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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Indiana Senate, District 41

Indiana Senate. 4-year term. Open seat: Greg Walker is not on the ballot.

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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

  • District 41 includes all of Bartholomew County and much of Johnson County [4, 3]. Bartholomew County cast about 62% of the votes in the 2022 primary and general elections for the seat [4].
  • Open seat in November: incumbent Greg Walker lost renomination. In the May 5, 2026 Republican primary, Davis received 7,314 votes (58.8%) to Walker's 5,134 (41.2%), per Wikipedia's compilation; the AP called the race for Davis [6, 5].
  • The primary centered on redistricting: Davis voted for the House plan and was endorsed by President Trump, while Walker opposed it; outside groups including a group aligned with U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, the Club for Growth and Americans for Prosperity backed Davis [4].
  • Democrat Ross Thomas was unopposed for his party's nomination [4]. WFIU described the district as historically Republican [5].
  • No general-election debate or forum between Davis and Thomas was found in reviewed coverage.

Candidates on the ballot

Michelle Davis

Republican

Work
Director of adult education, Central Nine Career Center, Greenwood; owner of an outdoor storage lot [7]

Davis is a three-term state representative from Whiteland (House District 58, since 2020) and director of adult education at Central Nine Career Center who defeated Sen. Walker in the Republican primary [4, 5].

Davis's background

  • Director of adult education at Central Nine Career Center in Greenwood and owner of a local outdoor storage lot, per the House Republican caucus [7].
  • Played Division I basketball at Ball State University, where she earned an elementary education degree, and holds a master's in curriculum and instruction from Purdue [5].
  • In the House, she is assistant majority floor leader and vice chair of the Education Committee and serves on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development and Judiciary, per the caucus [7]. Lives in Whiteland [7].

Davis's positions

Elections & redistricting

  • Voted for the 2025 congressional redistricting bill in the House and said "the Senate should have stepped up and done the right thing for Hoosiers" [4]; argued the previous maps did not reflect how most Hoosiers vote [5].

Education

  • Authored House Enrolled Act 1195 (2026), expanding eligibility for and extending the high school equivalency pilot program to mid-2028 [9].
  • Authored House Enrolled Act 1041 (2025), barring transgender women from women's collegiate sports [10].

Public safety

  • Co-sponsored Senate Bill 76 (2026), requiring local governments to comply with federal immigration detainer requests: "Public safety depends on cooperation at every level of government" [11].
  • Authored a 2024 law requiring mental health resources after school armed-intruder drills and making school resource officers eligible for the 1977 Pension Fund [12].

Economy & jobs

  • Authored 2023 laws doubling juror pay to $80 a day and allowing 25% of state adult education funding to go to integrated education and workforce training [13, 14].

Davis on the current officeholder

  • Said her and Walker's voting records had "key differences" and that she would vote for what she believes Hoosier families support [4]. No statements about Thomas were found.

How Davis got on the ballot

  • Filed Jan. 7, 2026 [8]; won the May 5, 2026 Republican primary with 58.8% over incumbent Greg Walker [6, 5].

Davis's endorsements and funding

  • Endorsed by President Trump in the primary [5, 4].

What we could not find about Davis

  • Endorsements beyond President Trump's and her campaign-website positions could not be confirmed from freely available sources; the Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Her House votes on the 2025 property-tax law (SEA 1) and 2025 budget were not reviewed for this profile.
  • Campaign website not located; her campaign canceled a scheduled interview with the Capital Chronicle [4].
  • No published general-election agenda was found in reviewed coverage.

Davis's record in office

Indiana House record, District 58 (2023-2026) · compiled from the official record, Oct. 12-13, 2026

Michelle Davis is running for State Senate, District 41. This is the record from the Indiana House (District 58), the office now held, not the office on this ballot.

Authored
25
6 became law
Co-authored
52
20 became law
Sponsored
6
4 became law
Co-sponsored
32
25 became law

Committees, 2026 session

  • Education (Vice Chair)
  • Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development
  • Judiciary

Floor votes

  • 2023: Yes 430, No 56, Excused 1, Not voting 4
  • 2024: Yes 275, No 26, Excused 4, Not voting 5
  • 2025: Yes 395, No 89, Excused 18, Not voting 8
  • 2026: Yes 233, No 99, Excused 44, Not voting 1
How Davis voted on 37 selected bills
The 115 bills Davis carried

  • HB 1220: Gender transition procedures for minors.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits a physician or other practitioner from knowingly providing gender transition procedures to an individual who is less than 18 years of age (minor) that are intended to alter the gender of the minor or delay puberty.

