# Elizabeth Rowray

Elizabeth Rowray is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 35.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 35
- Serving since: 2020-11-04
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fafeb171-4592-4254-bb59-788745371b7b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fafeb171-4592-4254-bb59-788745371b7b (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

Rowray missed 14% of 908 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Indiana House (average 91.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.51 (standard error 0.04), from 77 donors and 484 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 86% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 98.3% (95.2%). 30 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 26. 38.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 58 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 10: Memorializing Corporal Blake Reynolds. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR10/
- SCR 4: Urging INDOT to rename the portion of I-69 North the "Gregg Winters Memorial Mile". (passed both chambers, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR4/
- HB 1357: Child services provider background checks. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1357/
- HJR 2: County officers. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HJR2/
- HB 1164: Tax increment financing districts. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1164/
- HB 1201: Various mental health and insurance matters. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1201/
- SB 144: Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/
- HB 1455: Chemical castration for certain sex offenders. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1455/
- HB 1639: Stillbirths. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1639/
- SB 491: Annexation of property for an industrial park. (became law, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB491/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $17.7K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/elizabeth-rowray/?back=members
- X: https://x.com/ElizabethRowray
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rowray2020/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-vandelene-rowray-7856127/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fafeb171-4592-4254-bb59-788745371b7b