# Garrett Bascom

Garrett Bascom is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 68.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 68
- Serving since: 2024-11-06
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/552456a4-62fc-4f94-a9f9-1c5dd8ebe57a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/552456a4-62fc-4f94-a9f9-1c5dd8ebe57a (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

71% of the 21 bills Bascom sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Indiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.39 (standard error 0.04), from 66 donors and 286 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 57% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 94.6% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 97.0% (95.2%). 17 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 21 bills: 21 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 56. 71.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 19 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 246: Redaction of court records. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB246/
- SB 250: Regulation of hemp. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB250/
- HB 1432: Death sentence and intellectual disabilities. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1432/
- SB 261: Criminal vandalism. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB261/
- HB 1285: Low THC hemp extract. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1285/
- HB 1294: Administrative rules review. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1294/
- SB 200: Public school matters. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB200/
- HB 1296: Mental health services. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1296/
- HCR 5: Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the eastbound bridge on U.S. Highway 50 over Tanners Creek in Lawrenceburg the “Lary D. Fogle… (passed both chambers, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR5/
- SB 191: Electronic record of confidential address. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB191/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $40.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/garrett-bascom
- Campaign site: https://www.bascomforindiana.com/
- X: https://x.com/gbb13
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BascomForIN

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/552456a4-62fc-4f94-a9f9-1c5dd8ebe57a