# Gregory Porter

Gregory Porter is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 96.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Indiana House, district 96
- Serving since: 1992-11-04
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6bc40502-e00f-4b16-8c1d-9f5a613a4e88

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6bc40502-e00f-4b16-8c1d-9f5a613a4e88 (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

Porter sits at −0.99 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 90% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.99 (standard error 0.04), from 245 donors and 568 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 10% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 93.8% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.1% (95.2%). 29 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 19 bills: 19 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 52. 31.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 68 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 12: Honoring Cindy Hoye for her longstanding service to the Indiana State Fair Commission. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR12/
- HB 1365: FSSA report on managed care organization contracts. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1365/
- HB 1028: Medicaid coverage for health related social needs. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1028/
- HB 1029: Alzheimer's disease and dementia education. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1029/
- HB 1027: Sale of bureau of motor vehicles information. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1027/
- HB 1026: Child care funding. (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1026/
- HCR 35: Raising awareness for sickle cell disease. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR35/
- HR 15: Honoring Leon Tailoring Company, Inc. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR15/
- HCR 14: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Children's Museum of Indianapolis. (passed both chambers, 2025-02-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR14/
- HB 1470: Medicaid coverage for incarcerated individuals. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1470/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $42.4K (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/2019/legislators/legislator_gregory_porter_115
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/public/Gregory-Porter
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-porter-336b942a/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6bc40502-e00f-4b16-8c1d-9f5a613a4e88