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background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Indiana General Assembly</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg/170px-Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg/255px-Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg/340px-Seal_of_the_State_of_Indiana.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="725" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">Senate</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Indiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Indiana House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Indiana">President of the Senate</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Suzanne Crouch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Republican_Party" title="Indiana Republican Party">(R)</a> <br />since March 3, 2017 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/President_Pro_Tempore_of_the_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President Pro Tempore of the Senate">President Pro Tempore of the Senate</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Rodric_Bray" title="Rodric Bray">Rodric Bray</a> (R) <br />since November 20, 2018 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_Indiana_House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives">Speaker of the House</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Huston" title="Todd Huston">Todd Huston</a> (R) <br />since March 9, 2020 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">150</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg/250px-Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg/375px-Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg/500px-Indiana_State_Senate_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Senate political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f20a02; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Republican_Party" title="Indiana Republican Party">Republican</a> (39)</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1100ff; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Democratic_Party" title="Indiana Democratic Party">Democratic</a> (10)</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFFFFF; color:black;border:1px solid black;"> </span> Vacant (1)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indiana_State_House_2023.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Indiana_State_House_2023.svg/250px-Indiana_State_House_2023.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Indiana_State_House_2023.svg/375px-Indiana_State_House_2023.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Indiana_State_House_2023.svg/500px-Indiana_State_House_2023.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">House of Representatives political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#f20a02; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (70)</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1100ff; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Democratic_Party" title="Indiana Democratic Party">Democratic</a> (30)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last Senate election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Indiana_Senate_election" title="2022 Indiana Senate election">November 8, 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last House of Representatives election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2022_Indiana_House_of_Representatives_election" title="2022 Indiana House of Representatives election">November 8, 2022</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:StateCapitolIndiana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/StateCapitolIndiana.jpg/220px-StateCapitolIndiana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/StateCapitolIndiana.jpg/330px-StateCapitolIndiana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/StateCapitolIndiana.jpg/440px-StateCapitolIndiana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3772" data-file-height="2652" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_House" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana State House">Indiana State House</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber,_Indiana_Statehouse,_Indianapolis,_Indiana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_Indiana.jpg/220px-Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_Indiana.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_Indiana.jpg/330px-Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_Indiana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_Indiana.jpg/440px-Indiana_State_Senate_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_Indiana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3472" data-file-height="2044" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Senate Chamber</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber,_Indiana_Statehouse,_Indianapolis,_IN.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_IN.jpg/220px-Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_IN.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_IN.jpg/330px-Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_IN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_IN.jpg/440px-Indiana_House_of_Representatives_Chamber%2C_Indiana_Statehouse%2C_Indianapolis%2C_IN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4288" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">House of Representatives Chamber</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://iga.in.gov/">Indiana General Assembly</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Constitution</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Indiana" title="Constitution of Indiana">Constitution of Indiana</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Indiana General Assembly</b> is the <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">state legislature</a>, or legislative branch, of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">bicameral</a> legislature that consists of a <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Indiana House of Representatives">Indiana House of Representatives</a>, and an <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">Indiana Senate</a>. The General Assembly meets annually at the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Statehouse" title="Indiana Statehouse">Indiana Statehouse</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a>. </p><p>Members of the General Assembly are elected from districts that are realigned every ten years. Representatives serve terms of two years and senators serve terms of four years. Both houses can create bills, but bills must pass both houses before it can be submitted to the governor and enacted into law. </p><p>As of 2023, the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> holds <a href="/wiki/Supermajority" title="Supermajority">supermajorities</a> in both chambers of the General Assembly. Republicans outnumber <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> in the Senate by a 39–10 margin, and in the House of Representatives by a 70–30 margin. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Indiana General Assembly is made up of <a href="/wiki/Bicameral_legislature" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral legislature">two houses</a>, the House of Representatives and the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-four-eight_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-eight-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indiana" title="Indiana">Indiana</a> has a part-time legislature that does not meet year-round. The General Assembly convenes on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January. During <a href="/wiki/Odd_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Odd number">odd-numbered</a> years the legislature meets for 61 days (not necessarily consecutively) and must be adjourned by April 30. During <a href="/wiki/Even_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Even number">even-numbered</a> years the legislature meets for 30 days (not necessarily consecutively) and must be adjourned by March 15. The General Assembly may not adjourn for more than three days without a resolution approving adjournment being passed in both houses.<sup id="cite_ref-four-nine_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-nine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">governor</a> has the authority to call on the General Assembly to convene a <a href="/wiki/Special_session" title="Special session">special session</a> if legislators are unable to complete necessary work within the time allotted by the regular sessions.<sup id="cite_ref-four-nine_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-nine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC20057_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC20057-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Special sessions of the General Assembly were rarely called in the state's early history, but have become more commonplace in modern times. </p><p>The General Assembly delegates are elected from districts. Every ten years the districts are realigned by the General Assembly using information from the <a href="/wiki/US_Census_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="US Census Bureau">U.S. Census Bureau</a> to ensure that each district is roughly equal in population.