Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Lisa
Birth date: 11/18/1968
Birthplace: Indianapolis, IN
Home City: Logansport IN
Religion: United Methodist (Christian)

Education

JD, Indiana University Bloomington, 1994 Bachelors, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, 1991

Profession

Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Cass County Prosecutor's Office, 2003-present Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Tippecanoe County Prosecutor's Office, 2001-present Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Marion County Prosecutor's Office, 1999-2001 Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, Lake County Prosecutor's Office, 1994-1999

Committees

Elections
Judiciary
Public Policy
Subcommittee on Courts and Juvenile Justice
Tax and Fiscal Policy

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Prohibits Employers from Requiring Employees to Join a Labor Organization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 89 Requiring the Instruction of Origin of Life Theories from Multiple Religions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 269 Prohibits Employers from Requiring Employees to Join or Pay Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 Prohibits Employers from Requiring Employees to Join a Labor Organization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 89 Requiring the Instruction of Origin of Life Theories from Multiple Religions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 269 Prohibits Employers from Requiring Employees to Join or Pay Unions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 170 Nepotism and Conflicts of Interest in Local Government
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1216 Public Works Projects
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1601 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1003 School Vouchers
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

HB 1210 Repealing Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 575 Collective Bargaining for School Employees
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1210 Repealing Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

S. Amdt. 5 State Appropriations and Abortion Facilities
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1002 Charter School Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 192 Authorizing a Study of Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Evaluating and Licensing of Teachers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 192 Authorizing a Study of Marijuana
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Evaluating and Licensing of Teachers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 575 Collective Bargaining for School Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 47 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1065 Authorizing Firearms at Workplace
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 75 Legalizing Alcohol Sales on Election Day
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1367 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 150 School Year Beginning and Ending Limitations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 13 Defining Marriage as Being Between One Man and One Woman
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 23 Unemployment Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 1 Constitutional Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 23 Unemployment Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 1 Constitutional Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 23 Unemployment Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 2010 Budget Bill
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1491 St. Joseph Superior Court Judges
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1604 Authorizing Local Tax Increases to Fund Sports and Convention Facilities
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1607 West Lake Commuter Rail Project
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1604 Authorizing Local Tax Increases to Fund Sports and Convention Facilities
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1607 West Lake Commuter Rail Project
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1379 Unemployment Benefit Amendments
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 512 Eliminating Township Boards in Counties Without a Consolidated City
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 90 Pre-Abortion Notification Requirement
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SJR 1 Constitutional Property Tax Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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