State Senator Mike Crider

Kiwanis President Barb Kauchak witn Senator Mike Crider

Indiana State Senator Mike Crider spoke to Kiwanis about his roles in the Indiana State Senate and his background before seeking elected office.  Mike grew up in Shirley and attended Eastern Hancock schools.  He was accepted after school into the Conservation Officer program of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. He retired from that position and became Security Director for Hancock Regional Hospital and then sought his current seat in the Indiana Senate.  He was elected in 2002 and has now served in six legislative sessions. 
Mike spoke of his security experience at the Hospital as having been a good training for his legislative career, in that he experienced the beginning of the opiate crisis first hand in the emergency rooms of the hospital. 
He chairs the Homeland Security and Transportation committees.  He is the ranking member of the Veteran Affairs committee.  He is a member of Mental Health, Appropriations, and Rules committees.  He was author of  Jenny's Law which changed the stature of limitations on rape.  He also introduced a bill that required 5,396 unprocessed sexual assault kits be processed and the results be checked against a felony DNA database.  The bill passed during 2018. 
Senator Crider represents the 28th Senate District, he is married and has two sons. He lives in Hancock County and also represents parts of Marion and Shelby counties.