# Chris May

Chris May is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 65.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 65
- Serving since: 2016-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f1571a79-9c64-42b2-82d2-ec9f512722eb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1571a79-9c64-42b2-82d2-ec9f512722eb (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 May’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 77 donors and 555 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 89% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 98.4% (95.2%). 9 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 16. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 25 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 10: Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of State Highway 558 between U.S. Highway 231 and the Northwest Gate of Naval Support… (passed one chamber, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR10/
- HB 1353: Bedford food and beverage tax. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1353/
- HB 1354: Employee health plans for county elected officials. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1354/
- HB 1352: County fire protection. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1352/
- HR 59: Congratulating the Orleans Junior-Senior High School boys basketball team on winning the 2025 IHSAA Class 1A state championship title. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR59/
- HCR 8: Urging the INDOT to rename a portion of SR 56 near French Lick, Indiana, the "Chief Vern Ervin Memorial Mile". (passed both chambers, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HCR8/
- SCR 13: Honoring the Purple Heart recipients of Paoli. (passed both chambers, 2024-01-31) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/SCR13/
- SC 13: Honoring the Purple Heart recipients of Paoli. (passed both chambers, 2024-01-31) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/SC13/
- SB 157: Landlocked property. (passed one chamber, 2024-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/SB157/
- SB 156: Dissolution or name change of town. (passed one chamber, 2024-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2024/SB156/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.6K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrismayforindiana/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f1571a79-9c64-42b2-82d2-ec9f512722eb