# Lindsay Patterson

Lindsay Patterson is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 55.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 55
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/62c64f60-2fb9-4edc-86ee-6c0d7cccff75

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/62c64f60-2fb9-4edc-86ee-6c0d7cccff75 (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

Patterson voted against the majority of Indiana House Republicans 29 times; party unity 91.9%, in the bottom quarter of the Indiana House (average 95.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.03), from 17 donors and 440 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 37% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 94.6% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 91.9% (95.2%). 29 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 39. 16.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 86 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1392: Involuntary substance use disorder treatment. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1392/
- HB 1151: Time observance in Indiana. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1151/
- HB 1506: Natural resource entrance fees. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1506/
- HB 1507: Low water crossings. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1507/
- HB 1505: Use of SNAP benefits. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1505/
- HB 1508: Middle school health curriculum. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1508/
- HB 1429: Low water crossings. (in committee, 2024-01-30) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/HB1429/
- HB 1497: Low water crossings. (in committee, 2023-01-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2023/HB1497/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_lindsay_patterson_1
- X: https://x.com/pattersonsenate?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.a.patterson

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/62c64f60-2fb9-4edc-86ee-6c0d7cccff75
