# Steve Bartels

Steve Bartels is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 74.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 74
- Serving since: 2017-11-16
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/df749cfb-56e8-482f-bf4b-183a1fb52594

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df749cfb-56e8-482f-bf4b-183a1fb52594 (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

17% of Bartels’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the bottom 5% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.33 (standard error 0.03), from 86 donors and 549 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 46% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.4% (95.2%). 19 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 yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 65. 72.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 17 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 16: Recognizing and honoring volunteer firefighters with 50 years or more of services. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR16/
- SB 227: Counter action against unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB227/
- HB 1363: Various public safety matters. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1363/
- HB 1003: Boards and commissions. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1003/
- HB 1343: Public safety matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/
- HB 1268: Indiana defense matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/
- HB 1130: Craft hemp. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1130/
- HCR 3: Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a portion of State Road 237 near Perry County Memorial Hospital the “Sergeant Heather J. Glenn… (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR3/
- SB 118: Self-service storage facilities. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB118/
- HCR 18: Recognizing and honoring volunteer firefighters with 50 years or more of service. (passed both chambers, 2025-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR18/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $68.3K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 17% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_stephen_bartels_1
- Campaign site: https://www.sbartels.com/bio
- X: https://x.com/stevebartels01
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephenbartels/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevebartels01/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-bartels-940300153/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/df749cfb-56e8-482f-bf4b-183a1fb52594