# Zach Payne Zach Payne is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 66. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 66 - Serving since: 2020-11-04 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/a74de022-873d-4a31-986c-66e81356a6f2 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a74de022-873d-4a31-986c-66e81356a6f2 (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 9.1% of the 11 bills Payne sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the Indiana House. ## What Payne says (IN 2025–26 session) 1 classified statements: 1 post 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 | Payne | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 643 of 792 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 736 of 792 | | Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 780 of 792 | | Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 678 of 792 | | Credit claiming | 0.0% | 12.7% | 764 of 792 | | Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 619 of 792 | ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.40 (standard error 0.03), from 40 donors and 508 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 59% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 91.4% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 93.2% (95.2%). 69 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 nay · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 11 bills: 11 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 20. 9.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 92 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1422: Immigration matters. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1422/ - HB 1376: Prohibited food additives. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1376/ - HB 1377: Straight ticket voting. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1377/ - HB 1375: Repeal of involuntary firearm removal process. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1375/ - HR 69: Recognizing April 24, 2025, as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. (in committee, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR69/ - HB 1652: Choice scholarships. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1652/ - HB 1656: Property tax freeze for persons 65 and older. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1656/ - HB 1654: Legalization of cannabis. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1654/ - HB 1651: Elimination of state individual income tax. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1651/ - HB 1655: Prohibited food ingredients. (in committee, 2025-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1655/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $9,804 (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. - 2026-02-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/ZachPayneIN/status/2020736978963063139 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/zach-payne/ - Campaign site: https://zachpayneforstaterep.com/ - X: https://x.com/ZachPayneIN - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/zacharycharlespayne - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachpayneforstaterep/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/representativepayne/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a74de022-873d-4a31-986c-66e81356a6f2