# Dale DeVon

Dale DeVon is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 5
- Serving since: 2012-11-07
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/da8afc87-2b9a-4544-8fb9-2f03f426a451

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da8afc87-2b9a-4544-8fb9-2f03f426a451 (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

DeVon sits at +0.67 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 90% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.67 (standard error 0.04), from 105 donors and 587 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 90% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 97.1% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 100% (95.2%). 8 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 18 bills: 18 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 31. 55.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 38 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1270: Department of child services employees. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1270/
- HB 1158: Positive personal outcomes. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1158/
- HB 1092: Child services matters. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1092/
- HB 1093: Student bullying and abusive behavior. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1093/
- HB 1018: School age child care. (became law, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1018/
- SCR 44: Honoring Annie Drews. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-22) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR44/
- SCR 24: Recognizing pregnancy care centers. (passed both chambers, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR24/
- HB 1526: Children in need of services. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1526/
- HB 1525: School age child care. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1525/
- SB 502: Attachments to utility poles. (became law, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SB502/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $197.9K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/general/dale-devon
- X: https://x.com/DaleForStateRep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DaleDeVonForStateRep/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/da8afc87-2b9a-4544-8fb9-2f03f426a451