# Kyle Pierce

Kyle Pierce is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 36.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 36
- Serving since: 2022-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b5d0a278-d77b-49fe-88d4-2bd473055144

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b5d0a278-d77b-49fe-88d4-2bd473055144 (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

Pierce missed 11% of 908 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Indiana House (average 91.6%).

## What Pierce says (IN 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Pierce | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.03), from 171 donors and 434 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 45% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 94.1% (95.2%). 28 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 52. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 38 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 233: Powers and duties of the election commission. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB233/
- HB 1273: Requirements for proxy advisors. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1273/
- HB 1140: Sale and resale of event tickets. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1140/
- HB 1088: Technical corrections. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1088/
- HB 1217: Regulation of stablecoin. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1217/
- HB 1042: Regulation and investment of cryptocurrency. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1042/
- HR 19: Honoring Sam Hanna. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR19/
- HB 1521: Consumer genetic testing providers. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1521/
- HB 1523: Public depositories. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1523/
- HB 1643: Campaign finance. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1643/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $82.2K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-01-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/KylePierceIND/status/1882984131103236339

## Links

- Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/kyle-pierce/
- Campaign site: https://pierceforindiana.com/
- X: https://x.com/KylePierceIND
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kyle.e.pierce.5
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pierceforindiana/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylepierce17/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b5d0a278-d77b-49fe-88d4-2bd473055144
