense matters.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Adds one voting member to the Indiana defense task force (task force) appointed by the president pro tempore of the senate and one voting member to the task force appointed by the speaker of the house.

  • HB 1325: Special education.

    2026 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the Indiana department of health, the department of child services, and the office of the secretary of family and social services to report and make recommendations concerning certain data regarding residential placement, developmental preschool, and special education.

  • 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.

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 Goode's record came from

Sources for Goode

Forums and debates

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  • Tuesday, September 15, 2026 · Candidate forum (held)

    League of Women Voters state legislature candidate forum (Terre Haute area) · hosted by League of Women Voters

    Candidates invited or confirmed: Kacey Blundell, Greg Goode, Brandi Vandivier, Tim R. Yocum, Tonya Pfaff, Amy Lore, Rebecca Dawn (Becky) Mayfield

    Recording · Details (Blue 812 News (Substack))

Key points

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