# Bruce Borders

Bruce Borders is a Republican member of the Indiana House for district 45.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Indiana House, district 45
- Serving since: 2014-11-05
- Current term: IN 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fe83212e-72d8-4d9c-80cb-338c7f318f09

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe83212e-72d8-4d9c-80cb-338c7f318f09 (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

0% of the 15 bills Borders sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom 5% of the Indiana House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.53 (standard error 0.04), from 19 donors and 600 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 99.6% (Indiana House 91.6%). Party unity 98.8% (95.2%). 31 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 13. 0.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Indiana House 45.8%; rank 98 of 99).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1198: Use of public restrooms. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1198/
- HB 1199: Birth certificate information. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1199/
- HB 1224: Indiana vaccination adverse event reporting system. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1224/
- HB 1197: Hysterectomy and oophorectomy informed consent. (in committee, 2026-01-05) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1197/
- HB 1196: Employment and vaccinations. (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2026/HB1196/
- HB 1669: Adult oriented performances. (in committee, 2025-01-21) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1669/
- HB 1338: Employment and vaccinations. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1338/
- HB 1343: Department of correction immunity. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1343/
- HB 1339: Hysterectomy and oophorectomy informed consent. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1339/
- HB 1341: Birth certificate information. (in committee, 2025-01-13) https://openstates.org/in/bills/2025/HB1341/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $86.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/legislators/legislator_bruce_borders_1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brucebordersstaterepdistrict45
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-borders-6679a286/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fe83212e-72d8-4d9c-80cb-338c7f318f09