Jim Banks

Republican Senator, Indiana

51 bills171 cosponsored$2.3M raised890 votes recorded

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Official biography

Congressional source

Roots

“Senator Jim Banks was born and raised in Columbia City, Indiana.” source

Education

“He later earned a Master of Business Administration from Grace College.” source
“Jim was the first in his family to go to college and graduated from Indiana University” source

Military service

“In 2014 and 2015, Senator Banks took a leave of absence from the Indiana State Senate to deploy to Afghanistan during Operations Enduring Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel.” source
“Senator Banks is a U.S. Navy veteran.” source
“While serving in the Indiana State Senate from 2010 to 2016, he chaired the Senate Veteran Affairs and the Military Committee.” source

Legislation

S 5371cosponsor

A bill to close loopholes in the immigration laws that serve as incentives to aliens to attempt to enter the United States unlawfully, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-08-07

S 5246cosponsor

A bill to amend title XXX of the Public Health Service Act to establish standards and protocols to improve patient matching.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-08-05

S 5267sponsor

A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model to reduce chronic diseases by using Accountable Produce is Medicine.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

2026-08-05

S 5242sponsor

A bill to provide for digital communication of prescribing information for drugs (including biological products), and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Voting Record

655 yea224 nay11 missed

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 5271

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-46)

yea2026-08-08

Confirmation: Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General

Nomination Confirmed (50-49)

yea2026-08-08

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Blanche to be Attorney General

Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-49)

yea2026-08-08

H.R. 6500, as amended

Bill Passed (90-6)

yea2026-08-08

Official statements and press releases from Jim Banks are archived, searchable, and updated daily at Capitol Releases, a companion project.

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle$2.3M

Small donors $219KLarge individual $778KPACs $491K

Spent $1.8MCash $3.1M

2024 cycle$7.3M

Small donors $1.3MLarge individual $3.2MPACs $1.4M

Spent $6.1MCash $2.6M

Top Contributors

CEO$44K

BLACKSTONE$33K

BLUE OWL CAPITAL$28K

FORTRESS INVESTMENT GROUP$28K

PHYSICIAN$23K

KPS CAPITAL PARTNERS$20K

AM GENERAL$16K

CONSULTANT$15K

APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT$14K

PRESIDENT$14K

Committees

Senate Committee on Armed Services

Personnel
Seapower
Strategic Forces

Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Economic Policy
National Security and International Trade and Finance
Securities, Insurance, and Investment

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Education and the American Family
Employment and Workplace Safety
Primary Health and Retirement Security

Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs

Activity Timeline

LegislationVotes

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 5271

yea

2026-08-08

vote

Confirmation: Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Attorney General

yea

2026-08-08

vote

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Todd Blanche to be Attorney General

yea

2026-08-08

vote

H.R. 6500, as amended

yea

2026-08-08

vote

Motion to Table Budd Amdt. No. 6747

nay

Service History

Senate2025-01-03, 2031-01-03Republican

House, Dist. 32023-01-03, 2025-01-03Republican

House, Dist. 32021-01-03, 2023-01-03Republican

House, Dist. 32019-01-03, 2021-01-03Republican

House, Dist. 32017-01-03, 2019-01-03Republican

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VotesTracked · 890
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CommitteesTracked · 13
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Campaign financeTracked · 2
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Press releasesTracked · 1
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S 5023cosponsor

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the inadmissibility of certain aliens seeking citizenship for children by giving birth in the United States, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-07-16

S 4965cosponsor

A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to establish a Railroad Retirement Board Administrative Account, and for other purposes.

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 540.

2026-07-14

SRES 801cosponsor

A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.

Star Print ordered on the resolution.

2026-07-13

S 4953sponsor

A bill to amend the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to simplify the filing of Form 5500 for employee benefit plan administrators.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-07-13

S 4954sponsor

A bill to declare that any person who enters the United States without authorization or for the purpose of engaging in birth tourism is considered an invader and to amend section 301(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to exclude the children of invaders from birthright citizenship.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-07-13

S 4880cosponsor

A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit dismemberment abortions, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-06-24

SRES 787cosponsor

A resolution celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3214)

2026-06-24

S 4925sponsor

A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to prohibit the use of funds provided under such Act to develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-06-24

SRES 791cosponsor

A resolution condemning the People's Republic of China's Ethnic Unity and Progress Law, concerned with its implications on the rights and freedoms, as well as survival of the identity, of Tibetans, Uyghurs, Mongolians, and other affected communities, and calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its abuses and campaigns of transnational repression that undermine United States sovereignty and threaten the safety and freedoms of people in the United States.

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S3217)

2026-06-24

S 4777sponsor

A bill to establish the Blast Overpressure Task Force of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

2026-06-11

S 4741sponsor

A bill to require certain commercial entities to implement age verification methods.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

2026-06-10

S 4742cosponsor

A bill to authorize certain labor market data collection activities and to improve Federal measurement of the workforce impacts of artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

2026-06-10

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Paul Amdt. No. 6715

Amendment Rejected (32-64)

nay2026-08-07

Motion to Proceed to S. J. Res. 187

Motion to Proceed Rejected (48-50)

nay2026-08-05

Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 817

Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-44)

yea2026-08-05

Confirmation: Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Nomination Confirmed (51-44)

yea2026-08-05

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Erica Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cloture Motion Agreed to (51-43)

yea2026-08-05

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6500

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (89-4)

yea2026-08-03

S. Res. 817

Resolution Agreed to (50-47)

yea2026-07-30

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H.R. 5334, as amended

yea

2026-08-07

vote

Paul Amdt. No. 6715

nay

2026-08-07

vote

S 5246: A bill to amend title XXX of the Public Health Service Act to establish standards and protocols to improve patient matching.

cosponsor

2026-08-05

legislation

S 5267: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a model to reduce chronic diseases by using Accountable Produce is Medicine.

sponsor

2026-08-05

legislation

Motion to Proceed to S. J. Res. 187

nay

2026-08-05

vote

Motion to Invoke Cloture: En Bloc Nominations Provided for under the provisions of S. Res. 817

yea

2026-08-05

vote

Confirmation: Erica Schwartz, of Florida, to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

yea

2026-08-05

vote

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Erica Schwartz to be Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

yea

2026-08-05

vote

S 5242: A bill to provide for digital communication of prescribing information for drugs (including biological products), and for other purposes.

sponsor

2026-08-04

legislation

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to H.R. 6500

yea

2026-08-03

vote

S. Res. 817

yea

2026-07-30

vote

Motion to Discharge S.J. Res. 181

nay

2026-07-30

vote

Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 199

nay

2026-07-30

vote

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.

sponsor

2026-07-29

legislation

Motion to Invoke Cloture: S. Res. 817

yea

2026-07-29

vote

Motion to Proceed to H.R. 5334

yea

2026-07-29

vote

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 5334

yea

2026-07-28

vote

Confirmation: Walter Clayton, of N.Y., to be Director of National Intelligence

yea

2026-07-28

vote

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Walter Clayton to be Director of National Intelligence

yea

2026-07-27

vote

S 5105: A bill to establish the applicability of antitrust laws to the sharing of artificial intelligence frontier model risks, and for other purposes.

cosponsor

2026-07-23

legislation

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.

sponsor

2026-07-23

legislation

Confirmation: Antonio M. Pozos, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

yea

2026-07-23

vote