U.S. Senator from Indiana
Jim Banks
Republican · Indiana
Former U.S. Representative (2017-2025) and Navy Reserve officer who deployed to Afghanistan. Former Republican Study Committee chair. Sworn in to the Senate in January 2025 after winning the seat vacated by Mike Braun.
Record
Staunch conservative. House Republican Study Committee chair (2021-2023). Hawkish on China and Iran, hardline on immigration and cultural issues.
Legislative Record
Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)
- S.5172 — A bill to amend titles XI, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act with respect to screening for childhood-onset fluency disorders, and to require coverage of certain speech therapy services under Medicaid and CHIP. (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.5127 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income certain compensation to clinical trial participants, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.4953 — Form 5500 Filing Simplification Act (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- S.4954 — Citizenship Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 13, 2026)
- S.4925 — Stop the Sexualization of Children Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
- S.4777 — Blast Overpressure Research and Mitigation Task Force Act (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
- S.4741 — SAFE for Kids Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 10, 2026)
- S.4658 — Parkinson’s Protection for Firefighters Act (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
Notable votes
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — S. Res. 817 (Resolution Agreed to, Jul 30, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S.Res. 817 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817 (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jul 29, 2026)
- Voted Yea on H.R. 6644 — Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Concur in the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 6644 with an Amendment (SA 5823) (Cloture Motion Agreed to, Jun 18, 2026)
- Voted Yea on S. 2 — S. 2, As Amended (Bill Passed, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Cortez Masto Amdt. No. 5463 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Padilla Amdt. No. 5808 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Gallego Amdt. No. 5813 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
- Voted Nay on S. 2 — Peters Amdt. No. 5763 (Amendment Rejected, Jun 5, 2026)
Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)
- S.364 — Hearing Protection Act (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.3101 — SAFE KIDS Act (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
- S.1169 — Freedom from Unfair Gun Taxes Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.3085 — Firearm Access During Shutdowns Act of 2025 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.3314 — Written Informed Consent Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.5105 — A bill to establish the applicability of antitrust laws to the sharing of artificial intelligence frontier model risks, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
- S.137 — FIND Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
- S.4775 — Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
Voting analysis
Jim Banks reached the Senate after four terms in the House, and votes with the Republican conference about as reliably as anyone in the chamber does.
Disagreements that end before passage
The shape of the record matters more here than the rate. Every departure he has is a vote on an amendment; none is a vote on a bill at the end. He backed proposals from five Republican colleagues that the chamber turned down, and opposed one from a sixth that it adopted. His dissent is spent while a bill is still being written, and stops once it is written.
| Roll call | Date | Outcome | Their vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| S.Con.Res. 33 Paul Amdt. No. 5378 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5378 to S.Con.Res. 33 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Apr 23, 2026 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Mullin Amdt. No. 3412 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3412 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Agreed to | Nay (party: Yea) |
| H.R. 3944 Johnson Amdt. No. 3428 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3428 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3113, as modified On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3113 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 3944 Kennedy Amdt. No. 3414 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3414 to S.Amdt. 3411 to H.R. 3944 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Aug 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
| H.R. 1 Lee Amdt. No. 2745 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2745 to S.Amdt. 2360 to H.R. 1 (No short title on file) · roll call 119 | Jul 1, 2025 | Amendment Rejected | Yea (party: Nay) |
The Indiana pair
Indiana holds two Republican Senate seats, and between the two Banks is the steadier vote.
Among the 2 Republicans in the Indiana delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 5.6%. Jim Banks is below that average at 3.8%.
Committee portfolio and filings
He chairs the employment and workplace safety subcommittee and sits on armed services, banking and veterans' affairs — a spread organised around labour policy and defence. His filings are more scattered than that suggests: Medicaid and children's health coverage for speech therapy in childhood-onset fluency disorders, a tax exclusion for people compensated as clinical trial participants, a simplification of retirement plan filing, a citizenship bill, and a measure on sexual content and minors. No subject area accounts for more than a single bill, so the ordering below carries little information.
Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Jim Banks's cluster into: Armed Forces and National Security (1), Commerce (1), Education (1), Government Operations and Politics (1), Immigration (1), Labor and Employment (1).
Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.
Tenure and attendance
His congressional service is counted across both chambers, which places him in the middle band despite this being a first Senate term. He is present for nearly every recorded vote.
First elected in 2017, now serving across 5 terms. Jim Banks falls in the mid cohort.
By the numbers
In the 119th Congress, Jim Banks has 268 bills sponsored, 1381 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.
Committee assignments
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Personnel
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Seapower
- Senate Committee on Armed Services: Strategic Forces
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Economic Policy
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: National Security and International Trade and Finance
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Securities, Insurance, and Investment
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Education and the American Family
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Employment and Workplace Safety (Chairman)
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