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- 1 2 "Indiana lawmaker who employs hundreds of minors pushes to scrap state child labor laws". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tom Davies (January 30, 2019). "Indiana senator backs off repealing state child labor laws". Associated Press.
- ↑ Ready, Set, Vote: County, state, federal races featured on Jennings County ballot, The Republic (November 2, 2014), p. 15.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dan Carden, Senator opposes ban on Indiana companies forcibly microchipping their employees, The Times of Northwest Indiana (2020).
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Chip Perfect". Ballotpedia. Retrieved January 31, 2018.
- ↑ Bartholomew voters have role in three Indiana House seats, WCSI (May 4, 2018).
- ↑ Tony Cook, Effort to legalize 'loan shark' rates could bring a new breed of lender to Indiana, Indianapolis Star (February 26, 2019).
- 1 2 3 Indiana lawmaker seeks to eliminate state child labor laws, Associated Press (January 28, 2019).
- ↑ Smith, Brandon (August 30, 2023). "Indiana state Sen. Chip Perfect to resign less than a year into new term". WFYI .