# Jim Buck

Jim Buck is a Republican member of the Indiana Senate for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2008-04-26
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8c8f7869-329e-4063-ab55-30e4eca00529

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c8f7869-329e-4063-ab55-30e4eca00529 (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

Buck reported $296.1K in the 2026 cycle, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans (median $46.2K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.47 (standard error 0.03), from 157 donors and 745 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 66% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

790 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (Indiana Senate 94.7%). Party unity 95.5% (91.0%). 22 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 140 - Becker · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1115 - Deery · HB 1115 Homeowners association governance. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1115/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 14 - Rogers · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1200 - Crider · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 179 - Crider · SB 179 Indiana department of transportation. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB179/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 80 - Freeman · SB 80 Code publication. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB80/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1408 - Raatz · HB 1408 Education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1408/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1406 - Holdman · HB 1406 Tax and fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1406/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · HB 1277 - Crider · HB 1277 Health and human services matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1277/
- 2026-02-27 · voted yea · SB 239 - Rogers · SB 239 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB239/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 30 bills: 30 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 87. 53.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana Senate 66.7%; rank 39 of 49).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 217: Circuit breaker credit for homesteads. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB217/
- SB 216: Eminent domain. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB216/
- SB 218: Circuit breaker credits for homesteads. (in committee, 2026-01-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB218/
- SB 270: Township mergers. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB270/
- SB 167: Relocation of outdoor advertising signs. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB167/
- SB 175: Dangerous excessive speeding. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB175/
- SB 176: Shooting ranges. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB176/
- SB 92: Community corrections trust funds. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB92/
- SJR 3: Constitutional amendment on circuit breaker credit. (in committee, 2025-12-08) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SJR3/
- SCR 47: Memorializing Lynn Reid. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR47/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $296.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/legislators/legislator_james_buck_124
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jim.buck.568

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8c8f7869-329e-4063-ab55-30e4eca00529