Liz Brown

Brown's 2026 constituent newsletter states: "I supported a new law to save Hoosiers $237 million in taxes on tips, overtime pay and loan interest on American-made vehicles" (Source 2). The Indiana Chamber of Commerce rated her 91% in 2025 and 89% on the four-year aggregate, indicating broad alignment with pro-business fiscal positions (Source 4). She voted YEA on SB 1 (2025), the $1.3B property tax relief bill, which passed 27-22 (Source 16).

Brown voted YEA on HB 1032 (2025 special session), the mid-cycle congressional redistricting bill championed by Trump, and resigned a leadership post when the Senate defeated it 31-19 (Source 14). She was also removed as Senate Judiciary chair as a consequence of that advocacy (Source 14). The IFI 2023 scorecard gave her 100%, reflecting alignment with conservative social-limits-on-government positions (Source 5). However, critics within the Republican caucus have pointed to her use of committee chairmanship to kill bills (see 2A record), which some characterize as an exercise of concentrated legislative power (Sources 13, 14). The record on this issue is mixed between strong conservative scores and her redistricting advocacy.

As Senate Judiciary Committee chair, Brown declined to give a hearing to constitutional carry legislation in 2021, effectively killing it, and stated the committee would not consider the bill before the deadline (Sources 13, 14). An Indiana gun-owners forum notes that in 2022 she showed "open hostility" during committee hearings on the carry bill before it was revived through a procedural maneuver ( page notes; see Source 11). She ultimately voted on the final HB 1296 (2022) conference committee report; the Indiana Scorecard roll call records her name in the senator list for that vote, and the bill passed 30-20, but individual yea/nay designations were not separately confirmed for Brown in available public sources—her prior committee conduct blocking the bill in 2021 is documented (Sources 13, 14). An Indiana gun-owners advocacy site reports she holds a "D" grade from the NRA Political Victory Fund ( forum post). She did vote YEA on HB 1084 (2024), the Second Amendment Privacy Act (firearms financial transaction privacy), which passed the Senate 41-8 (Source 9). The record is mixed: strong on firearm financial privacy but a documented history of blocking/slowing constitutional carry legislation.

Brown was a co-author of SB 236 (2026), the abortion-inducing drug civil-enforcement bill, and scolded physicians who testified against the bill: "God forbid any of you physicians are complicit in that" (Source 13). She authored SB 143 (2025), the Parental Rights Act, which she described as establishing "that parents in Indiana have a fundamental right to direct the upbringing, religious instruction, education and health care of their child" (Source 3). Following the 2022 special session abortion ban, she stated: "I know that what we did today to empower women and protect life is just the beginning. Our actions will save thousands of lives each year" (Source 2 page; Indiana Senate Republicans 2022 special session statement). Indiana Right to Life endorsed her in 2022 (Source 17), and Right to Life of Northeast Indiana PAC endorsed her for the 2026 primary (Source 15).

Brown authored SB 143 (2025), the Parental Rights Act, which prohibits government entities from advising children to withhold information from parents and establishes parental rights as fundamental (Sources 3, 8). The bill passed the Senate 44-5 on third reading (Source 6). The Indiana Family Institute gave her 100% in its 2023 legislative scorecard (Source 5). Note: No Freedom Index 2025 individual score was independently confirmed from the Freedom Index site; the IFI 2023 score is the available confirmed scorecard entry.