# Sara Novak

Sara Novak is a Democratic member of the Montana Senate for district 36.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 36
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/45a7ac2a-90f6-4923-95e4-ebf6309e4a39

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/45a7ac2a-90f6-4923-95e4-ebf6309e4a39 (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

Novak sits at −0.41 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 82% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.02), from 145 donors and 593 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 82% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.6% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 89% (85%). 130 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 3 bills: 3 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 533: Generally revise accessibility laws related to trails/roads (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB533/
- SB 461: Generally revise administration of drug and substance laws (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB461/
- SJ 17: Resolution requesting an interim study on hunter satisfaction (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SJ17/
- SB 462: Generally revise department of motor vehicles laws (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB462/
- SB 278: Revise education laws to support advanced opportunities (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB278/
- SB 359: Revise traffic laws related to distracted driving (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB359/
- HJ 25: Request interim study of student debt (in committee, 2021-04-29) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2021/HJ25/
- HB 604: Revise compensation of deputy sheriffs (passed one chamber, 2021-04-29) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2021/HB604/
- HB 469: Allow emergency funds to be used for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (passed one chamber, 2021-04-29) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2021/HB469/
- HB 212: General revision of laws regarding general contractors (in committee, 2021-04-29) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2021/HB212/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.2K (State Senate Democrats median $16.2K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://legislators.legmt.gov/#/legislator/162
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Sara-Novak-For-Senate-District-36-100067452270648/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/45a7ac2a-90f6-4923-95e4-ebf6309e4a39