# Daryl Schmitt

Daryl Schmitt is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 48.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 48
- Serving since: 2024-09-10
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/06fded2a-c138-46b5-9966-7662c0f28c41

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06fded2a-c138-46b5-9966-7662c0f28c41 (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

94% of the 17 bills Schmitt sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 49 in the Indiana Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.24 (standard error 0.04), from 17 donors and 293 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 97.9% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 87% (91.0%). 71 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 yea · 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 nay · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 114. 94.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 1 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1355: Confined feeding operations. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1355/
- SB 233: Powers and duties of the election commission. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB233/
- HB 1268: Indiana defense matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/
- HCR 3: Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 237 near Perry County Memorial Hospital the “Sergeant Heather J. Glenn… (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR3/
- HB 1226: Public purchasing from Indiana businesses. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1226/
- SB 113: Elections matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB113/
- SB 112: Candidacy documents. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB112/
- SB 6: Extension of water or wastewater mains. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB6/
- SB 59: Notice of annexation outreach meetings. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB59/
- SR 51: Recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and its threat to national security. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SR51/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.3K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/06fded2a-c138-46b5-9966-7662c0f28c41