  • HB 1358: Digital literacy pilot program.

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

    Establishes the digital literacy pilot program (pilot program) and fund.

  • HB 1406: High school equivalency pilot program.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Adds Elwood Community School Corporation, Anderson Community Schools, Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, Center Grove Community School Corporation, Greenwood Community School Corporation, and Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation to the school corporations that are part of the high school equivalency pilot program.

  • HB 1463: Indiana state police pension.

    2023 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the state police 2023 retirement benefit system.

  • HB 1466: Juror compensation.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Increases the jury fee collected from a defendant who has committed a crime or committed certain violations to $6.

  • HB 1608: Education matters.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a school, an employee or staff member of a school, or a third party vendor used by a school to provide instruction may not provide any instruction to a student in prekindergarten through grade 3 on human sexuality.

  • HB 1609: Workforce development matters.

    2023 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Repeals provisions concerning the work Indiana program.

  • HB 1002: Education and workforce development.

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

    Establishes the: (1) career scholarship account program (CSA program); (2) career scholarship account program fund; (3) career scholarship account administration fund; (4) career scholarship account donation fund; (5) connecting students with careers fund; (6) teacher higher education and industry collaboration grant program and fund; (7) career coaching grant fund; and (8) intermediary capacity b

  • HB 1008: Pension investments.

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

    Specifies certain entities, actions taken, or factors considered to which the ESG commitment provisions do not apply.

  • HB 1034: Income tax exemption for military pay.

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

    Exempts military pay for members of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States or the national guard from the individual income tax.

  • HB 1232: Child removal and gender identity.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the department of child services may not classify a report of child abuse or neglect as substantiated, and a child may not be removed from the child's parent, guardian, or custodian, solely on the basis of the parent, guardian, or custodian: (1) referring to and raising the child consistent with the child's biological sex; or (2) declining to consent to the child receiving: (A) speci

  • HB 1307: High value workforce ready credit-bearing grant.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an applicant who has previously received a baccalaureate degree or an associate degree may be eligible for a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant if the applicant: (1) received a diploma of graduation, high school equivalency certificate, or state of Indiana general educational development diploma five or more years before the applicant applies for a grant; and (2) is not

  • HB 1323: Information privacy relating to firearms.

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

    Specifies the circumstances under which information concerning a person who applies for or holds a license to carry a handgun may be released to a federal government entity.

  • HB 1361: Funding of juvenile justice oversight.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes certain amendments to the juvenile diversion grant program, the juvenile community alternatives grant program, and the juvenile behavioral health competitive grant pilot program (programs).

  • HB 1428: School board elections.

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

    Provides that a candidate for a school board office may not be an employee or agent of that school corporation.

  • HB 1492: School safety.

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

    Makes changes to the permissible uses of the Indiana secured school fund.

  • HB 1543: Student behavior.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the behavioral health fund (fund) for the purpose of improving funding for individualized educational programs that have a behavioral intervention plan component for certain schools.

  • HB 1558: Science of reading.

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

    Defines "science of reading".

  • HB 1611: Skilled trades pilot program and fund.

    2023 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the skilled trades pilot program (pilot program) and fund.

  • HB 1638: Education matters.

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

    Requires the department of education (department) to report to the legislative council findings and recommendations for reducing the amount of redundant data that schools are required to submit to state agencies.

  • SB 392: University housing for single mothers.

    2023 · Sponsored · 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 1: Behavioral health matters.

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

    Provides that, subject to certain procedures and requirements, the office of the secretary of family and social services may apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services: (1) for a Medicaid state plan amendment, a waiver, or an amendment to an existing waiver to require reimbursement for eligible certified community behavioral health clinic services; or (2) to participate in

  • SB 35: Financial literacy.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · 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 391: Charter schools.