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The districting is maintained to comply with the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Supreme Court">United States Supreme Court</a> ruling in <i><a href="/wiki/Reynolds_v._Sims" title="Reynolds v. Sims">Reynolds v. Sims</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Indiana Senate and House of Representatives each has several committees charged with overseeing certain areas of the state. Committees vary in size, from three to eleven members. The committees are <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chaired</a> by <a href="/wiki/Seniority" title="Seniority">senior</a> members of the majority party. Senators and representatives can be members of multiple committees. Most legislation begins within the committees who have responsibility for the area that the bill will affect. Once approved by a committee, a bill can be entered into the agenda for debate and vote in the full chamber.<sup id="cite_ref-com_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-com-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although not common, bills can be voted on by the full house without going through the committee process.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200511_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200511-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Indiana legislators make a base annual salary of $22,616, plus $155 for each day in session or at a committee hearing and $62 in expense pay every other day.<sup id="cite_ref-Parttime_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Parttime-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Terms_and_qualifications">Terms and qualifications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Terms and qualifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article 4, Section 7, of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Indiana" title="Constitution of Indiana">Indiana Constitution</a> states the qualifications to become a Senator or Representative. The candidate must have been a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Citizen" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Citizen">U.S. citizen</a> for a minimum of two years prior to his candidacy and must have been resident of the district that he seeks to represent for one year. Senators must be at least twenty-five years of age and representatives must be twenty-one when sworn into office. The candidate cannot hold any other public office in the state or federal government during their term. The candidate must also be a registered voter within the district they seek to represent.<sup id="cite_ref-four_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC20059_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC20059-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Candidates are required to file papers stating their economic interests.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Article 4, Section 3, of the state constitution places several limitations on the size and composition of the General Assembly. The Senate can contain no more than fifty members, and the senators serve for a term of four years. The House of Representatives can contain no more than one hundred members, and the representatives serve terms of two years. There is no limit to how many terms a state senator or representative may serve.<sup id="cite_ref-four_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC20059_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC20059-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Checks_and_balances">Checks and balances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Checks and balances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are several <a href="/wiki/Checks_and_balances" class="mw-redirect" title="Checks and balances">checks and balances</a> built into the state constitution that limit the power of the General Assembly. Other clauses allow the General Assembly to balance and limit the authority of the other branches of the government.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200517_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200517-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among these checks and balances is the governor's authority to veto any bill passed by the General Assembly. The General Assembly may, in turn, override his veto by simple majority vote in both houses.<sup id="cite_ref-fivefourteen_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fivefourteen-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bills passed by a supermajority automatically become law without requiring the signature of the governor. Once the bill is made law, it can be challenged in the state courts which may rule the law to be <a href="/wiki/Unconstitutional" class="mw-redirect" title="Unconstitutional">unconstitutional</a>, effectively repealing the law. The General Assembly could then override the court's decision by amending the state constitution to include the law.<sup id="cite_ref-four_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200517_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200517-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The General Assembly has historically been the most powerful branch of the state government, dominating a weak governor's office. Although the governor's office has gained more power since the 1970s, the General Assembly still retains the power to remove much of that authority.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGugin20061-3_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGugin20061-3-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Powers">Powers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The authority and powers of the Indiana General Assembly are established in the state constitution. The General Assembly has sole legislative power within the state government. Each house can initiate legislation, with the exception that the Senate is not permitted to initiate legislation that will affect revenue.<sup id="cite_ref-four-eight_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-eight-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bills are debated and passed separately in each house, but must be passed by both houses before they can submit to the governor.<sup id="cite_ref-four_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Each law passed by the General Assembly must be applied uniformly to the entire state; the General Assembly has no authority to create legislation that targets only a particular community.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200511_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200511-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-four_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Assembly is empowered to regulate the state's <a href="/wiki/Judicial_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial branch">judiciary system</a> by setting the size of the courts and the bounds of their districts. The body also has the authority to monitor the activities of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive branch">executive branch</a> of the state government, has limited power to regulate the county governments within the state, and has sole power to initiate the process to amend the state constitution.<sup id="cite_ref-four_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200514_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200514-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under Indiana law, legislators cannot be arrested while the General Assembly is in session unless the crime they commit is <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">treason</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Felony" title="Felony">felony</a>, or breach of the peace.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200511_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200511-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indiana_Senate">Indiana Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Indiana Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">Indiana Senate</a></div> <p>The Indiana Senate consists of 50 members elected to four-year terms. <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Suzanne Crouch</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Indiana">Lieutenant Governor of Indiana</a>, presides over the Senate while it is in session and casts the deciding vote in the event of a tie.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEICC200512_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEICC200512-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-four-ten_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-ten-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate <a href="/wiki/President_Pro_Tempore" class="mw-redirect" title="President Pro Tempore">President Pro Tempore</a> is Senator <a href="/wiki/Rodric_Bray" title="Rodric Bray">Rodric D. Bray</a> of <a href="/wiki/Martinsville,_Indiana" title="Martinsville, Indiana">Martinsville</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SR_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2019–2020 Senate has a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> super-majority, with Republicans holding 40 out of 50 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ballotpedia_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ballotpedia-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Senate offices are located in the west wing of the second floor of the Indiana Statehouse, and the Senate chambers are on the west wing of the third floor.