# Chip Perfect > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chip_Perfect > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chip_Perfect.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Perfect > Source revision: 1349826361 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Clyde A. "Chip" Perfect Jr.** is a former [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Indiana Senate](/source/Indiana_Senate). He represented District 43, which includes all of the counties of [Ohio](/source/Ohio_County,_Indiana) and [Jennings](/source/Jennings_County,_Indiana) along with parts of the counties of [Bartholomew](/source/Bartholomew_County,_Indiana), [Dearborn](/source/Dearborn_County,_Indiana), [Decatur](/source/Decatur_County,_Indiana), [Jackson](/source/Jackson_County,_Indiana), and [Ripley](/source/Ripley_County,_Indiana). He was elected to the Senate in 2014, succeeding [Johnny Nugent](/source/Johnny_Nugent). He was 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] ## Education and business career Perfect received bachelor's degree from [Purdue University](/source/Purdue_University) in agricultural education.[4] Perfect is president and CEO of Perfect North Slopes,[3] a [ski resort](/source/Ski_resort) in southeastern Indiana,[5] close to Lawrenceburg.[3] He is also 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](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) Rudy Howard.[7] He ran unopposed in the primary and general elections in 2018.[8] Perfect was 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](/source/Minor_(law)) each winter.[2][5] Perfect's bill 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](/source/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](/source/Indiana_House_of_Representatives) and passed 9–1 in the Senate Pensions and Labor Committee, with Perfect the sole "no" vote.[5] In August 2023, Perfect announce he will resign from his seat in the Indiana Senate.[11] ## Personal life Perfect lives in [Lawrenceburg](/source/Lawrenceburg,_Indiana).[5] ## References 1. ["Senator Chip Perfect"](https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2015/legislators/legislator_chip_perfect_1/). Indiana General Assembly. Retrieved January 31, 2018. 1. ["Indiana lawmaker who employs hundreds of minors pushes to scrap state child labor laws"](https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/28/lawmaker-who-owns-perfect-north-slopes-pushes-end-state-child-labor-laws/2657091002/). *Indianapolis Star*. Retrieved 2019-01-30. 1. Tom Davies (January 30, 2019). ["Indiana senator backs off repealing state child labor laws"](https://apnews.com/dde550630a9f45e3b5c89d4d7bcd7bf4). Associated Press. 1. [Ready, Set, Vote: County, state, federal races featured on Jennings County ballot](https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/146427611/), *The Republic* (November 2, 2014), p. 15. 1. Dan Carden, [Senator opposes ban on Indiana companies forcibly microchipping their employees](https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/senator-opposes-ban-on-indiana-companies-forcibly-microchipping-their-employees/article_7a8d21ad-e572-5834-a4db-683114ee6e9a.html), *The Times of Northwest Indiana* (2020). 1. ["AUDIO: Newly-Elected Chip Perfect Looks Toward "Exciting", "Scary" First Session"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180201133844/http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/audio-newly-elected-chip-perfect-looks-toward-exciting-scary-first-session/). *[Eagle Country 99.3 FM](/source/WSCH)*. November 11, 2014. Archived from [the original](http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/audio-newly-elected-chip-perfect-looks-toward-exciting-scary-first-session/) on February 1, 2018. Retrieved January 31, 2018. 1. ["Chip Perfect"](https://ballotpedia.org/Chip_Perfect). *Ballotpedia*. Retrieved January 31, 2018. 1. [Bartholomew voters have role in three Indiana House seats](https://1010wcsi.com/local-news/bartholomew-voters-have-role-in-three-indiana-house-seats/), WCSI (May 4, 2018). 1. Tony Cook, [Effort to legalize 'loan shark' rates could bring a new breed of lender to Indiana](https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2019/02/26/loan-shark-rates-could-bring-installment-lenders-checkered-pasts-indiana/2940818002/), *Indianapolis Star* (February 26, 2019). 1. [Indiana lawmaker seeks to eliminate state child labor laws](https://apnews.com/3039bd0039ea481a822db6307d0e0ca2), Associated Press (January 28, 2019). 1. Smith, Brandon (August 30, 2023). ["Indiana state Sen. Chip Perfect to resign less than a year into new term"](https://www.wfyi.org/news/articles/indiana-state-sen-chip-perfect-to-resign-less-than-a-year-into-new-term). *[WFYI](/source/WFYI_(TV))* ## External links - [Campaign website](http://www.votechipperfect.com/) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chip Perfect](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Perfect) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip_Perfect?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.