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

    Provides that, for a resolution to adopt a school operating referendum tax levy or school safety referendum tax levy adopted after May 10, 2023, a county auditor must distribute a portion of revenue received from the school operating referendum tax levy or school safety referendum tax levy to each charter school in which students who receive not more than 50% virtual instruction and who have legal

  • SB 443: Various education matters.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · 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 464: Jurisdiction.

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

    Provides that an adult criminal court has jurisdiction over a person at least 21 years of age who committed an offense as a child (an adult child offender), if the offense could have been waived to adult court, and provides that the juvenile court has jurisdiction over an adult child offender if the offense could not have been waived.

  • SB 480: Gender transition procedures for minors.

    2023 · Co-sponsored · 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 72: Reporting on school curriculum.

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

    Provides the following: (1) Not later than October 1, 2023, each public elementary school and state accredited nonpublic elementary school shall provide to the department of education (department) information regarding whether the school provides instruction on cursive writing to students and, if cursive writing instruction is provided, the grade level of students to whom the instruction is provid

  • HB 1035: Elimination of school improvement plans.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Repeals the requirement that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school develop an initial three year strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan.

  • HB 1036: Age verification for material harmful to minors.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    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.

  • HB 1104: School safety.

    2024 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that a school safety plan developed by a school corporation or charter school must establish an armed intruder drill protocol.

  • HB 1105: Education matters.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Sets forth certain requirements for a student to withdraw from school.

  • HB 1413: State and local policies on homelessness.

    2024 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Cancels the appropriation in the 2023 budget bill for the state's housing first program and reallocates that appropriation to the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) as follows: (1) Provides that state funds for homelessness must be used for: (A) parking areas; (B) camping facilities; (C) individual shelters; and (D) congregate shelters; and specifies conditions and req

  • HB 1001: Education and higher education matters.

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

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

  • HB 1002: Enforcement of equal educational opportunity.

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

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

  • HB 1004: Pension matters.

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

    Provides that a state employee may affirmatively elect to enroll in the deferred compensation plan prior to the auto enroll date on day 31 of the state employee's employment.

  • HB 1020: Teacher licensing requirements.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes the requirement for a pedagogy examination as a prerequisite for obtaining a teaching license.

  • HB 1063: Age verification.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    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.

  • HB 1080: Reserve deputy town marshals.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a reserve deputy town marshal may not act in an official capacity as a reserve deputy town marshal unless the reserve deputy town marshal is wearing a distinctive uniform and identification authorized by the town marshal.

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

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

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

  • HB 1150: Juvenile victims of human trafficking.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that if a petition alleges that a child is a child in need of services as a victim of human or sexual trafficking, the juvenile court shall make a determination on the petition and: (1) the child shall not be required to admit or deny the allegation; and (2) the petitioner must prove the allegation by a preponderance of the evidence.

  • HB 1235: Prohibited causes of action concerning firearms.

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

    Provides that only the state of Indiana may bring or maintain an action by or on behalf of a political subdivision against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, seller, or dealer, concerning certain matters.

  • HB 1243: Various education matters.

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

    Makes various changes to the education law concerning the following: (1) Indiana diploma requirements and designations and satisfying certain course requirements by obtaining a diploma.

  • HB 1262: Behavioral issues in schools.

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

    Permits a governing body of a school corporation to establish a disruption policy concerning student removal from and reentry to a classroom.

  • HB 1291: Gender based terms.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines specific terms for purposes of certain statutes that concern sex discrimination and benefits and services that are designated based upon sex.

  • HB 1295: Age verification for material harmful to minors.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    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.

  • HB 1344: School athletic events.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires an association to offer a cash payment option at athletic events beginning July 1, 2024.

  • HB 1380: Various education matters.

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

    Requires the secretary of education to prepare and submit to the general assembly the following: (1) A plan to establish a pilot program concerning the use, operation, and management of school facilities to promote student learning and outcomes.

  • HB 1406: Assignment of offenders based on biological sex.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that the department of correction shall assign an offender, including a delinquent offender, to a facility or program that is based on the offender's biological sex at birth in accordance with the offender's genetics and reproductive biology.

  • HB 1423: Parent-child relationship.

    2024 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that if a court in a paternity or child custody proceeding does not award joint legal custody or joint physical custody of a child, the court shall enter findings of fact and conclusions of law citing a preponderance of evidence that awarding joint legal custody or joint physical custody is unreasonable and not in the best interest of the child.