<sup id="cite_ref-statehouse_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statehouse-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Senate" title="President of the Senate">President</a>/<a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana" title="Lieutenant Governor of Indiana">Lieutenant Governor</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Crouch" title="Suzanne Crouch">Suzanne Crouch</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore" title="President pro tempore">President Pro Tempore of the Senate</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rodric_Bray" title="Rodric Bray">Rodric Bray</a><sup id="cite_ref-SR_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Majority_leader" title="Majority leader">Majority Leader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chris_Garten" title="Chris Garten">Chris Garten</a><sup id="cite_ref-SR_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">Majority Whip</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crider" title="Michael Crider">Michael Crider</a><sup id="cite_ref-SR_21-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SR-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minority_leader" title="Minority leader">Minority Leader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Greg_Taylor_(politician)" title="Greg Taylor (politician)">Greg Taylor</a><sup id="cite_ref-SD_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">Minority Whip</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lonnie_Randolph" title="Lonnie Randolph">Lonnie Randolph</a><sup id="cite_ref-SD_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SD-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indiana_House_of_Representatives">Indiana House of Representatives</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Indiana House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Indiana House of Representatives">Indiana House of Representatives</a></div> <p>The Indiana House of Representatives consists of 100 members elected to two-year terms.<sup id="cite_ref-four-ten_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-four-ten-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The current <a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker of the House</a> as of March 2020 is Representative <a href="/wiki/Todd_Huston" title="Todd Huston">Todd Huston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ballotpedia2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ballotpedia2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, the House of Representatives has a <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> majority of 70 seats, while the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrats</a> have 30 seats.<sup id="cite_ref-Ballotpedia2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ballotpedia2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The House offices are located in the east wing of the second floor of the Indiana Statehouse and the House chambers are on the third floor.<sup id="cite_ref-statehouse_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statehouse-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Speaker_(politics)" title="Speaker (politics)">Speaker of the House</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Todd_Huston" title="Todd Huston">Todd Huston</a></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Majority_leader" title="Majority leader">Majority Leader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Lehman" class="mw-redirect" title="Matthew Lehman">Matthew Lehman</a><sup id="cite_ref-HR_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HR-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Minority_leader" title="Minority leader">Minority Leader</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phil_GiaQuinta" title="Phil GiaQuinta">Phil GiaQuinta</a><sup id="cite_ref-HD_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HD-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrat</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1816_Constitution">1816 Constitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1816 Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Corydon_old_capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Corydon_old_capitol.jpg/220px-Corydon_old_capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Corydon_old_capitol.jpg/330px-Corydon_old_capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Corydon_old_capitol.jpg/440px-Corydon_old_capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Corydon_Historic_District" title="Corydon Historic District">Old Capitol Building</a> in downtown <a href="/wiki/Corydon,_Indiana" title="Corydon, Indiana">Corydon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Indiana's first constitution was ratified on June 10, 1816, and the election of the first General Assembly took place on August 5 of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919377_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919377-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They convened in the <a href="/wiki/Corydon_Historic_District" title="Corydon Historic District">original three-room statehouse</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Corydon,_Indiana" title="Corydon, Indiana">Corydon</a>. The body consisted of ten senators and twenty-nine representatives, sixteen of whom had been signers of the Indiana state constitution. There, the General Assembly began its development into the institution it is today.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919388_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919388-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-centerforhistory.org_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centerforhistory.org-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original constitution provided that representatives served terms of one year and senators served terms of three years, and permitted an annual meeting of the assembly from December until March.<sup id="cite_ref-INC1816_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INC1816-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At first, there was only one political party of any consequence in Indiana, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic-Republicans" class="mw-redirect" title="Democratic-Republicans">Democratic-Republicans</a>. The party was, however, broken into three divisions that would later split off into their own parties. The divisions were mainly over the issue of slavery, but they would develop more differences in later years.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919334_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919334-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Jennings" title="Jonathan Jennings">Jennings</a> party, made up of abolitionists, was dominant in the beginning. The <a href="/wiki/James_Noble_(senator)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Noble (senator)">Noble</a> party was in favor of slavery, and the <a href="/wiki/William_Hendricks" title="William Hendricks">Hendricks</a> party was generally neutral, although Hendricks himself was openly anti-slavery.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919334_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919334-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1818, the Noble party tried to impeach Governor Jennings over his role in the negotiations of the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_St._Mary%27s" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty of St. Mary's">Treaty of St. Mary's</a>. After two months of debate in the House, and Jennings having destroyed the evidence of his role, the House of Representatives dropped the investigation and issued a resolution that confirmed Jennings in his position as governor.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919378_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919378-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its first two decades, the General Assembly laid the foundation of the state. They created the framework for the state's public school system, began construction on the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University" title="Indiana University">State Seminary</a> and of roads in the southern part of the state. Initially, the General Assembly was faced with low tax revenues. In response to the problem, they created the <a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Indiana" title="Bank of Indiana">Bank of Indiana</a> and sold nine million acres (36,000 km<sup>2</sup>) of public lands to finance their projects. The General Assembly relocated the capital to <a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a> in 1824, and in 1831 they authorized the construction of the first dedicated statehouse.<sup id="cite_ref-centerforhistory.org_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-centerforhistory.org-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1830s, the <a href="/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)" title="Whig Party (United States)">Whigs</a> split from the Democratic-Republicans in response to national policies. The Whigs held a strong majority in the General Assembly in that decade.