# Jenny Meltzer Jenny Meltzer is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 73. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 73 - Serving since: 2022-11-09 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/98849cb4-9559-40c1-bd56-414eaef4e22a Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/98849cb4-9559-40c1-bd56-414eaef4e22a (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 82% of the 11 bills Meltzer sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the Indiana House. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 70 donors and 433 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 88% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 95.5% (95.2%). 34 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 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 18. 81.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 10 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1364: Food labeling requirements. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1364/ - HB 1311: Obtaining copies of recorded documents. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1311/ - HB 1056: Resisting law enforcement conflict resolution. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1056/ - HB 1055: Municipal elections. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1055/ - HB 1466: Various agency administrative procedures. (became law, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1466/ - HB 1641: County government matters. (became law, 2025-05-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1641/ - HB 1465: Office of administrative law proceedings. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1465/ - SB 524: The practice of law. (became law, 2025-04-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB524/ - HB 1312: Public notices. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1312/ - SB 312: Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB312/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $43.2K (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/2024/legislators/legislator_jennifer_meltzer_1 - Campaign site: https://www.meltzerforindiana.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenny.lemmon.7 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-lemmon-bb923a59/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/98849cb4-9559-40c1-bd56-414eaef4e22a