# Dave Heine

Dave Heine is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 85.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 85
- Serving since: 2016-11-09
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ed771fd3-4bd9-4c99-bb42-4bd9f5d1ff8d

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed771fd3-4bd9-4c99-bb42-4bd9f5d1ff8d (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

Heine missed 19% of 908 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the Indiana House (average 91.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.04), from 113 donors and 511 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 81% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 99.6% (95.2%). 7 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, 9 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 39. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 45 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HCR 23: Congratulating Michelin North America, Inc., upon the occasion of the 65th anniversary of its BFGoodrich tire production facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. (passed both chambers, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HCR23/
- HB 1282: College savings program. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1282/
- HB 1117: Uniform municipal innkeeper's tax. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1117/
- HB 1101: Regional economic development. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1101/
- HB 1077: Boating issues. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1077/
- HB 1149: Pre-kindergarten care SGO tax credit. (in committee, 2026-01-12) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1149/
- SCR 31: Recognizing the Allen County Bicentennial. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR31/
- SCR 12: Urging INDOT to rename a section of SR 114 the "Captain Matthew Tomkiewicz Memorial Mile". (passed both chambers, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/SCR12/
- HB 1688: Sales tax on recreational vehicles. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1688/
- HB 1326: Scholarships. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1326/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $64.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 88% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/legislators/legislator_dave_heine_1
- X: https://x.com/daveforstaterep
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dave.heine.37

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ed771fd3-4bd9-4c99-bb42-4bd9f5d1ff8d