# Karen Engleman

Karen Engleman is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 70.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 70
- Serving since: 2016-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/efa78779-f35e-49fb-8b6b-5cccd00c870a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/efa78779-f35e-49fb-8b6b-5cccd00c870a (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 Engleman’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.04), from 29 donors and 581 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 76% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 98.4% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.7% (95.2%). 5 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 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 27. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 15 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1411: Tax sale procedures. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1411/
- SB 80: Code publication. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB80/
- HB 1031: County coroners. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1031/
- HB 1682: General legislative matters. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1682/
- SB 419: Crimes against health care providers. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB419/
- HB 1233: Local government reorganization. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1233/
- SB 80: Code publication. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB80/
- HB 1050: Technical corrections. (became law, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1050/
- HB 1337: HOA regulation of beekeeping. (became law, 2024-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/HB1337/
- HB 1026: Commission, committee, and board administration. (became law, 2024-03-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/HB1026/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $6,849 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/legislators/legislator_karen_engleman_1
- Campaign site: https://votekarenengleman.com/
- X: https://x.com/karenengleman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/karen.engleman.18
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenengleman/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/efa78779-f35e-49fb-8b6b-5cccd00c870a