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919373-374_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919373-374-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1843, the remnants of the old slavery party had strengthened into the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> and swept into power, the Whigs never regained their majority and the Democrats maintained power until the middle of the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>. In 1836 the General Assembly passed the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Mammoth_Internal_Improvement_Act" title="Indiana Mammoth Internal Improvement Act">Mammoth Internal Improvement Act</a> and set plans into motion to modernize the <a href="/wiki/Internal_improvements" title="Internal improvements">state's infrastructure</a>. The <a href="/wiki/American_frontier" title="American frontier">wilderness</a> of northern and central Indiana was slowly developed as the General Assembly approved the construction of roads, <a href="/wiki/Canal" title="Canal">canals</a>, railroads, and numerous other infrastructure projects. This led the state to near bankruptcy in the late 1830s, but it was avoided when the General Assembly spun off the failing canals, and half of their debts, to private companies in 1841. The failure of the projects was the main factor in the Whig's loss of power.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state constitution had come under considerable criticism beginning in the 1840s because it allowed most government positions to be filled by appointment. The problem with this method of filling positions did not manifest itself until the advent of the state's political parties. Once in power, a party could stack the government with its own members, making it difficult for the minority to regain power. Another problem was that the authority for many trivial issues was not delegated to other authorities. For example, if a man was to divorce his wife, the divorce bill had to be approved by the General Assembly before being allowed to legally remarry.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919443_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919443-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1851_Constitution">1851 Constitution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1851 Constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1851, a <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Indiana#Constitution_of_1851" title="Constitution of Indiana">new state constitution</a> was created and ratified. Among the constitution's new clauses was an extension of the terms of representatives to two years and senators to four years. It also made many of the previously appointed positions open to public election.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new constitution delegated many minor tasks to newly created elected offices. With its workload considerably decreased, instead of meeting annually, the General Assembly only convened a session every two years. The new constitution also placed new limits on the General Assembly's power to create local laws, the General Assembly having become notorious for creating state-level laws that were only applied to one town or county.<sup id="cite_ref-INC1816_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INC1816-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919443-447_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919443-447-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The new constitution led to the gradual erosion of the Democratic majority. In 1854, the Republican Party was established and drew in many of the former Whigs. That year the General Assembly was split with no party attaining a majority. The Democrats held the largest number of seats, but the Whigs and Republicans caucused to form a majority and control the assembly. The result was a deadlock on most issues because Republicans and Whigs could not agree on most major issues.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDunn1919521-524_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDunn1919521-524-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1858, the Whigs were almost completely disempowered and the Republicans gained enough seats to become the largest party, but not enough to form a majority on their own. That year Governor <a href="/wiki/Ashbel_P._Willard" title="Ashbel P. Willard">Ashbel P. Willard</a> called the first special session of the General Assembly because they had been unable to pass an appropriations bill. Democrats regained a small majority by gaining the votes of the disaffected Whigs in the 1860 election.<sup id="cite_ref-INSTAR_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSTAR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1860s and the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, the legislature was the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_in_the_American_Civil_War#Conflict_with_the_Democrats" title="Indiana in the American Civil War">scene of intense debate</a>. At the beginning of the war, the General Assembly was controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Copperheads_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Copperheads (politics)">southern sympathetic</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democrats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-icw_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icw-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Indiana" title="Governor of Indiana">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Morton" class="mw-redirect" title="Oliver Morton">Oliver Morton</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> minority were able to prevent the General Assembly from meeting in 1862 and 1863 by denying the body <a href="/wiki/Quorum" title="Quorum">quorum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-icw_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icw-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Morton even had some members of the body arrested or detained on suspicions of disloyalty. The lack of funding created by this crisis again led to the near bankruptcy of the state. In 1864, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republicans</a> gained a majority and convened the General Assembly to remedy the state's funding problems.<sup id="cite_ref-icw_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-icw-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1880s and 1890s, Indiana industry began to grow rapidly because of the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Gas_Boom" class="mw-redirect" title="Indiana Gas Boom">Indiana Gas Boom</a>, leading to the creation of many labor unions and a return to Democratic control of the General Assembly. One of the events to occur during the period was the <a href="/wiki/Black_Day_of_the_Indiana_General_Assembly" title="Black Day of the Indiana General Assembly">Black Day of the General Assembly</a>, a situation arising from Governor <a href="/wiki/Isaac_P._Gray" title="Isaac P. Gray">Isaac P. Gray</a>'s desire to be elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. Beginning with the state senate's refusal to seat a new lieutenant governor, fighting broke out in the chamber and spread throughout the statehouse. Shots were fired, and Democrats and Republicans threatened to kill each other before police could bring the situation under control.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGugin2006178_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGugin2006178-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second bout of violence broke out in the 1894 regular session when Republicans locked the doors of the House chambers preventing Governor <a href="/wiki/Claude_Matthews" title="Claude Matthews">Claude Matthews</a> from delivering a veto of a bill that repealed over a decade of Democratic legislation. The governor personally led fellow party members in beating down the door and unsuccessfully attempting to fight their way to the podium to deliver the vetoed bill; one newspaper said Democrats and Republicans "fought like beasts of the forest."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGugin2006207_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGugin2006207-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During those decades, the General Assembly enacted a series of laws to protect the rights of workers and encourage more industrial growth. The <a href="/wiki/Female_suffrage" class="mw-redirect" title="Female suffrage">women's suffrage movement</a> also began in the state and rallies were held in Indianapolis to support the female suffrage legislation that was ultimately voted down in the General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1995193_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1995193-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During 1907, the General Assembly made Indiana the first state to enact <a href="/wiki/Eugenics" title="Eugenics">eugenics</a> legislation, and the law remained in effect until 1921. The law led to the forced <a href="/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization" title="Compulsory sterilization">sterilization</a> of thousands of criminals until it was ruled unconstitutional by the Indiana Supreme Court in 1921.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1921, <a href="/wiki/Julia_D._Nelson" title="Julia D. Nelson">Julia Nelson</a> was the first woman elected to the Indiana General Assembly. </p><p>Scandal erupted in 1925 when it was discovered that the <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Klan" title="Indiana Klan">Indiana Branch</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Ku_Klux_Klan" title="Ku Klux Klan">Ku Klux Klan</a> controlled over half the seats in the General Assembly. During the session, Grand Dragon <a href="/wiki/D._C._Stephenson" title="D. C. Stephenson">D. C. Stephenson</a> boasted "I am the law in Indiana".