# Matt Pierce

Matt Pierce is a Democratic member of the Indiana House for district 61.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Indiana House, district 61
- Serving since: 2002-01-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c66bcc9b-d5e6-478b-b11e-25be7f4e0aaa

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c66bcc9b-d5e6-478b-b11e-25be7f4e0aaa (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

100% of Pierce’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top tenth of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.85 (standard error 0.03), from 130 donors and 598 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 20% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.4% (95.2%). 43 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 37. 77.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 13 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 26: Memorializing Lee Hamilton. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR26/
- SCR 16: Memorializing Daniel Combs. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR16/
- HCR 18: Recognizing Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR18/
- HCR 14: Recognizing the Indiana University Hoosiers football team for winning the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship and for achieving an undefeated… (passed both chambers, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR14/
- HB 1011: End of life options. (in committee, 2025-12-01) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1011/
- SCR 42: Honoring Dr. Thomas Morrison. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR42/
- SCR 2: Memorializing Janis Stockhouse. (passed both chambers, 2025-01-31) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR2/
- HB 1011: End of life options. (in committee, 2025-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1011/
- HB 1155: Signal jamming devices. (passed one chamber, 2025-02-18) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1155/
- SCR 19: Recognizing the contributions of the Applied Research Institute. (passed both chambers, 2024-02-20) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/SCR19/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $40.9K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_matthew_pierce_708
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MattPierceforStateRep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c66bcc9b-d5e6-478b-b11e-25be7f4e0aaa