# Beau Baird Beau Baird is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 44. - Party: Republican - Seat: Indiana House, district 44 - Serving since: 2018-11-07 - Current term: IN 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/a8ed53f7-00fb-428b-a629-7532efaf902d Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8ed53f7-00fb-428b-a629-7532efaf902d (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 Baird missed 16% of 908 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Indiana House (average 91.6%). ## What Baird says (IN 2025–26 session) 33 classified statements: 33 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 | Baird | State House Republicans average | Rank | |---|---|---|---| | Personal attacks | 3.0% | 2.9% | 232 of 791 | | Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 | | Policy discussion | 27.3% | 31.9% | 447 of 791 | | Bipartisanship | 6.1% | 1.8% | 48 of 791 | | Credit claiming | 30.3% | 12.7% | 64 of 791 | | Extreme labels | 3.0% | 1.4% | 129 of 791 | Most discussed policy areas: Environmental Protection 44% (State House Republicans 1.9%); Agriculture and Food 22% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Energy 11% (State House Republicans 4.1%); Families 11% (State House Republicans 3.6%); Health 11% (State House Republicans 10%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.05), from 18 donors and 512 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 78% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (IN 2025–26 session) 908 roll calls. Attendance 84% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 98.3% (95.2%). 17 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 199 - Behning · SB 199 Various education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB199/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 14 - Teshka · SB 14 Pension matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB14/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 140 - Zimmerman · SB 140 Public safety. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB140/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · HB 1200 - Pressel · HB 1200 Bureau of motor vehicles. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1200/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 144 - Rowray · SB 144 Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB144/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · HB 1343 - Bartels · HB 1343 Public safety matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1343/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · SB 4 - Snow · SB 4 Various fiscal matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB4/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · HB 1268 - Bartels · HB 1268 Indiana defense matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1268/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · HB 1266 - Behning · HB 1266 Department of education and education matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1266/ - 2026-02-27 · voted not voting · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/ ## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session) Sponsored 23 bills: 23 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 44. 65.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 26 of 99). Recent sponsored bills: - HR 23: Honoring Cindy Hoye for her longstanding service to the Indiana State Fair Commission. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR23/ - HR 17: Recognizing the Indiana Trail Riders Association. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR17/ - SCR 8: Recognizing the Indiana horse racing industry. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SCR8/ - HB 1398: Agricultural programs. (passed one chamber, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1398/ - HB 1415: Limits on nuisance actions against racetracks. (in committee, 2026-01-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1415/ - SB 277: Indiana department of environmental management. (became law, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB277/ - HB 1361: Fertilizer. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1361/ - HB 1414: Forest management. (in committee, 2026-01-27) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1414/ - HB 1326: Indiana emergency efficiency and resilience task force. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1326/ - SB 55: Agricultural programs. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/SB55/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $68.3K (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. - 2025-11-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1987555839050125435 - 2025-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1975524069899411651 - 2025-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1965147925107146967 - 2025-09-08 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1965149503138472385 - 2025-09-06 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1964170858458448372 - 2025-09-01 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1962567760799522837 - 2025-08-31 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1962134396837802070 - 2025-08-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1955336652164923577 - 2025-08-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1953897724224446633 - 2025-08-05 · Post on X · labels: personal attacks · https://x.com/beaubaird765/status/1952701658359566640 ## Links - Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/beau-baird - X: https://x.com/beaubaird765 - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/electbaird44/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbeaubaird/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a8ed53f7-00fb-428b-a629-7532efaf902d