# Ed Soliday

Ed Soliday is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 4.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 4
- Serving since: 2006-11-08
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3fbcc2a9-c620-456c-b38f-03e0f9063c3f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3fbcc2a9-c620-456c-b38f-03e0f9063c3f (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

86% of the 21 bills Soliday sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Indiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 68 donors and 556 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 90% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 98.3% (95.2%). 6 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 yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 33. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 6 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 18: Honoring the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 481. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR18/
- SB 258: Nuclear facility permits. (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB258/
- HB 1367: Involuntary treatment of substance use disorder. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1367/
- SB 240: Surplus interconnection service. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB240/
- HB 1368: Carbon. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1368/
- SB 241: Utility service enhancement improvement costs. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB241/
- HB 1155: Traffic enforcement. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1155/
- HB 1600: Overseas voters. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1600/
- HB 1601: Quantum research tax incentives. (became law, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1601/
- HB 1579: Carbon sequestration. (in committee, 2025-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1579/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $253.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/ed-soliday/?back=members
- X: https://x.com/EdSoliday
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EdSoliday
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edmondsoliday/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3fbcc2a9-c620-456c-b38f-03e0f9063c3f