# Vernon Smith

Vernon Smith is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 14.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Indiana House, district 14
- Serving since: 1990-02-11
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/86b7914b-08e6-4ac7-bcd6-b4afa4dceb09

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86b7914b-08e6-4ac7-bcd6-b4afa4dceb09 (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 Smith’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.83 (standard error 0.04), from 22 donors and 571 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 22% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 92.7% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.7% (95.2%). 17 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 31. 38.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 61 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 32: Recognizing the 15th Annual Bill Johnson Black Film Festival. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR32/
- HR 4: Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR4/
- HB 1301: Sentence modification. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1301/
- HR 3: Celebrating the Golden Anniversary of the Indiana Youth Services Association. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR3/
- HB 1299: Surrender of firearms for domestic violence crimes. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1299/
- HB 1300: Deferred retirement option plan. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1300/
- HB 1082: Shared labor to conduct referendum. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1082/
- HB 1081: Hoosier scam prevention board. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1081/
- HR 14: Recognizing the 14th Annual Bill Johnson Black Film Festival. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR14/
- HCR 12: Honoring the late State Senator Earline Rogers. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR12/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,918 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://indianahousedemocrats.org/members/vernon-smith
- Campaign site: http://drvernongsmith.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-vernon-g-smith-98ba8827/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/86b7914b-08e6-4ac7-bcd6-b4afa4dceb09