Chip Perfect

Clyde A. "Chip" Perfect Jr. is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate. He represents District 43, which includes all of the counties of Ohio and Jennings along with parts of the counties of Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Jackson, and Ripley. He was elected to the Senate in 2014, succeeding Johnny Nugent. He is a member of the Senate's committees on agriculture, local government, natural resources, and pensions and labor.[1] Perfect introduced a bill in 2019 to remove restrictions on child labor, raising conflict-of-interest concerns, as this would likely benefit his business.[2][3]

Chip Perfect
Member of the Indiana Senate
from the 43rd district
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byJohnny Nugent
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Ellen Perfect
ResidenceLawrenceburg, Indiana
Alma materPurdue University

Education and business career

Perfect received bachelor's degree from Purdue University in agricultural education.[4]

Perfect is president and CEO of Perfect North Slopes,[3] a ski resort in southeastern Indiana,[5] close to Lawrenceburg.[3] He is also is a former president of the Midwest Ski Areas Association.[6]

State Senate tenure

Perfect was elected to his seat in 2014, winning 71.7% of the vote against Democrat Rudy Howard.[7] He ran unopposed in the primary and general elections in 2018.[8]

Perfect is chairman of the Senate Commerce Chairman.[9] He introduced a bill in 2019 to repeal restrictions on child labor; the legislation would likely benefit his business, which employs hundreds of minors each winter.[2][5] Perfect's bull would have removed work permit requirements and work hour restrictions for 16- and 17-year old students.[5] Perfect and some other business leaders described the regulations as burdensome,[3][10] while the Indiana School Boards Association opposed the bill.[10] After Common Cause Indiana[10] and others raised conflict-of-interest concerns about Perfect's sponsorship of the measure,[3] he backed away from the proposal but said that he did nothing wrong by introducing the bill and that the Senate Ethics Committee had approved his bill sponsorship.[3]

In 2020, Perfect was the only Indiana lawmaker to vote against legislation prohibiting businesses from requiring the "implantation of any identity or tracking device" (such as a microchip) as a condition of employment without the employee's consent. The legislation had unanimously passed the state House and passed 9–1 in the Senate Pensions and Labor Committee, with Perfect the sole "no" vote.[5]

Personal life

Perfect lives in Lawrenceburg.[5]

References
  1. "Senator Chip Perfect". Indiana General Assembly. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  2. "Indiana lawmaker who employs hundreds of minors pushes to scrap state child labor laws". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  3. Tom Davies (January 30, 2019). "Indiana senator backs off repealing state child labor laws". Associated Press.
  4. Ready, Set, Vote: County, state, federal races featured on Jennings County ballot, The Republic (November 2, 2014), p. 15.
  5. Dan Carden, Senator opposes ban on Indiana companies forcibly microchipping their employees, The Times of Northwest Indiana (2020).
  6. "AUDIO: Newly-Elected Chip Perfect Looks Toward "Exciting", "Scary" First Session". Eagle Country 99.3 FM. November 11, 2014. Archived from the original on February 1, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  7. "Chip Perfect". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
  8. Bartholomew voters have role in three Indiana House seats, WCSI (May 4, 2018).
  9. Tony Cook, Effort to legalize 'loan shark' rates could bring a new breed of lender to Indiana, Indianapolis Star (February 26, 2019).
  10. Indiana lawmaker seeks to eliminate state child labor laws, Associated Press (January 28, 2019).
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