# Rick Niemeyer

Rick Niemeyer is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0b243d61-c607-4711-bc54-aecc21281540

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b243d61-c607-4711-bc54-aecc21281540 (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

Niemeyer missed 13% of 790 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Indiana Senate (average 94.7%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.03), from 8 donors and 677 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 91.0% (91.0%). 27 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 52 reached committee, 32 passed one chamber, 24 passed both, 22 became law. Cosponsored 70. 61.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 30 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 274: Disannexation of property. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB274/
- SB 217: Circuit breaker credit for homesteads. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB217/
- SB 277: Indiana department of environmental management. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB277/
- SB 216: Eminent domain. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB216/
- SB 260: Carbon dioxide. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB260/
- SB 218: Circuit breaker credits for homesteads. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB218/
- HB 1355: Confined feeding operations. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1355/
- SB 270: Township mergers. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB270/
- SB 193: Governmental entity limited liability. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB193/
- HB 1348: Regulation of grease control equipment. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1348/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,000 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022ss1/legislators/legislator_rick_niemeyer_1109
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/state-senator-rick-niemeyer-481661768533025/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b243d61-c607-4711-bc54-aecc21281540