# Sheila Klinker

Sheila Klinker is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 27.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Indiana House, district 27
- Serving since: 1982-01-05
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/68f44f31-ba0b-4641-a656-f05e91c02cd8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68f44f31-ba0b-4641-a656-f05e91c02cd8 (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 Klinker’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.02), from 61 donors and 588 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 94.3% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 91.2% (95.2%). 35 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 22. 23.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 77 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1170: Teacher compensation. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1170/
- HB 1169: College savings tax credit. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1169/
- HB 1172: Rape kits. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1172/
- HB 1168: Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1168/
- HB 1171: Epilepsy foundation trust license plate. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1171/
- HR 44: Recognizing Sue Scott. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-07) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR44/
- HR 31: Recognizing Charlie Shook. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR31/
- HR 18: Recognizing Gladys Wright on her 100th birthday. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR18/
- HB 1291: Rape kits. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1291/
- HB 1255: Property tax exemption for qualified veterans. (in committee, 2025-01-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1255/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.0K (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/2023/legislators/legislator_sheila_klinker_212
- X: https://x.com/1732516272884101231
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sheilaklinker/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/68f44f31-ba0b-4641-a656-f05e91c02cd8