# Mike Young

Mike Young is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 35
- Serving since: 2022-07-28
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/01bb6149-aa0f-457f-b759-1338b6c8ae5f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01bb6149-aa0f-457f-b759-1338b6c8ae5f (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

34% of the 29 bills Young sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Indiana Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.30 (standard error 0.03), from 58 donors and 697 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 40% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 91.3% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 77% (91.0%). 118 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1115 - Deery · HB 1115 Homeowners association governance. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Rogers · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Crider · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 179 - Crider · SB 179 Indiana department of transportation. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB179/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 80 - Freeman · SB 80 Code publication. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1408 - Raatz · HB 1408 Education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/
- 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1406 - Holdman · HB 1406 Tax and fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1277 - Crider · HB 1277 Health and human services matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 29 bills: 29 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 85. 34.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 47 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 261: Criminal vandalism. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB261/
- SB 187: Regional sewer districts. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB187/
- SB 145: Law enforcement services in Indianapolis downtown. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB145/
- SB 183: Income tax deduction for health insurance premiums. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB183/
- SB 176: Shooting ranges. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB176/
- SB 184: Sales tax on utility service. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB184/
- SB 11: Firing squad. (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB11/
- HCR 20: Congratulating the Plainfield High School We the People team on winning the 2024 We the People state championship. (passed both chambers, 2025-02-14) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR20/
- SR 15: Congratulating Suzann Siler DeLay and the CIDE. (passed one chamber, 2025-01-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SR15/
- SB 341: Medical cannabis. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB341/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,250 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_r_michael_young_645
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MikeYoungForStateSenate

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/01bb6149-aa0f-457f-b759-1338b6c8ae5f