# J.D. Prescott J.D. Prescott is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 33. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 33 - Serving since: 2018-11-07 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/dcba8890-86e8-4a0c-a4a5-77b2fa98a267 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcba8890-86e8-4a0c-a4a5-77b2fa98a267 (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 Prescott sits at +0.74 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 94% of State House Republicans. ## What Prescott says (IN 2025–26 session) 46 classified statements: 46 posts 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 | Prescott | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 21.7% | 9.3% | 87 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 60.9% | 31.9% | 47 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 13.0% | 12.7% | 327 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Taxation 29% (State House Republicans 8.1%); Government Operations and Politics 21% (State House Republicans 18%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 18% (State House Republicans 1.5%); Agriculture and Food 11% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Energy 11% (State House Republicans 4.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.74 (standard error 0.04), from 103 donors and 580 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 94% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 95.4% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 96.1% (95.2%). 69 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 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 44. 47.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 48 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1288: Local government finance. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1288/ - HB 1289: State and local administration. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1289/ - SB 142: Local hospitality boards. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB142/ - HB 1096: Various elections matters. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1096/ - SB 8: Library budgets. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB8/ - SB 25: School board candidates. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB25/ - SB 76: Immigration matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB76/ - HB 1045: Restricted access of certain offenders to parks. (in committee, 2025-12-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1045/ - HB 1039: Various immigration matters. (in committee, 2025-12-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1039/ - SCR 34: Memorializing Donald Eugene "Hev" Caylor. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-10) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR34/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $28.5K (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. - 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2113605212296630540 - 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2112610555412517096 - 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2111079875629216157 - 2026-06-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2071406648162136211 - 2026-06-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2071378376925835583 - 2026-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2069413142250008681 - 2026-06-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2064878469444427873 - 2026-06-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2065118241463165036 - 2026-05-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2056906650863141226 - 2026-05-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/jdprescott/status/2055253225612120350 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/john-prescott/ - X: https://x.com/jdprescott - Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088209676378 - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdprescottforstaterep33/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-prescott-9b2489132 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/dcba8890-86e8-4a0c-a4a5-77b2fa98a267