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the next two years, the federal government intervened, Stephenson was convicted of murder. After the governor refused to pardon him, Stephenson indicted his co-conspirators, leading to many of the state government being charged with various crimes and removing much of the Klan's power.<sup id="cite_ref-INSTAR_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSTAR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1930s, the General Assembly established the state's first general welfare programs to help the poor affected by the <a href="/wiki/Great_Depression" title="Great Depression">Great Depression</a>. The General Assembly passed the nation's first <a href="/wiki/DUI" class="mw-redirect" title="DUI">DUI</a> laws in 1939, establishing a blood alcohol level of .15 as the legal limit. The 1940s led to the first African American being elected to the Indiana Senate and legislation that desegregated the public schools in 1949.<sup id="cite_ref-INSTAR_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSTAR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Assembly established the state's first sales tax at two percent in 1962. The revenues from the tax led to a host of new projects across the state. The General Assembly also passed the Indiana Civil Rights bill in 1963, granting equal protection to minorities in seeking employment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1995391-392_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1995391-392-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1970 a series of constitutional amendments were passed. Among them was one that authorized the General Assembly to meet annually instead of biennially.<sup id="cite_ref-INSTAR_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSTAR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1988 session, the Indiana House of Representatives was split evenly between both parties for the first time in Indiana's history. After a period of negotiations, both parties agreed to share majority powers, alternating which party controlled the position of speaker each day. The same General Assembly legalized <a href="/wiki/Horse_racing" title="Horse racing">horse racing</a> in the state in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-INSTAR_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSTAR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Governor <a href="/wiki/Evan_Bayh" title="Evan Bayh">Evan Bayh</a> called a special session of the General Assembly in 1992 because no budget had been passed in the regular session. During the special session, the General Assembly passed the budget and also legalized the operation of riverboat <a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">casinos</a> in the state, overriding the governor's veto to prevent it.<sup id="cite_ref-INSTAR_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INSTAR-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Assembly passed <a href="/wiki/Property_tax" title="Property tax">property tax</a> reform legislation in 2008, capping property taxes at one percent, making Indiana one of the lowest property tax locations in the nation.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indiana_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=10" 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href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Indiana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Indiana">Largest cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anderson,_Indiana" title="Anderson, Indiana">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bloomington,_Indiana" title="Bloomington, Indiana">Bloomington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmel,_Indiana" title="Carmel, Indiana">Carmel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Indiana" title="Columbus, Indiana">Columbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Point,_Indiana" title="Crown Point, Indiana">Crown Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkhart,_Indiana" title="Elkhart, Indiana">Elkhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evansville,_Indiana" title="Evansville, Indiana">Evansville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fishers,_Indiana" title="Fishers, Indiana">Fishers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Wayne,_Indiana" title="Fort Wayne, Indiana">Fort Wayne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary,_Indiana" title="Gary, Indiana">Gary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goshen,_Indiana" title="Goshen, Indiana">Goshen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenwood,_Indiana" title="Greenwood, Indiana">Greenwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Indiana" title="Hammond, Indiana">Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indianapolis" title="Indianapolis">Indianapolis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeffersonville,_Indiana" title="Jeffersonville, Indiana">Jeffersonville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokomo,_Indiana" title="Kokomo, Indiana">Kokomo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lafayette,_Indiana" title="Lafayette, Indiana">Lafayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence,_Indiana" title="Lawrence, Indiana">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michigan_City,_Indiana" title="Michigan City, Indiana">Michigan City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mishawaka,_Indiana" title="Mishawaka, Indiana">Mishawaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muncie,_Indiana" title="Muncie, Indiana">Muncie</a></li> <li><a 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Indiana">Zionsville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Indiana" title="List of counties in Indiana">Counties</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adams_County,_Indiana" title="Adams County, Indiana">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_County,_Indiana" title="Allen County, Indiana">Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bartholomew_County,_Indiana" title="Bartholomew County, Indiana">Bartholomew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benton_County,_Indiana" title="Benton County, Indiana">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackford_County,_Indiana" title="Blackford County, Indiana">Blackford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boone_County,_Indiana" title="Boone County, Indiana">Boone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brown_County,_Indiana" title="Brown County, Indiana">Brown</a></li> <li><a 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<li><a href="/wiki/Dubois_County,_Indiana" title="Dubois County, Indiana">Dubois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elkhart_County,_Indiana" title="Elkhart County, Indiana">Elkhart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fayette_County,_Indiana" title="Fayette County, Indiana">Fayette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Floyd_County,_Indiana" title="Floyd County, Indiana">Floyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_County,_Indiana" title="Fountain County, Indiana">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_County,_Indiana" title="Franklin County, Indiana">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fulton_County,_Indiana" title="Fulton County, Indiana">Fulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_County,_Indiana" title="Gibson County, Indiana">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_County,_Indiana" title="Grant County, Indiana">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greene_County,_Indiana" title="Greene County, Indiana">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_County,_Indiana" title="Hamilton County, Indiana">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hancock_County,_Indiana" title="Hancock County, Indiana">Hancock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_County,_Indiana" title="Harrison County, Indiana">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendricks_County,_Indiana" title="Hendricks County, Indiana">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_County,_Indiana" title="Henry County, Indiana">Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_County,_Indiana" title="Howard County, Indiana">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntington_County,_Indiana" title="Huntington County, Indiana">Huntington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_County,_Indiana" title="Jackson County, Indiana">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jasper_County,_Indiana" title="Jasper County, Indiana">Jasper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_County,_Indiana" title="Jay County, Indiana">Jay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Indiana" title="Jefferson County, Indiana">Jefferson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennings_County,_Indiana" title="Jennings County, Indiana">Jennings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johnson_County,_Indiana" title="Johnson County, Indiana">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Knox_County,_Indiana" title="Knox County, Indiana">Knox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosciusko_County,_Indiana" title="Kosciusko County, Indiana">Kosciusko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaGrange_County,_Indiana" title="LaGrange