Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Danise; 3 Children
Birth date:
Birthplace:
Home City: IN
Religion:

Profession

Owner/Manager, Baird Family Farms Owner/Manager, Home Health Care Agency Former, Livestock Specialist and Extension Agent Former, Program Director and Monogastric Nutritionist Former First Lieutenant, United States Army

Education

PhD, University of Kentucky MS, Purdue University BS, Purdue University

Committees

Agriculture and Rural Development
Ways and Means

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Authorizes the Use of Force Against Law Enforcement Officers in Certain Situations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1007 Requires Drug Testing for TANF Applicants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Authorizes Indiana to Join the Health Care Compact
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 1 Authorizes the Use of Force Against Law Enforcement Officers in Certain Situations
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1007 Requires Drug Testing for TANF Applicants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1269 Authorizes Indiana to Join the Health Care Compact
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1149 Prohibits Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1269 Authorizes Indiana to Join the Health Care Compact
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1007 Requires Drug Testing for TANF Applicants
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 3 Drug and Alcohol Testing for Legislators
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1001 Prohibits Employers from Requiring Employees to Join a Labor Organization
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1216 Public Works Projects
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1602 Congressional Redistricting
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1210 Repealing Medicaid Funding for Planned Parenthood
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1002 Charter School Amendments
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1003 School Vouchers
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 292 Banning Local Restrictions on Gun Ownership
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 473 Toll Way Projects
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 575 Collective Bargaining for School Employees
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 47 Gambling Expansion
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1001 2011-2013 Biennium Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1003 School Vouchers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1216 Public Works Projects
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1002 Charter School Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1450 Unemployment Insurance Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1018 Ban on Smoking in Public Places
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1450 Unemployment Insurance Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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