# David Abbott

David Abbott is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 18
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a080b584-c899-4694-a797-73cca22610fe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a080b584-c899-4694-a797-73cca22610fe (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

Abbott has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.04), from 91 donors and 583 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 72% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 95.8% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.4% (95.2%). 10 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 12 bills: 12 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 45. 41.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 54 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 9: Urging all relevant agencies and stakeholders to work collaboratively to explore extending the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season to advance… (passed both chambers, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR9/
- HB 1327: Annexation. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1327/
- HB 1062: Wake boarding and wake surfing. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1062/
- HB 1422: Free state park admissions for Gold Star families. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1422/
- HB 1423: Wake boarding and wake surfing. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1423/
- SB 291: Anatomical gift inquiries. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB291/
- HB 1194: County coroners. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1194/
- HB 1101: Tax deduction and credit for persons 65 or older. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1101/
- HB 1195: Pornographic material. (in committee, 2025-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1195/
- SB 211: Clean water Indiana program. (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB211/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_david_abbott_1
- X: https://x.com/dabbottstaterep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david-abbott-for-indiana-state-representative-169433053779390/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-abbott-11740867/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a080b584-c899-4694-a797-73cca22610fe