County, Indiana">LaGrange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_County,_Indiana" title="Lake County, Indiana">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LaPorte_County,_Indiana" title="LaPorte County, Indiana">LaPorte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_County,_Indiana" title="Lawrence County, Indiana">Lawrence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madison_County,_Indiana" title="Madison County, Indiana">Madison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_Indiana" title="Marion County, Indiana">Marion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marshall_County,_Indiana" title="Marshall County, Indiana">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_County,_Indiana" title="Martin County, Indiana">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miami_County,_Indiana" title="Miami County, Indiana">Miami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monroe_County,_Indiana" title="Monroe County, Indiana">Monroe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montgomery_County,_Indiana" title="Montgomery County, Indiana">Montgomery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morgan_County,_Indiana" title="Morgan County, Indiana">Morgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_County,_Indiana" title="Newton County, Indiana">Newton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_County,_Indiana" title="Noble County, Indiana">Noble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_County,_Indiana" title="Ohio County, Indiana">Ohio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_Indiana" title="Orange County, Indiana">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owen_County,_Indiana" title="Owen County, Indiana">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parke_County,_Indiana" title="Parke County, Indiana">Parke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perry_County,_Indiana" title="Perry County, Indiana">Perry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pike_County,_Indiana" title="Pike County, Indiana">Pike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_County,_Indiana" title="Porter County, Indiana">Porter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posey_County,_Indiana" title="Posey County, Indiana">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pulaski_County,_Indiana" title="Pulaski County, Indiana">Pulaski</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putnam_County,_Indiana" title="Putnam County, Indiana">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Randolph_County,_Indiana" title="Randolph County, Indiana">Randolph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ripley_County,_Indiana" title="Ripley County, Indiana">Ripley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_County,_Indiana" title="Rush County, Indiana">Rush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Joseph_County,_Indiana" title="St. Joseph County, Indiana">Saint Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_County,_Indiana" title="Scott County, Indiana">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelby_County,_Indiana" title="Shelby County, Indiana">Shelby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spencer_County,_Indiana" title="Spencer County, Indiana">Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starke_County,_Indiana" title="Starke County, Indiana">Starke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steuben_County,_Indiana" title="Steuben County, Indiana">Steuben</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sullivan_County,_Indiana" title="Sullivan County, Indiana">Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_County,_Indiana" title="Switzerland County, Indiana">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tippecanoe_County,_Indiana" title="Tippecanoe County, Indiana">Tippecanoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tipton_County,_Indiana" title="Tipton County, Indiana">Tipton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_Indiana" title="Union County, Indiana">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanderburgh_County,_Indiana" title="Vanderburgh County, Indiana">Vanderburgh</a></li> <li><a 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(R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Bohacek" title="Mike Bohacek">Mike Bohacek</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Mishler" title="Ryan Mishler">Ryan Mishler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_L._Niezgodski" title="David L. Niezgodski">David L. Niezgodski</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Linda_Rogers_(politician)" title="Linda Rogers (politician)">Linda Rogers</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Doriot" title="Blake Doriot">Blake Doriot</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sue_Glick" title="Sue Glick">Sue Glick</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tyler_Johnson_(politician)" title="Tyler Johnson (politician)">Tyler Johnson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Liz_Brown_(politician)" title="Liz Brown (politician)">Liz Brown</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Justin_Busch" title="Justin Busch">Justin Busch</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andy_Zay" title="Andy Zay">Andy Zay</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stacey_Donato" title="Stacey Donato">Stacey Donato</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Travis_Holdman" title="Travis Holdman">Travis Holdman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Baldwin_(politician)" title="Scott Baldwin (politician)">Scott Baldwin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/James_R._Buck" title="James R. Buck">James R. Buck</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ron_Alting" title="Ron Alting">Ron Alting</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Spencer_Deery" title="Spencer Deery">Spencer Deery</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Crane_(American_politician)" title="John Crane (American politician)">John Crane</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gaskill" title="Mike Gaskill">Mike Gaskill</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Alexander_(Indiana_politician)" title="Scott Alexander (Indiana politician)">Scott Alexander</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Raatz" title="Jeff Raatz">Jeff Raatz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Crider" title="Michael Crider">Michael Crider</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/J._D._Ford" title="J. D. Ford">J. D. Ford</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fady_Qaddoura" title="Fady Qaddoura">Fady Qaddoura</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Walker_(politician)" title="Kyle Walker (politician)">Kyle Walker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Freeman_(politician)" title="Aaron Freeman (politician)">Aaron Freeman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Taylor_(politician)" title="Greg Taylor (politician)">Greg Taylor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/La_Keisha_Jackson" class="mw-redirect" title="La Keisha Jackson">La Keisha Jackson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/R._Michael_Young" title="R. Michael Young">R. 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style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ol><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Jackson" title="Carolyn Jackson">Carolyn Jackson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Earl_Harris_Jr." title="Earl Harris Jr.">Earl Harris Jr.</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ragen_Hatcher" title="Ragen Hatcher">Ragen Hatcher</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edmond_Soliday" title="Edmond Soliday">Edmond Soliday</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dale_DeVon" title="Dale DeVon">Dale DeVon</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Bauer" title="Maureen Bauer">Maureen Bauer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jake_Teshka" title="Jake Teshka">Jake Teshka</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Dvorak" title="Ryan Dvorak">Ryan Dvorak</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Pat_Boy" title="Pat Boy">Pat Boy</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_Moseley" title="Charles Moseley">Charles Moseley</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Aylesworth" title="Michael Aylesworth">Michael Aylesworth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Andrade" title="Mike Andrade">Mike Andrade</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Matthew_Commons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Matthew Commons (page does not exist)">Matthew Commons</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vernon_Smith_(Indiana_politician)" title="Vernon Smith (Indiana politician)">Vernon Smith</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hal_Slager" title="Hal Slager">Hal Slager</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kendell_Culp" title="Kendell Culp">Kendell Culp</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jack_Jordan_(politician)" title="Jack Jordan (politician)">Jack Jordan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Abbott_(Indiana_politician)" title="David Abbott (Indiana politician)">David Abbott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Julie_Olthoff" title="Julie Olthoff">Julie Olthoff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Pressel" title="Jim