Jack Sandlin

Jack Sandlin is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate representing the 36th district where he has served since 2016. From 2010 to 2016, he was a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council for the 24th district.[2] He also served as a Perry Township, Indiana Trustee from November 1997 to December 2006.

Jack E. Sandlin
Member of the Indiana Senate
from the 36th district
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byBrent Waltz
Member of the Indianapolis City-County Council from the 24th district
In office
2010–2016
Preceded byMike Speedy[1]
Succeeded byJohn Wesseler
Personal details
Political partyRepublican
Children1
ResidenceIndianapolis, Indiana
Alma materIndiana Wesleyan University
University of Indianapolis

Career

Sandlin is a retired police officer.[3] From 2010 to 2016, he was a member of the Indianapolis City-County Council for the 24th district.[4] He also served as a Perry Township, Indiana Trustee from November 1997 to December 2006.

In 2017, he apologized for an offensive Facebook post on his account on the 2017 Women's March; he deleted the post, and said he did not post the message.[5][6] In 2018, Sandlin sponsored a measure (which passed the state Senate) to allow churchgoers to carry guns while at worship services held on school property.[7] He has called for consideration of the idea of regional jails in Indiana, rather than having a separate county jail in all of Indiana's 92 counties.[3]

In 2019, Sandlin introduced legislation to fund a new Indy Eleven soccer stadium. Sandlin's legislation would have allowed the Capital Improvement Board (which oversees Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Lucas Oil Stadium, Victory Field, and the Indiana Convention Center) to collect taxes from a proposed Eleven Park mixed-use development to fund a $150 million soccer-specific stadium with a capacity of 20,000.[8][9] A version of the legislation passed the Indiana General Assembly, but without language requiring that the stadium be home to a Major League Soccer team.[10]

In 2020, Sandlin criticized the Marion County prosecutor on their decision to stop prosecuting marijuana possession cases in the country, and supported legislation that would allow the Indiana Attorney General to override county prosecutors' authority and discretion.[11]

References

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