# Jeff Thompson

Jeff Thompson is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 28.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 28
- Serving since: 1998-11-04
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6835c75a-05e6-44d8-9d8b-7ee4559892b2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6835c75a-05e6-44d8-9d8b-7ee4559892b2 (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

Thompson reported $329.3K in the 2026 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $33.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.57 (standard error 0.04), from 79 donors and 576 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 83% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 92.9% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.4% (95.2%). 5 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 12 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 19. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 12 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 243: Various tax matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB243/
- HB 1406: Tax and fiscal matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/
- SB 213: Income tax deduction for theft loss. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB213/
- SB 212: State income tax conformity. (became law, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB212/
- HB 1332: Internal Revenue Code conformity. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1332/
- HB 1259: Local income tax. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1259/
- SCR 20: Congratulating the Brownsburg High School football team. (passed both chambers, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR20/
- HB 1001: State budget. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1001/
- SB 518: School property taxes. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB518/
- SB 1: Local government finance. (became law, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB1/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $329.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_jeffrey_thompson_529
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/public/Jeffrey-Thompson/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6835c75a-05e6-44d8-9d8b-7ee4559892b2