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U.S. Senator from Indiana

Todd Young

Republican · Indiana

Marine Corps veteran and former House member, elected in 2016. Co-authored CHIPS and Science Act. Focus on national security, semiconductor manufacturing, and fiscal responsibility.

Record

Conservative Republican with bipartisan streak on technology policy. Co-authored landmark CHIPS Act for domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Focus on national security and workforce development.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (8 on record)

  • S.5198 — A bill to amend the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 to reauthorize the regional innovation program, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • S.5150 — A bill to require the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study on chameleon carriers in the United States and require the Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to plan, develop, and test an advanced automation tool to help enforcement personnel detect chameleon carrier applications under the registration process of the Department of Transportation, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 28, 2026)
  • S.5116 — A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require the standards for accreditation of an institution of higher education to assess the institution's adoption of admissions practices that refrain from preferential treatment in admissions based on an applicant's relationship to alumni of, or donors to, the institution, to authorize a feasibility study on data collection, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • S.4943 — Outcomes-Based Financing (OBF) for Students Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • S.4751 — End Tuberculosis Now Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
  • S.4770 — Web of Biological Data Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 11, 2026)
  • S.4653 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for loan interest payments made with respect to certain vehicles. (Introduced, Jun 2, 2026)
  • S.4657 — Modern, Clean, and Safe Trucks Act of 2026 (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 Nay 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.5187 — A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program to strengthen the domestic science and engineering workforce through partnerships among institutions of higher education, National Laboratories, other Federal science agencies, and industry to support accelerated doctoral programs, and for other purposes. (Introduced, Jul 30, 2026)
  • S.5162 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to enhance the authority of the National Taxpayer Advocate. (Introduced, Jul 29, 2026)
  • S.3208 — Six Assurances to Taiwan Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • S.4952 — Protecting American Taxpayers Act (Introduced, Jul 20, 2026)
  • S.4933 — Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor Congressional Gold Medal Act (Introduced, Jun 24, 2026)
  • S.4875 — PASTEUR Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jun 23, 2026)
  • S.4742 — AI DATA Act (Introduced, Jun 10, 2026)
  • S.4009 — Falun Gong and Victims of Forced Organ Harvesting Protection Act (Introduced, Jun 9, 2026)

Voting analysis

Todd Young did not miss a vote, chairs subcommittees on surface transportation and on health care, and departed from his conference more often than most Republican senators.

0.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
0
Recorded as not voting
7.3%
Votes against the Republican majority
220
Roll calls where a party majority formed
18 of 51
Rank among Senate Republicans, most defections first

Five votes against one housing bill

The dominant block is a single housing measure that he opposed at every available point — the motion to concur, passage, a further cloture motion, an amendment folded in, and the cloture motion covering that amendment. Five recorded votes against one bill, while his conference carried it.

Beyond that he declined three amendments his party supported and supported one it did not, and voted against a benefits bill at passage.

The 10 most recent of 16 roll calls where Todd Young voted against the Senate Republican majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
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)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6644 · roll call 119		Jun 18, 2026Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 6644
H.R. 6644, as amended
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 6644 · roll call 119		Mar 12, 2026Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 6644
Motion to Invoke Cloture: H.R. 6644 as amended
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 6644 · roll call 119		Mar 11, 2026Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 6644
Scott (SC) Amdt. No. 4308, as amended
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4308 to H.R. 6644 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Mar 11, 2026Amendment Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 6644
Motion to Invoke Cloture Re: Amdt. No. 4308
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 4308 to H.R. 6644 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Mar 10, 2026Cloture Motion Agreed toNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 7148
Paul Amdt. No. 4272
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4272 to H.R. 7148 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Jan 30, 2026Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 1968
Paul Amdt. No. 1266
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1266 to H.R. 1968 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Mar 14, 2025Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)
S.Con.Res. 7
Paul Amdt No. 999
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 999 to S.Con.Res. 7 (No short title on file) · roll call 119		Feb 21, 2025Amendment RejectedYea (party: Nay)
H.R. 82
On Passage of the Bill H.R. 82 · roll call 118		Dec 21, 2024Bill PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R. 82
Paul Amdt. No. 3352
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3352 to H.R. 82 (No short title on file) · roll call 118		Dec 20, 2024Amendment RejectedNay (party: Yea)

Above the Indiana average

Indiana's two Republican senators sit some distance apart on this measure, and Young is the one above the average of the pair.

Among the 2 Republicans in the Indiana delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 5.6%. Todd Young is above that average at 7.3%.

What he legislates on

The filings are unusually policy-dense. One reauthorises a regional innovation programme under a technology transfer statute. Another would require accreditors to assess whether a university refrains from preferential admissions treatment for the relatives of alumni and donors — a legacy admissions measure, and a rare subject for a Republican bill. A third directs a study of carriers that re-register under new names to evade enforcement. Taxation leads the classification.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Todd Young's cluster into: Taxation (2), Finance and Financial Sector (1), International Affairs (1), Science, Technology, Communications (1).

439
Bills sponsored
2130
Bills cosponsored

Of the 8 most recent of those, 8 currently sit at Introduced.

Tenure

Six years in the House preceded the Senate seat, and the tenure count runs from that earlier arrival rather than this one.

First elected in 2011, now serving across 8 terms. Todd Young falls in the veteran cohort.

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Todd Young has 439 bills sponsored, 2130 cosponsored, 8 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
  • Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Protection, Technology, and Data Privacy
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Science, Manufacturing, and Competitiveness
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Surface Transportation, Freight, Pipelines, and Safety (Chairman)
  • Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Telecommunications and Media
  • Senate Committee on Finance: Health Care (Chairman)
  • Senate Committee on Finance: International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
  • Senate Committee on Finance: Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy

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