# Jessica Baker

Jessica Baker is a Republican member of the Florida House for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Florida House, district 17
- Serving since: 2022-11-08
- Current term: FL 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/8dd703e2-8024-47c5-a22b-87a36db841cb

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8dd703e2-8024-47c5-a22b-87a36db841cb (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

82% of the 17 bills Baker sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the Florida House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.44 (standard error 0.03), from 257 donors and 464 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 65% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (FL 2025–26 session)

817 roll calls. Attendance 93.6% (Florida House 94.0%). Party unity 97.9% (94.7%). 4 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-02 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · SB 4F Property Tax Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026F/SB4F/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5501E Documentary Stamp Tax Distributions · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5501E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5001E General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5001E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5003E Implementing the 2026-2027 General Appropriations Act · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5003E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · SB 2508E State Agency Law Enforcement Radio System · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/SB2508E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5203E Government Administration · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5203E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5601E Higher Education · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5601E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5207E Department of Management Services · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5207E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 5201E Collective Bargaining · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB5201E/
- 2026-05-12 · voted yea · Passage, Third Reading · HB 7031E Taxation · pass · https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026E/HB7031E/

## Legislation (FL 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 15. 82.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Florida House 56.4%; rank 13 of 110).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1017: Bail Bonds (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB1017/
- HB 931: Career Offender Registration (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB931/
- HB 625: Justice Administrative Commission (became law, 2026-06-12) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB625/
- HB 507: Special Protections in Judicial Proceedings (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB507/
- HB 429: Criteria for Determining Criminal Gang Membership (became law, 2026-06-17) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB429/
- HB 245: Child Pornography Terminology (became law, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB245/
- HB 17: Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel (in committee, 2026-03-11) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2026/HB17/
- HB 1455: Sexual Offenses by Persons Previously Convicted of Sexual Offenses (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1455/
- HB 1451: Sexual Cyberharassment (became law, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1451/
- HB 1479: Pub. Rec./Lethality Assessment Forms (in committee, 2025-04-29) https://openstates.org/fl/bills/2025/HB1479/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $74.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4866&LegislativeTermId=90

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/8dd703e2-8024-47c5-a22b-87a36db841cb