Scott Schneider Explained

Scott Schneider
State Senate:Indiana
State:Indiana
District:30th
Term Start:July 21, 2009[1]
Term End:December 31, 2016
Preceded:Teresa Lubbers
Succeeded:John Ruckelshaus
Office1:Member of the Indianapolis City-County Council
Term Start1:January 3, 2000[2]
Term End1:2007
Preceded1:William Schneider
Succeeded1:Christine Scales
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Indiana Wesleyan University
Occupation:VP of Sales and Marketing at Mister Ice of Indianapolis, Inc.
Residence:Indianapolis, Indiana

Scott Schneider is a former Republican member of the Indiana Senate, representing the 30th District from 2009 to 2016. He attended Indiana Wesleyan University. Schneider served two terms on the Indianapolis City–County Council from 1999 to 2007.[3] He succeeded his father, William Schneider, on the City Council.[4] Schneider was succeeded by Christine Scales.[5] He has been working as the VP of Sales and Marketing at Mister Ice of Indianapolis, Inc. since 1989.[6]

Schneider supported a bill that would have allowed creationism to be taught along with evolutionary biology in Indiana public schools.[7] He also authored a bill to stop federal money from going to Planned Parenthood of Indiana.[8] In 2012 Schneider led an effort to get anti-union "right to work" legislation enacted in Indiana.[9] In 2015 Schneider was an author of and voted for Indiana SB 101.[10]

Schneider issued a press release on September 12, 2015, announcing that he would not be seeking re-election once his term ended in 2016 [11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of All Offices and Office Holders. 5 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Historical List of Councillors . 2018-04-21 . 2018-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180325050445/http://www.indy.gov/eGov/Council/Councillors/Pages/historical-list.aspx . dead .
  3. http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/84889/scott-schneider Votesmart.org.-Scott Schneider
  4. Web site: The Indianapolis Star 30 Apr 1999, page Page 94 .
  5. Web site: Indianapolis City-County Council continues to go left.
  6. http://www.indyrepublicans.com/scott-schneider/ Marion County Indiana Republican Party page on Scott Schneider
  7. News: ACLU says teaching creationism won't fly. 12 September 2012. Post-Tribune. 26 January 2012. Associated Press.
  8. News: Opposing health care. The Journal Gazette. April 23, 2011.
  9. News: Tully. Matthew. Indy-area Dist. 30 Senate race shaping up to be a sharply drawn battle. Indianapolis Star. October 6, 2012.
  10. http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/bills/senate/101 Indiana Senate Bill 101
  11. Web site: RFRA sponsor Scott Schneider won't seek re-election.