Pressel">Jim Pressel</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Wesco" title="Timothy Wesco">Timothy Wesco</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Craig_Snow" title="Craig Snow">Craig Snow</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Manning" title="Ethan Manning">Ethan Manning</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hunter_Smith" title="Hunter Smith">Hunter Smith</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Becky_Cash" title="Becky Cash">Becky Cash</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Campbell_(politician)" title="Chris Campbell (politician)">Chris Campbell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Klinker" title="Sheila Klinker">Sheila Klinker</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Thompson_(Indiana_politician)" title="Jeff Thompson (Indiana politician)">Jeff Thompson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alaina_Shonkwiler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alaina Shonkwiler (page does not exist)">Alaina Shonkwiler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Karickhoff" title="Michael Karickhoff">Michael Karickhoff</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lori_Goss-Reaves" title="Lori Goss-Reaves">Lori Goss-Reaves</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Wilburn" title="Victoria Wilburn">Victoria Wilburn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Prescott_(Indiana_politician)" title="John Prescott (Indiana politician)">John Prescott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sue_Errington" title="Sue Errington">Sue Errington</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Rowray" title="Elizabeth Rowray">Elizabeth Rowray</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Pierce_(politician)" title="Kyle Pierce (politician)">Kyle Pierce</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Huston" title="Todd Huston">Todd Huston</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Heath_VanNatter" title="Heath VanNatter">Heath VanNatter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Danny_Lopez_(politician)" title="Danny Lopez (politician)">Danny Lopez</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steuerwald" title="Greg Steuerwald">Greg Steuerwald</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Genda" title="Mark Genda">Mark Genda</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alan_Morrison_(politician)" title="Alan Morrison (politician)">Alan Morrison</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tonya_Pfaff" title="Tonya Pfaff">Tonya Pfaff</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Beau_Baird" title="Beau Baird">Beau Baird</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Borders" title="Bruce Borders">Bruce Borders</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bob_Heaton" title="Bob Heaton">Bob Heaton</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robb_Greene" title="Robb Greene">Robb Greene</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Miller_(Indiana_politician)" title="Douglas Miller (Indiana politician)">Douglas Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joanna_King" title="Joanna King">Joanna King</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lorissa_Sweet" title="Lorissa Sweet">Lorissa Sweet</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tony_Isa" title="Tony Isa">Tony Isa</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ben_Smaltz" title="Ben Smaltz">Ben Smaltz</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ethan_Lawson" title="Ethan Lawson">Ethan Lawson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cory_Criswell" title="Cory Criswell">Cory Criswell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lindsay_Patterson" title="Lindsay Patterson">Lindsay Patterson</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bradford_Barrett" title="Bradford Barrett">Bradford Barrett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Craig_Haggard" title="Craig Haggard">Craig Haggard</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Davis_(politician)" title="Michelle Davis (politician)">Michelle Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Lauer" title="Ryan Lauer">Ryan Lauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Peggy_Mayfield" title="Peggy Mayfield">Peggy Mayfield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Pierce" title="Matt Pierce">Matt Pierce</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Hall_(Indiana_politician)" title="Dave Hall (Indiana politician)">Dave Hall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shane_Lindauer" title="Shane Lindauer">Shane Lindauer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Hostettler" title="Matt Hostettler">Matt Hostettler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Christopher_May" title="Christopher May">Christopher May</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Zach_Payne" title="Zach Payne">Zach Payne</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alex_Zimmerman" title="Alex Zimmerman">Alex Zimmerman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Garrett_Bascom" title="Garrett Bascom">Garrett Bascom</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jim_Lucas_(politician)" title="Jim Lucas (politician)">Jim Lucas</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karen_Engleman" title="Karen Engleman">Karen Engleman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wendy_Dant_Chesser" title="Wendy Dant Chesser">Wendy Dant Chesser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Edward_Clere" title="Edward Clere">Edward Clere</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Meltzer" title="Jennifer Meltzer">Jennifer Meltzer</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Bartels" title="Stephen Bartels">Stephen Bartels</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Ledbetter" title="Cindy Ledbetter">Cindy Ledbetter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wendy_McNamara" title="Wendy McNamara">Wendy McNamara</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alex_Burton_(politician)" title="Alex Burton (politician)">Alex Burton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_O%27Brien_(Indiana_politician)" title="Tim O'Brien (Indiana politician)">Tim O'Brien</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Matt_Lehman" title="Matt Lehman">Matt Lehman</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_GiaQuinta" title="Phil GiaQuinta">Phil GiaQuinta</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Martin_Carbaugh" title="Martin Carbaugh">Martin Carbaugh</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Miller_(politician)" title="Kyle Miller (politician)">Kyle Miller</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Judy" title="Christopher Judy">Christopher Judy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Morris_(Indiana_politician)" title="Robert Morris (Indiana politician)">Robert Morris</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dave_Heine" title="Dave Heine">Dave Heine</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ed_DeLaney" title="Ed DeLaney">Ed DeLaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carey_Hamilton" title="Carey Hamilton">Carey Hamilton</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Jeter" title="Chris Jeter">Chris Jeter</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mitch_Gore" title="Mitch Gore">Mitch Gore</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Ireland_(politician)" title="Andrew Ireland (politician)">Andrew Ireland</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Behning" title="Robert Behning">Robert Behning</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Renee_Pack" title="Renee Pack">Renee Pack</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Julie_McGuire" title="Julie McGuire">Julie McGuire</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cherrish_Pryor" title="Cherrish Pryor">Cherrish Pryor</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/John_Bartlett_(Indiana_politician)" title="John Bartlett (Indiana politician)">John Bartlett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Greg_Porter" title="Greg Porter">Greg Porter</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Justin_Moed" title="Justin Moed">Justin Moed</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robin_Shackleford" title="Robin Shackleford">Robin Shackleford</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vanessa_Summers" title="Vanessa Summers">Vanessa Summers</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Blake_Johnson" title="Blake Johnson">Blake Johnson</a> (D)</li></ol> 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">State legislatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Legislature" title="Alabama Legislature">Alabama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alabama_House_of_Representatives" title="Alabama House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Senate" title="Alabama Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alaska_State_Legislature" title="Alaska State Legislature">Alaska</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alaska_House_of_Representatives" title="Alaska House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska_State_Senate" title="Alaska State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Legislature" title="Arizona State Legislature">Arizona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arizona_House_of_Representatives" title="Arizona