  • SB 190: State disaster relief fund.

    2024 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Makes changes to the permissible uses for the state disaster relief fund (fund).

  • SB 287: Education matters.

    2024 · Sponsored · 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 1: Reading skills.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · 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 128: Human sexuality instruction.

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

    Defines "governing authority" of a school.

  • SB 141: Education matters.

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

    Provides that, for the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, a school shall ensure that at least 60% of a school counselor's aggregate time performing the counselor's job duties is devoted to providing direct services to students.

  • SB 185: Student use of wireless communication device.

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

    Requires each school corporation and charter school to: (1) adopt and implement a wireless communication device policy that governs student use of a wireless communication device; and (2) publish the policy on the school corporation's or charter school's website.

  • SB 188: Actions on deposit accounts.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · 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 202: State educational institution matters.

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

    Amends the duties of state educational institutions' diversity committees.

  • SB 211: Excellence in civic engagement designation and school meetings.

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

    Requires the department of education (department), in collaboration with the commission for higher education and subject to the approval of the state board, to establish an excellence in civic engagement designation.

  • SB 48: State educational institution information.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · 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 50: Chaplains in public schools.

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

    Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 8: Higher education matters.

    2024 · Co-sponsored · 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).

  • HB 1029: Closed primaries.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a voter may vote at a primary election: (1) only if the voter has properly and timely affiliated with a political party; and (2) held by the political party with which the voter affiliates.

  • HB 1041: Student eligibility in interscholastic sports.

    2025 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Requires, for purposes of interscholastic athletic events, state educational institutions and certain private postsecondary educational institutions to expressly designate an athletic team or sport as one of the following: (1) A male, men's, or boys' team or sport.

  • HB 1395: Drug testing requirement for TANF eligibility.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that as a condition of receiving temporary assistance for needy families (TANF), an individual who is at least 18 years of age must submit to and pass: (1) a drug test at the time the individual applies to receive TANF; and (2) routine, randomly scheduled drug tests while the individual is receiving TANF (required drug tests).

  • HB 1398: Office of school safety.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Establishes the office of school safety (office) within the department of homeland security.

  • HB 1479: State police pensions.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Extends eligibility for supplemental pension benefits and incentive increases to employee beneficiaries of the state police 1987 benefit system.

  • HB 1480: Line maintenance in public rights-of-way.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Sets forth minimum standards for the installation and maintenance of communications service or utility service facilities (facilities) in a public right-of-way.

  • HB 1662: State and local policies on homelessness.

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

    Specifies that a person who owns or operates a private camping facility funded under the bill's provisions is immune from civil liability.

  • HB 1678: Qualified immunity for elected state officers.

    2025 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides qualified immunity for elected state officer.

  • HB 1016: School safety commission.

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

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

  • HB 1059: High value workforce ready credit-bearing grant.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that an applicant who has previously received a baccalaureate degree or an associate degree may be eligible for a high value workforce ready credit-bearing grant if the applicant: (1) received a diploma of graduation, a high school equivalency certificate, or a state of Indiana general educational development diploma five or more years before the applicant applies for a grant; and (2) is

  • HB 1064: School transfers.

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

    Removes language prohibiting certain students from enrolling into a school corporation primarily for athletic reasons.

  • HB 1100: Limited liability for obstacle course operators.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a governmental entity operating an activity on land leased by the governmental entity from the federal government is entitled to certain immunities from a tort claim.

  • HB 1134: Executive sessions.

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

    Allows meetings of a state or local agency governing body concerning the following topics to be held in executive session: (1) Employee health care options with respect to special exceptions to coverage.

  • HB 1230: School board elections.

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

    Requires a petition of nomination for a school board office to state one of the following: (1) The candidate's political party affiliation.

  • HB 1285: Education matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 1388: School protective door assemblies.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires, not later than July 1, 2026, the fire prevention and building commission to adopt rules to adopt the: (1) Standard for Life Safety Code (NFPA 101) published by the National Fire Protection Association; and (2) Standard for Fire Doors and Other Opening Protectives (NFPA 80) published by the National Fire Protection Association for the purpose of regulating protective door assemblies for s

  • HB 1492: Transfers for extracurricular reasons.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Removes language prohibiting certain students from enrolling into a school corporation primarily for athletic reasons.

