Clyde A. "Chip" Perfect Jr. is a former Republican member of the Indiana Senate. He represented District 43, which includes all of the counties of

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and

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along with parts of the counties of Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Jackson, and

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. He was elected to the Senate in 2014, succeeding

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. He was a member of the Senate's committees on agriculture, local government, natural resources, and pensions and labor. Perfect introduced a bill in 2019 to remove restrictions on child labor, raising conflict-of-interest concerns, as this would likely benefit his business.

Education and business career

Perfect received bachelor's degree from

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in agricultural education. Perfect is president and CEO of Perfect North Slopes, a

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in southeastern Indiana,Dan Carden
Senator opposes ban on Indiana companies forcibly microchipping their employees
''The Times of Northwest Indiana'' (2020). close to Lawrenceburg. He is also a former president of the Midwest Ski Areas Association.

State Senate tenure

Perfect was elected to his seat in 2014, winning 71.7% of the vote against

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Rudy Howard. He ran unopposed in the primary and general elections in 2018. Perfect was chairman of the Senate Commerce Chairman. 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. Perfect's bill would have removed work permit requirements and work hour restrictions for 16- and 17-year old students. Perfect and some other business leaders described the regulations as burdensome,Indiana lawmaker seeks to eliminate state child labor laws
Associated Press (January 28, 2019). while the Indiana School Boards Association opposed the bill. After

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Indiana and others raised conflict-of-interest concerns about Perfect's sponsorship of the measure, 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. 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

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and passed 9–1 in the Senate Pensions and Labor Committee, with Perfect the sole "no" vote. In August of 2023, Perfect announce he will resign from his seat in the Indiana Senate.

Personal life

Perfect lives in Lawrenceburg.

References

External links

Campaign website
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