House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Senate" title="Arizona Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_General_Assembly" title="Arkansas General Assembly">Arkansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colorado_House_of_Representatives" title="Colorado House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_General_Assembly" title="Connecticut General Assembly">Connecticut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware</a> (<a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Legislature" title="Florida Legislature">Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives" title="Florida House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_State_Legislature" title="Hawaii State Legislature">Hawaii</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawaii_House_of_Representatives" title="Hawaii House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Legislature" title="Idaho Legislature">Idaho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Idaho_House_of_Representatives" title="Idaho House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Indiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Indiana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_General_Assembly" title="Iowa General Assembly">Iowa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Kansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly">Kentucky</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Legislature" title="Maine Legislature">Maine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maine_House_of_Representatives" title="Maine House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Legislature" title="Michigan Legislature">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Michigan House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Minnesota</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Legislature" title="Mississippi Legislature">Mississippi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_General_Assembly" title="Missouri General Assembly">Missouri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Missouri_House_of_Representatives" title="Missouri House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Legislature" title="Montana Legislature">Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Legislature" title="Nevada Legislature">Nevada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nevada_Assembly" title="Nevada Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">New Hampshire</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives" title="New Hampshire House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Legislature" title="New Mexico Legislature">New Mexico</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives" title="New Mexico House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New York</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Senate" title="New York State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="North Carolina General Assembly">North Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="North Carolina House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina_Senate" title="North Carolina Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Legislative_Assembly" title="North Dakota Legislative Assembly">North Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="North Dakota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Senate" title="North Dakota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_General_Assembly" title="Ohio General Assembly">Ohio</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ohio_House_of_Representatives" title="Ohio House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Legislature" title="Oklahoma Legislature">Oklahoma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Legislative_Assembly" title="Oregon Legislative Assembly">Oregon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oregon_House_of_Representatives" title="Oregon House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_General_Assembly" title="Rhode Island General Assembly">Rhode Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="South Carolina House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Legislature" title="South Dakota Legislature">South Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="South Dakota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_General_Assembly" title="Tennessee General Assembly">Tennessee</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tennessee_House_of_Representatives" title="Tennessee House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Senate" title="Tennessee Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Texas_Legislature" title="Texas Legislature">Texas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Texas_House_of_Representatives" title="Texas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Senate" title="Texas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Legislature" title="Utah State Legislature">Utah</a> (<a href="/wiki/Utah_House_of_Representatives" title="Utah House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Senate" title="Utah State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Vermont_General_Assembly" title="Vermont General Assembly">Vermont</a> (<a href="/wiki/Vermont_House_of_Representatives" title="Vermont House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vermont_Senate" title="Vermont Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Senate" title="Virginia Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Legislature" title="Washington State Legislature">Washington</a> (<a href="/wiki/Washington_House_of_Representatives" title="Washington House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington_State_Senate" title="Washington State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Legislature" title="West Virginia Legislature">West Virginia</a> (<a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="West Virginia House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Senate" title="West Virginia Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Legislature" title="Wisconsin Legislature">Wisconsin</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_State_Assembly" title="Wisconsin State Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wisconsin_Senate" title="Wisconsin Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Legislature" title="Wyoming Legislature">Wyoming</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wyoming_House_of_Representatives" title="Wyoming House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wyoming_Senate" title="Wyoming Senate">S</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures#Territorial_and_Federal_District_Legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">Other legislatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Council_of_the_District_of_Columbia" title="Council of the District of Columbia">District of Columbia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Fono" title="American Samoa Fono">American Samoa</a> (<a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_House_of_Representatives" title="American Samoa House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Samoa_Senate" title="American Samoa Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Guam" title="Legislature of Guam">Guam</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Commonwealth_Legislature" title="Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature">Northern Mariana Islands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_House_of_Representatives" title="Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands_Senate" title="Northern Mariana Islands Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Legislative_Assembly_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> (<a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_of_Puerto_Rico" title="House of Representatives of Puerto Rico">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Senate of Puerto Rico">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Legislature of the Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:State_legislature_elections_in_the_United_States" title="Category:State legislature elections in the United States">Legislative elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2000 United States state legislative elections">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2001 United States state legislative elections">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2002 United States state legislative elections">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2003 United States state legislative elections">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2004 United States state legislative elections">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2005 United States state legislative elections">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2006 United States state legislative elections">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2007 United States state legislative elections">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2008 United States state legislative elections">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2009 United States state legislative elections">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2010 United States state legislative elections">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_United_States_state_legislative_elections" title="2011 United States state legislative elections">2011</a></span></li> <li><span 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