# Vanessa Summers

Vanessa Summers is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 99.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Indiana House, district 99
- Serving since: 1991-06-07
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/51d00dd2-d18c-4d77-9ad1-710016d30448

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51d00dd2-d18c-4d77-9ad1-710016d30448 (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

100% of Summers’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.89 (standard error 0.04), from 10 donors and 551 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 17% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 93.1% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.4% (95.2%). 26 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 37. 17.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 84 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1394: Social service benefit kiosk pilot program. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1394/
- HB 1393: Health care debt and duty to provide care. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1393/
- HB 1050: Prohibition on lien for medical debt. (in committee, 2025-12-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1050/
- HB 1049: Coverage for doula services. (in committee, 2025-12-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1049/
- HB 1051: Exclusion of medical debt from credit scoring. (in committee, 2025-12-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1051/
- HCR 29: Recognizing the Divine Nine chapters of Indiana. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR29/
- SCR 21: Urging support to maternal and infant health. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR21/
- HB 1464: Language interpretation in health care settings. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1464/
- HJR 4: Health care rights. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HJR4/
- HB 1462: Telephone assistance line for mothers. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1462/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $4,100 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 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_vanessa_summers_231
- X: https://x.com/SummersH99
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vanessa.summers2
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/locdiva1958/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-summers-95902b14b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/51d00dd2-d18c-4d77-9ad1-710016d30448