Mike Braun
Mike Braun is the Governor of Indiana, in office since 2025, and previously served as a U.S. senator for Indiana. Entries naming him record his signature on bills passed by the Indiana General Assembly and personnel decisions at state regulatory bodies. He succeeded Eric Holcomb, who also appears in the record.
2026 Events (1)
Indiana Gov. Braun fired IURC Commissioner Zay, called cited cause 'ancillary,' day before agency shelved rate-hike reconsideration vote
On Aug. 3, 2026, Indiana Gov. Mike Braun fired Utility Regulatory Commissioner Andy Zay, weeks after demoting him as IURC chair over a June vote approving a $71 million AES Indiana rate increase. The state cited financial-disclosure and personnel violations, but Braun told reporters those grounds were "ancillary" and that he was disappointed Zay hadn't prioritized affordability. The next morning, the IURC pulled from its agenda a scheduled vote to reconsider that same rate increase, with the new chair citing a lack of consensus among commissioners.
2025 Events (3)
Indiana Gov. Braun signed HB1412, shielding parents' non-affirmation of transgender children from child-neglect review
On May 1, 2025, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed House Bill 1412 into law as Public Law 168, revising the state's child-abuse-and-neglect reporting statutes. The law specifies that a child is not a "child in need of services" solely because a parent, guardian, or custodian refers to and raises the child consistent with the child's biological sex. The provision shields a parent's non-affirmation of a transgender child's gender identity from being treated as neglect by the Indiana Department of Child Services.
Indiana Gov. Braun signed SB143, barring schools from withholding student information from parents and enabling forced outing of LGBTQ students
On April 24, 2025, Indiana Governor Mike Braun signed Senate Bill 143, the "Parental rights" law, taking effect July 1, 2025. The law bars government entities — including public schools and the Department of Child Services — from advising, directing, or coercing a child to withhold information from a parent, or from denying a parent access to information about their child, absent a compelling interest. The ACLU of Indiana warned the measure can compel the forced outing of transgender and gender-nonconforming students to their parents.
Indiana enacted HB 1041 extending its transgender-athlete ban to women's college sports
On April 3, 2025, the Indiana General Assembly gave final passage to House Bill 1041 by a 42-6 Senate vote, extending the state's 2022 ban on transgender athletes in K-12 sports to public colleges and universities. Governor Mike Braun signed the measure in April 2025 and it took effect July 1, 2025, barring athletes assigned male at birth from women's college teams, requiring institutions to adopt grievance procedures, and creating a private right of action allowing students to sue over suspected violations.