# Stacey Donato

Stacey Donato is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2019-09-17
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b2c735b9-54fb-4e12-9fef-36ffda822b43

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b2c735b9-54fb-4e12-9fef-36ffda822b43 (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

Donato reported $11.0K in the 2026 cycle, in the bottom quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 94 donors and 713 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 67% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 94.8% (91.0%). 26 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1115 - Deery · HB 1115 Homeowners association governance. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Rogers · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Crider · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 179 - Crider · SB 179 Indiana department of transportation. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB179/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 80 - Freeman · SB 80 Code publication. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1408 - Raatz · HB 1408 Education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1406 - Holdman · HB 1406 Tax and fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1277 - Crider · HB 1277 Health and human services matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 46 bills: 46 reached committee, 37 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 26 became law. Cosponsored 104. 80.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 14 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 239: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/
- HB 1389: Adoption and foster care matters. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1389/
- SB 240: Surplus interconnection service. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB240/
- HB 1002: Electric utility affordability. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1002/
- SB 229: Various transaction matters. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB229/
- HB 1357: Child services provider background checks. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1357/
- SB 272: Competitive electric supply service. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB272/
- HB 1307: Department of child services ombudsman. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1307/
- HB 1302: Various labor and safety matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1302/
- HB 1147: Licensure of certified public accountants. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1147/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $11.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/legislators/legislator_stacey_donato_1
- X: https://x.com/DonatoStacey
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stacey.ann.donato
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donatostacey/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-donato-4508a9114/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b2c735b9-54fb-4e12-9fef-36ffda822b43