  • HB 1496: State educational institution administration.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits use of public funds by a state educational institution for policies or programs and campus activities outside the classroom that: (1) advocate for campus diversity, equity, and inclusion; or (2) promote or engage in political or social activism.

  • HB 1531: Various immigration matters.

    2025 · Co-authored · 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 1637: School and public safety matters.

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

    Expands the eligibility requirements for admission to the Indiana Veterans' Home.

  • HB 1669: Adult oriented performances.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Defines "adult oriented performance".

  • HJR 5: Suspension of prosecuting attorney.

    2025 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Authorizes the governor to suspend a prosecuting attorney from office for malfeasance, misfeasance, neglect of duty, incompetence, permanent inability to perform official duties, or commission of a felony, and allows the governor to fill the office by appointment for the period of suspension.

  • SB 255: Education matters.

    2025 · Sponsored · 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 442: Instruction on human sexuality.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Provides that, if a school provides instruction on human sexuality or sexually transmitted infections, the instruction must include instruction concerning consent to sexual activity and a presentation on human growth and development during pregnancy.

  • SB 482: Absenteeism and student discipline.

    2025 · Sponsored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Defines "chronically absent".

  • SB 13: Public safety.

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

    Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally operates a vehicle in: (1) a repeated or continuous manner with the intent of causing a rotational skid; and (2) a manner that endangers a person; commits dangerous spinning, a Class A misdemeanor.

  • SB 157: Protection of property rights.

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

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

  • SB 182: Adult protective services.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 221: State comptroller.

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

    Changes certain references from "auditor of state" to: (1) "state comptroller (referred to as "auditor of state" in the Constitution of the State of Indiana)"; or (2) "state comptroller (auditor of state)".

  • SB 287: School board matters.

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

    Requires a petition of nomination for a school board office to state one of the following: (1) The candidate's political party affiliation.

  • SB 365: Education matters.

    2025 · Co-sponsored · 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 403: Charter school requirements.

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

    Provides that access to financial data for local schools requirements apply to charter schools.

  • SB 523: School chaplains.

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

    Allows a principal or superintendent of a public school, including a charter school, to employ, or approve as a volunteer, a school chaplain if certain requirements are met.

  • SB 524: The practice of law.

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

    Allows an Indiana resident of a contiguous county to be appointed the head of the department of law.

  • SJR 17: State comptroller.

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

    Proposes an amendment to the Indiana Constitution to do the following: (1) Require the election of a state comptroller instead of an auditor of state.

  • HB 1041: Line maintenance in public rights-of-way.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Sets forth minimum standards and requirements for the installation and maintenance of communications service or utility service facilities (facilities) in a public right-of-way.

  • HB 1086: Ten Commandments as a protected writing.

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

    Includes the Ten Commandments on a list of protected writings, documents, and records.

  • HB 1095: School police pension matters.

    2026 · Authored · not reported from House committee

    Makes changes to the definition of a "school resource officer" for provisions relating to the 1977 police officers' and firefighters' pension and disability fund (1977 fund).

  • HB 1188: Police pension matters.

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

    Extends eligibility for supplemental pension benefits and incentive increases to employee beneficiaries of the state police 1987 benefit system.

  • HB 1195: High school equivalency programs.

    2026 · Authored · enacted: signed by the Governor

    Amends Indiana high school equivalency diploma program eligibility requirements for individuals under 18 years of age.

  • HB 1039: Various immigration matters.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House 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.

  • HB 1044: Insurance coverage for public safety employees.

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

    Provides that a public safety employee who: (1) becomes disabled on or after January 1, 2020; (2) receives a Class 1 or a Class 2 impairment benefit; and (3) is eligible for group health insurance coverage for the public safety employee and the public safety employee's spouse or dependents; must pay no more than the amount that the public safety employee would have been required to pay if still se

  • HB 1059: Commercial advertising on a school bus.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Provides that a school corporation may display commercial advertising on a school bus owned by the school corporation if the governing body of the school corporation adopts a policy that meets certain requirements.

  • HB 1080: Family reunification.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Prohibits the department of child services from recommending and a court from ordering certain family reunification programs.

  • HB 1096: Various elections matters.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Allows an individual to affiliate with a political party while registering to vote.

