Senator Greg Taylor

Senator Greg Taylor

Senator Taylor Serves on five committees:

Hate Crime Bill

Challenges

http://www.indystar.com/videos/news/2016/10/26/92790554/

• Appropriations
• Judiciary
• Criminal Code
• Civil Law
• Local Government

• Lack of diversity in State Senate

• Women's rights

• Personal Life

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Assigned by minority leader. Change every term.

Emmalee Abel, Carmen Carlos, Niki Dula, Natalie Ritchie, and Stephen Zumbrun

(G. Taylor, personal communication, 2016)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

Toughest Bill

"Canned Hunting"

• Senate Bill 109/Public Law 89

Most Regrettable Bill

Most Fulfilling Bill

(Carter, 2016)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

Bills

Police Dogs

• Indiana 35-43-1-2

Record Expungement

• Indiana House Enrolled Act No 1482

On government overreach:

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

(G. Taylor, personal communicton, October 5, 2016

• Drafted by Legislative Services Agency
• Assigned to a committee by President Pro Temp
• Committee chair decides if bill is heard.

"Our founding fathers put together the Constitution to prevent overreach, and I think we have gone way over the cliff with overreach. We're in people's houses too much. We want to tell them who to marry."

Bills

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

2016 Voting History

"Majority rules."

50 Senators (serve 4 year terms)

-Only 10 are Democrats

100 State Representatives (serve 2 year terms)

-61 Republicans

-29 Democrats

NAY- SB 259 - Authorizes General Assembly Employees to Carry Handguns in the Statehouse 1/26/16

NAY- SB 313 - Prohibits Abortion Based on Gender, Race, or Disability of Fetus 2/2/16

NAY- SB 80 - Authorizes Pharmacists to Decline to Sell Certain Cold Medicines 2/3/16

NAY- SB 165 - Expands Medicaid 3/10/16

YAY- SB 339 - Establishes Regulations for Fantasy Sports Games - Key Vote 2/3//16

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

(votesmart.org, 2016)

• Undergrad: Indiana University in Bloomington
• Law School: Indiana University School of Law in Bloomington, “The Real One”

• Born in Lake Providence, Louisiana
• Former resident and student in Marion, Indiana
• Recently inducted into the Marion High School (MHS) Hall of Distinction

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

• Indiana Department of Commerce
• Private Practice
• 1998- Democrat Joe Champion's campaign for Marion County Prosecutor

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

(KPC News, 2006)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

(Indiana Senate Democrats, 2015)

Occupations

Top 4

• Administrative: 15.7%
• Sales and Related: 9.6%
• Production: 7.5%
• Food Service: 7.4%

Bottom 4

• Legal: 1%
• Science 0.9%
• Farming: 0.4%
• Law Enforcement: 0.4%

(Statistical Atlas, 2016)

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps in District 33

Race/Ethincity

White: 29.1%

Hispanic: 13.8%

Black: 52.4%

Asian: 1.6%

Mixed 2.7%

Other: 0.5%

(Statistical Atlas, 2016)

• Disability: 37.7% (at least 1 person qualifying)
• Over 60: 21.8% (at least 1 person qualifying)
• Poverty: 58.4% (income in last 12 months below poverty line)
• Children: 50.3%
• Single mom: 33.9%
• Married: 10.1%

State Senator Greg Taylor (D-Indianapolis)

(Statistical Atlas, 2016)

District 33

• Percentage of population employed, aged 25-64 years old: 57%

• Unemployed: 10.7%

• Other (not in labor force): 32.2%

(Statistical Atlas, 2016)

Citizenship and National Origin

• Citizen, U.S. born: 88%

• Citizen, Naturalized: 2.6%

• Non-citizen: 8.8%

(Statistical Atlas, 2016)

(Ballotpedia, 2016)

District 33

Population: 133,577

Marion County

• Towns: Indianapolis, Speedway, Rocky Ripple, Wynnedale, Crows Nest, Spring Hill, N. Crows Nest

• Townships: Center, Pike, Washington, Wayne

• School Districts: IPS, Pike, Speedway, Washington, and Wayne Township

(Statistical Atlas, 2016)

2016 Election

State Senator Glen Howard

Greg Taylor, Democrat:

42, 182 votes (89.1%)

Jacob Leddy, Libertarian

5,148 votes (10.9%)

Unopposed by Republicans

(New York Times, 2016)

• Democrat
• Represented Distict 33 from 1992-2008

• Indiana is a citizen represented legislature
• Senior Counsel at Gonzalez, Saggio and Harlan, LLP, in the firm's transactional division and specializes in municipal finance law
• Currently lives in “Indianapolis with his wife, Danielle, and three children”

(Ballotpedia, 2008)

(Galer, 2016)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

(Indiana Senate Democrats, 2015)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)

• 2008- Greg Taylor ran in primary against three democratic challengers and won.
• Unopposed by republican candidate.

(Ballotpedia, 2008)

(Indiana Senate Democrats, 2015)

(G. Taylor, personal communication, October 5, 2016)