# Dan Dernulc Dan Dernulc is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 1. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana Senate, district 1 - Serving since: 2022-11-09 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/bb961150-43c0-4535-bc67-a63127c90047 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb961150-43c0-4535-bc67-a63127c90047 (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 Dernulc reported $284.4K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.14 (standard error 0.02), from 236 donors and 512 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 19% of State Senate Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 790 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 83% (91.0%). 44 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 40 bills: 40 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 15 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 86. 55.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 37 of 49). Recent sponsored bills: - SR 63: Honoring Candace Hall upon her retirement from the Indiana Senate. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR63/ - SR 15: Memorializing Robert Hall Weir. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SR15/ - SB 232: Real property appraisals. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB232/ - SB 208: Firefighter cancer insurance. (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB208/ - HB 1115: Homeowners association governance. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/ - SB 158: Lake County rounding of local taxes pilot program. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB158/ - SB 137: Involuntary treatment of substance use disorder. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB137/ - HB 1122: License plates for former state legislators. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1122/ - SB 170: Local public work project bidding. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB170/ - SB 146: Electric utility affordability; TDSIC plans. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB146/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $284.4K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_dan_dernulc_1 - Campaign site: https://www.danhasaplan.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/daniel.dernulc - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-dernulc-b9980313/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bb961150-43c0-4535-bc67-a63127c90047