  • HB 1122: License plates for former state legislators.

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

    Provides that a special license plate may be issued to former members of the general assembly who served: (1) for a former member of the house of representatives, not less than five terms; (2) for a former member of the senate, not less than three terms; and (3) for an individual who served in both the house of representatives and the senate, for a total of not less than 12 years.

  • HB 1232: Schools, funding, and religion.

    2026 · Co-authored · not reported from House committee

    Requires a public school, including a charter school, to teach the Bible as literature.

  • HB 1408: Education matters.

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

    Includes the general assembly in the list of state entities to which the management performance hub (MPH) must make available certain government information.

  • SB 161: Education matters.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · passed the Senate only; did not pass the House

    Requires the Indiana department of education to elect to participate as a covered state in the federal tax credit scholarship program for elementary and secondary education under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code (enacted in Public Law 119-21, commonly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025).

  • SB 200: Public school matters.

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

    Provides that certain: (1) indemnity; (2) choice of law; and (3) automatic renewal; provisions contained in contracts entered into, amended, or renewed after June 30, 2026, between the governing body of a school corporation or the equivalent authority for a charter school and a vendor are against public policy and are void and unenforceable.

  • SB 27: Stadium authority.

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

    Establishes the northwest Indiana stadium authority (stadium authority) for the purpose of acquiring and financing certain facilities.

  • SB 285: Housing matters.

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

    Requires the Indiana housing and community development authority (authority) to establish eligibility criteria for a potential recipient to be included in the authority's application for funding under the federal continuum of care program (program).

  • SB 76: Immigration matters.

    2026 · Co-sponsored · 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

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 Davis's record came from

Sources for Davis

Ross Thomas

Democratic

Work
Attorney; chair of the Bartholomew County Democratic Party [6]

Thomas is an attorney and chair of the Bartholomew County Democratic Party who was unopposed for the Democratic nomination; he previously ran for this seat in 2018 [6, 4].

Thomas's background

  • An attorney and chair of the Bartholomew County Democratic Party; was the Democratic candidate for this seat in 2018 and for Indiana House District 59 in 2022 and 2024, per Wikipedia [6].

How Thomas would run the office

  • No published plans were verified.

How Thomas got on the ballot

  • Filed Jan. 7, 2026 [8]; unopposed in the May 5, 2026 Democratic primary [4].

What we could not find about Thomas

  • Very limited coverage; his positions could not be confirmed from freely available sources, and the Indiana Capital Chronicle voter guide could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Local coverage (The Republic, Columbus) could not be reviewed for this profile.
  • Campaign website not located.
  • No statements by Thomas about Walker's record, Davis or the seat's direction were found in reviewed coverage.
  • No endorsements or fundraising totals were found in reviewed coverage.

Sources for Thomas

Sources

Researched Saturday, October 10, 2026

  1. Indiana Senate (Wikipedia)
  2. 2026 General Election Candidate List (Indiana Election Division)
  3. Sen. Greg Walker — Senate District 41 (Indiana Senate Republicans (caucus description))
  4. Republican senator says he's rejuvenated as he faces post-redistricting primary fight (Indiana Capital Chronicle via Indiana Public Media)
  5. Davis wins Republican primary over state senator who voted against redistricting (WFIU/Indiana Public Media)
  6. 2026 Indiana Senate election (Wikipedia)
  7. State Rep. Michelle Davis — House District 58 (Indiana House Republicans (caucus description))
  8. 2026 Primary Candidate Filings (Johnson County Clerk)
  9. Governor ceremonially signs bill authored by Davis to expand career readiness for Hoosier kids (Indiana House Republicans)
  10. Governor ceremonially signs bill authored by Davis to protect women's sports at collegiate level (Indiana House Republicans)
  11. Immigration enforcement bill co-sponsored by Davis passes House (Indiana House Republicans)
  12. Governor ceremonially signs Rep. Davis' bill into law supporting school safety, resource officers (Indiana House Republicans)
  13. Davis' bill increasing jury-duty pay signed into law (Indiana House Republicans)
  14. Davis' bill increasing access to adult education, workforce training signed into law (Indiana House Republicans)
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
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Candidate lists
As of Sunday, October 18, 2026.
At the polls
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