# Denise Baum

Denise Baum is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 45.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 45
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/9b4883f0-d68f-48df-b4f1-de6d401e420e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b4883f0-d68f-48df-b4f1-de6d401e420e (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

Baum sits at −0.42 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 79% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.42 (standard error 0.03), from 132 donors and 299 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 79% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 98.9% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 91.3% (89%). 110 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 1 bills: 1 reached committee, 0 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 581: Allow police chief to appoint certain officers as court officer (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB581/
- HJ 70: Study resolution on impacts of federal funding changes on MDT (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ70/
- HB 306: Provide tax credit to landlords that rent for below market rate (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB306/
- HB 848: Provide funding for regional rail authorities (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB848/
- HB 503: Generally revise traffic laws regarding evading or fleeing a peace officer (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB503/
- HJ 27: Interim study on laws regarding morticians and funeral services (passed both chambers, 2025-05-07) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ27/
- HB 287: Generally revise laws related to dangerous drugs (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB287/
- HB 387: Revise laws related to highway reconstruction (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB387/
- HB 44: Revise laws related to tampering with evidence connected to a homicide (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB44/
- HB 99: Revise laws related to motor vehicle laws for clarity and consistency (became law, 2025-04-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB99/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.1K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7619
- Campaign site: https://baumformontana.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baumformontana/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100077755467480

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/9b4883f0-d68f-48df-b4f1-de6d401e420e