State Senator | District 40

Shelli Yoder

Minority Caucus Leader
Senator Shelli Yoder
Proudly Serving District 40

Indiana Senate District 40 encompasses the majority of Monroe County and includes the Indiana University-Bloomington campus.

State Senator | District 40

Shelli Yoder

Minority Caucus Leader

About Senator Yoder

Senator Shelli Yoder

Elected

2020

Occupation

Senior Lecturer at Indiana University Kelley School of Business

Education

Master’s Degree in Counseling and Human Services, Indiana University South Bend Master’s in Divinity, Vanderbilt

Acknowledgements

  • Assistant Minority Leader of the Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus
  • 2022 Friend of Public Education Award, Indiana State Teachers Association
  • 2022 Selected Member for the Advancement of Bipartisanship, State Legislative Leaders Foundation
  • 2021 Bowen Fellowship, Council of State Governments’ Legislative Leadership Development
  • Previous Monroe County Council Member
  • Personal

    Lives in Bloomington with her spouse and three children

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    🛑 Teaching Consent Should Never Be Optional In conference committee on SB 442, it was stated that schools can opt out of teaching consent — but must mandatorily teach about child development. Let that sink in: We’ll teach how bodies develop, but not that you have the right to say no. 📍 In Indiana, 1 in 5 women are raped. But this isn’t just about girls. Consent protects everyone — women and men alike. Every child deserves to know they have agency over their body. Consent isn’t controversial. It’s common sense. Making it optional is dangerous. #INForAll #TeachConsent ... See MoreSee Less
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    Hi friends and neighbors! 💙Here's this week’s weekly recap! Tune in next week for more updates! #INForAll ... See MoreSee Less
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    The Senate concurred on SB 463, and I was proud to author this legislation as one step toward creating accessible and affordable child care infrastructure in Indiana. This bill gives student volunteers a chance to be trained and contribute, ensures our staff ratios are reasonable and competitive with neighboring states and strengthens our early learning system overall. For so many Hoosier families, access to affordable, reliable child care is what makes it possible to go to work each day. While SB 463 is about making that access easier, there is still much more work to make this a reality, and I’m grateful to see this move forward. #INForAll ... See MoreSee Less
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    The Governor just announced an executive order on “supporting local food access.” Meanwhile, the President ended Indiana’s Farm to School grants with no warning—cutting off:🧑‍🌾 Competitive markets for Hoosier farmers🏫 School gardens and hands-on learning🍅 Nutritious, Indiana-grown food for our studentsHere’s the part they won’t say: I filed a bill this session—SB 277—to address this exact issue. It would have created a grant program for schools to buy fresh produce directly from local farmers. It was good for our kids, good for our economy, good for farmers, and good for public health. But it never even got a hearing.Indiana families and farmers deserve more than empty gestures. We need real solutions—like SB 277—that put our students, communities and agriculture first. I’m not done fighting for that. #INForAll ... See MoreSee Less
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    None of the amendments I offered on House Bill 1001 were adopted, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over. I will continue to bring these ideas forward, to listen, to advocate, and to work toward a future where our policies reflect the people we serve. For a brighter future for all Hoosiers. #INForAll ... See MoreSee Less
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    On Friday, the Indiana General Assembly passed the final version of the two-year state budget. While the budget may be passed, the fight is far from over. We're not done fighting – and we'll keep showing up.

    Read the graphic for the full press release. #INForAll

    SB 287 passed its concurrence in the Senate today—26 to 24. A razor-thin margin for a bill that will do truly nothing to improve the lives of our children & support our educators. I will keep fighting for an Indiana where education is about learning, not partisanship. #INForAll

    As the final hours of this legislative session tick away, I want you to know—I'm still here, still showing up and still giving it everything I’ve got. I’ll be here until the final gavel falls—because our shared future is worth every second of effort.

    #INForAll

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