# Tim Yocum

Tim Yocum is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 42.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 42
- Serving since: 2025-01-16
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fb16b382-4ca4-47c2-abaf-3c6e72f5a780

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb16b382-4ca4-47c2-abaf-3c6e72f5a780 (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

100% of Yocum’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Indiana, in the top quarter of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.38 (standard error 0.04), from 14 donors and 297 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 54% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (IN 2025–26 session)

908 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 96.0% (95.2%). 18 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 yea · HB 1038 - Snow · HB 1038 Gaming matters. · pass · https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1038/

## Legislation (IN 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 8 bills: 8 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 21. 50.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 45 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HR 14: Recognizing the Daughters of the American Revolution and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and celebrating the 250th anniversary of… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-02) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HR14/
- HB 1265: Natural resource entrance fees. (in committee, 2026-01-06) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1265/
- HB 1341: Eminent domain. (in committee, 2026-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1341/
- HB 1342: County commissioner districts. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1342/
- HB 1233: Masking offenses. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1233/
- HB 1242: Education reports. (became law, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1242/
- HR 67: Celebrating the Clay County, Indiana bicentennial. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR67/
- HR 63: Recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and its threat to national security. (in committee, 2025-04-17) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HR63/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,850 (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fb16b382-4ca4-47c2-abaf-3c6e72f5a780