# Bob Behning Bob Behning is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 91. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 91 - Serving since: 1992-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/3d215bfb-c08a-47f0-91d3-eb114b33c56d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d215bfb-c08a-47f0-91d3-eb114b33c56d (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline 86% of the 22 bills Behning sponsored got out of committee, in the top 5% of the Indiana House. ## What Behning says (IN 2025–26 session) 22 classified statements: 22 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate. | Label | Behning | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 4.5% | 9.3% | 471 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 59.1% | 31.9% | 50 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 4.5% | 1.8% | 83 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 36.4% | 12.7% | 35 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Education 69% (State House Republicans 15%); Armed Forces and National Security 7.7% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Commerce 7.7% (State House Republicans 3.9%); Crime and Law Enforcement 7.7% (State House Republicans 11%); Energy 7.7% (State House Republicans 4.1%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.56 (standard error 0.04), from 26 donors and 546 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 87% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.6% (95.2%). 5 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 199 - Behning · SB 199 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Teshka · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Zimmerman · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Pressel · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 144 - Rowray · SB 144 Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 4 - Snow · SB 4 Various fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1268 - Bartels · HB 1268 Indiana defense matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 22 bills: 22 reached committee, 19 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 22. 86.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 4 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1408: Education matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/ - HB 1423: Indianapolis public education corporation. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1423/ - HB 1004: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1004/ - HB 1266: Department of education and education matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - SB 161: Education matters. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB161/ - SB 199: Various education matters. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/ - HR 55: Congratulating Dr. Robert Taylor on his retirement from the Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR55/ - HR 7: Recognizing the Indiana Non-Public Education Association on its 50th anniversary. (passed one chamber, 2025-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR7/ - HB 1501: Facilities and transportation pilot programs. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1501/ - HB 1515: Education and higher education matters. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1515/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $41.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Recent statements Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only. - 2026-04-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/2047839893267558909 - 2026-01-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/2007114242764239186 - 2025-12-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/2004311363448197436 - 2025-12-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1998466357831127228 - 2025-11-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1994097333093445693 - 2025-11-19 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1991213569145536842 - 2025-11-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1988797964832371080 - 2025-11-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1988303372647362972 - 2025-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1980665338791665902 - 2025-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/rbehning/status/1976819962686947415 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/bob-behning - Campaign site: https://robertbehning.com/ - X: https://x.com/rbehning - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bobbehning91/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-behning-53006143/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d215bfb-c08a-47f0-91d3-eb114b33c56d