YOUR VOICE. YOUR VOTE. OUR MISSION
Regardless of your work schedule, you should be able to vote.
Regardless of your race, you should always be treated fairly.
Regardless of a loved one’s illness, you should be able to take paid time off work.
Regardless of your job, 40 hours a week, should be able to pay your bills.
This is what the Indiana Senate Democrats are fighting for.
Regardless of your work schedule, you should be able to vote.
Regardless of your race, you should always be treated fairly.
Regardless of a loved one’s illness, you should be able to take paid time off work.
Regardless of your job, if you work 40 hours a week, you should be able to pay your bills.
This is what the Indiana Senate Democrats are fighting for.
Our Mission in Action
View our bills currently being filed (January 2019).
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By The Numbers
Bills authored by Senate Democrats VS bills given a committee hearing by the Senate Republicans
Senate Democratic Bills by Topic
During the 2018 legislative session, we work diligently to ensure the needs of all Hoosiers are met. Below are our proposed bills that have been passed or rejected during the legislative process. Click bill number for a detailed breakdown.
SB 316 Stoops – Regulation of confined feeding operations
SB 252 Mrvan – Prevention of sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking.
SB 255 Mrvan – Mental health education and screenings.
SB 29 Melton – Prekindergarten pilot program eligibility
SB 365 Melton – Teacher compensation
SB 366 Melton – Collective bargaining
SB 367 Melton – Trauma sensitive schools
SB 368 Melton – School financial condition analysis
SB 406 Melton – Charter school requirements
SB 315 Stoops – Requirements for charter schools
SB 314 Stoops – Student meals and lunch shaming
SB 319 Stoops – Resident tuition rates for eligible students
SB 272 Taylor – Age for compulsory school attendance
SB 117 Randolph – Limits on expulsions and long-term suspensions
SB 227 Niezgodski – Eligibility for resident tuition rate
SB 250 Mrvan – No excuse absentee voting
SB 400 Stoops – Ranked choice voting
SB 109 Taylor – Satellite voting
SB 110 Taylor – Counting absentee ballots
SB 169 Niezgodski – Proof of identification
SB 324 Breaux – Absentee voting at satellite offices
SB 77 Lanane – Redistricting
SB 287 Lanane – Same day registration
SB 304 Tallian – Voting hours
SB 427 Tallian – Vote by mail
SB 121 Mrvan – Minimum wage
SB 249 Mrvan – Improper worker classification
SB 113 Randolph – Paid employee leave
SB 114 Randolph – Protective orders and employment
SB 166 Niezgodski – Reporting on worker misclassification
SB 93 Breaux – Fair pay in employment
SB 229 Niezgodski – Pension cost of living adjustments
SB 305 Tallian – Worker misclassification issues
SB 308 Tallian – Minimum wage
SB 251 Mrvan – Age of consent
SB 295 Mrvan – School property and religious institutions
SB 407 Melton – Moratorium on privately operated facilities
SB 271 Taylor – Bias crimes
SB 138 Lanane – Making an unlawful proposition
SB 306 Tallian – Possession of marijuana, hash oil, hashish, or salvia
SB 310 Tallian – Marijuana and controlled substances
SB 254 Mrvan – Economic development incentive accountability
SB 317 Stoops – Public transit funding
SB 346 Taylor – Sales tax district for healthy food programs
SB 347 Taylor – Bonding procedures
SB 437 Taylor – Tax credit for hiring unemployed veterans
SB 115 Randolph – Tax credit for teachers’ classroom supplies
SB 111 Taylor – Prohibited equipment on firearms
SB 348 Taylor – Possession of a handgun in the capitol complex
SB 116 Randolph – Election of Lake County juvenile court judges
SB 147 Randolph – Appointed court magistrates
SB 148 Randolph – Election of Lake County juvenile judge
SB 192 Lanane – Traumatic brain injury information
SB 285 Lanane – Prohibited discrimination in civil rights statutes
SB 307 Tallian – Medical marijuana
SB 149 Randolph – Charity gaming operations
SB 175 Niezgodski – Practice and licensure of naturopathic medicine study
SB 151 Breaux – Contraceptive coverage
SB 193 Breaux – Study committee on pregnant women and HIP
SB 321 Breaux – Medicaid rate for chemical dependency services
SB 323 Breaux – CDC Youth Risk Behaviors Survey
SB 401 Breaux – Health facility employee criminal background check
SB 378 Lanane – Medicaid based statewide health plan