# Kendell Culp

Kendell Culp is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 16
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/0b35c9d0-f21d-41a3-b7b6-15759df5bc59

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b35c9d0-f21d-41a3-b7b6-15759df5bc59 (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

Culp reported $109.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 258 donors and 450 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 94.8% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 96.7% (95.2%). 23 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 199 - Behning · SB 199 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Teshka · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Zimmerman · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Pressel · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 144 - Rowray · SB 144 Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 4 - Snow · SB 4 Various fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1268 - Bartels · HB 1268 Indiana defense matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/
- 2026-02-27 · voted nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 26 bills: 26 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 34. 57.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 33 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 24: Honoring Indiana Beach on their 100th anniversary. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR24/
- HB 1356: Conservation of agricultural land. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1356/
- SB 249: State chemist. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB249/
- HB 1355: Confined feeding operations. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1355/
- HB 1333: Land use and development. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1333/
- HB 1345: Various food matters. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1345/
- 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/
- HB 1064: Unmanned aerial vehicles. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1064/
- HR 57: Recognizing the North Judson-San Pierre High School football team for finishing runner-up in the IHSAA Class 1A state championship. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR57/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $109.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_kendell_culp_1/
- Campaign site: https://www.electkendellculp.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kendell.culp

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0b35c9d0-f21d-41a3-b7b6-15759df5bc59