There is a lot of noise in politics, and not much of it is worth your time. Voting records are different. They are public, they are permanent, and they cannot be walked back after the fact.
The Indiana Family Institute has released its 2026 Legislative Scorecard, grading every member of the Indiana General Assembly on the session’s priority family-policy bills. Rep. Chris Jeter (R-Fishers) scored 100%. He was one of 32 members of the Indiana House to earn a perfect rating, placing him in what the Institute calls its 100% Club.
House members were graded on six bills. Below is each one, what it actually does, and how the vote went. Every number here comes from the official roll call.
The score at a glance
- 100% rating from the Indiana Family Institute for the 2026 session
- One of 32 Indiana House members to score a perfect 100%
- Six for six on the bills the Institute scored in the House
- Five yes votes and one no vote. The no vote was against expanding casino gambling
“I am not a politician. I am a family man, conservative, small business person and Veteran of the US NAVY. I believe elected office should be about serving.”
Rep. Chris Jeter, House District 88
The six votes
In the order the Institute lists them.
1. House Bill 1389
Religious liberty in adoption and foster care
Authored by Rep. Shane Lindauer, this bill bars the state from discriminating against adoption agencies, foster parents, foster care providers or adoptive parents because of their religious beliefs. Indiana needs more families willing to open their homes, not fewer. The bill removes a barrier that had pushed willing families and faith-based agencies out of the system.
Passed the House 69 to 29 on Feb. 2, 2026. Jeter voted yes.
2. House Bill 1408
Parental consent for social media accounts
Authored by Rep. Robert Behning, this bill requires social media platforms to get verifiable parental consent before a child under 16 can hold an account, and defaults those accounts into a restricted, parent-supervised version of the platform. No targeted algorithms, limited messaging, no public discoverability and built-in time controls.
Passed the House 93 to 0 on Feb. 26, 2026. Jeter voted yes.
3. House Bill 1035
Letting kids be kids
Authored by Rep. Jake Teshka, this bill says a child is not a child in need of services simply because a parent let them play outside, ride a bike or walk to school on their own. Age-appropriate independence is not neglect. The state steps in for real danger or reckless disregard, and otherwise parents decide.
Passed the House 93 to 0 on Jan. 20, 2026. Jeter voted yes.
4. House Bill 1038 · the no vote
Expanding casino gambling
This is the one vote on the list that was a no, and it is the reason the score is a 100 rather than an 83. The bill would have allowed the riverboat casino in Rising Sun to move its gaming operations to Allen, DeKalb, Steuben or Wayne County. The Institute opposed it on the grounds that spreading gambling deeper into the state carries real costs for families through addiction and financial instability. A majority of the House disagreed and the bill passed anyway.
Passed the House 56 to 37 on Feb. 27, 2026. Jeter voted no, with the 37.
5. Senate Bill 76
Immigration enforcement
Authored by Sen. Liz Brown and sponsored in the House by Rep. J.D. Prescott, this bill requires government bodies to honor federal immigration detainer requests and creates enforcement mechanisms to back that up. It also bars knowingly hiring unauthorized workers and sets training and inspection requirements for county jails.
Passed the House 61 to 28 on Feb. 12, 2026. Jeter voted yes.
6. Senate Bill 88
The success sequence in the classroom
Authored by Sen. Gary Byrne and sponsored in the House by Rep. Martin Carbaugh, this bill adds to the required public school curriculum instruction on finishing high school, getting training before entering the workforce, holding full-time employment and waiting until marriage to have children. It is a sequence the research ties to dramatically lower rates of poverty later in life.
Passed the House 67 to 29 on Feb. 24, 2026. Jeter voted yes.
What the record shows
Two of these six passed the House unanimously, 93 to 0. Protecting kids on social media and keeping the state out of a parent’s decision to let a child walk to school are not partisan fights in Indiana, and they should not be. Others were closer, and on one of them Chris was in the minority voting no while the bill passed anyway.
That is the point of a scorecard. You do not have to take anyone’s word for what a legislator believes. The votes are on the record, the roll calls are public, and anyone can look them up. On the six bills the Indiana Family Institute measured this session, Chris Jeter voted the same way every time, whether the vote was unanimous or whether it meant standing with the losing side.
Rep. Chris Jeter (R-Fishers) represents Indiana House District 88, which includes portions of Hancock, Hamilton, Madison and Marion counties. He chairs the House Judiciary Committee. The full scorecard is available from the Indiana Family Institute, and every roll call cited above is public record at the Indiana General Assembly.