Tennessee House · District 37
Charlie Baum
Where they sit
Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
Charlie Baum's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 10 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for Tennessee House District 37.
Also on the ballot: Mary Ann Young (Democratic)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Charlie Baum.
Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Charlie Baum.
Bills
The bills Charlie Baum sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Statewide | Local | |
|---|---|---|
| Sponsored | 23 | 0 |
| Passed both chambers | 12 | 0 |
| Became law | 12 | 0 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 | 0 |
Rank by statewide bills passed: Rank 31 of 97 in the House (tied with 4 others) · 31 of 74 Republicans (tied with 4 others)
A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor in its own chamber; co-sponsors aren't counted. Every Tennessee bill has a companion in the other chamber with its own sponsor, and only one of the two becomes law: the sponsor of the companion that didn't is credited through the one that did.
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Type | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2408 As enacted, requires a person or entity that makes telephone solicitations using an automated telephone dialing system to delivery artificial or prerecorded… |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 2156 As enacted, revises law relative to a financial institution applying for a credit against the sum total of the taxes imposed by the Franchise Tax law and by… |
Statewide | Became law | May 26, 2026 |
| HB 1450 As enacted, makes various changes related to entities seeking to secure the release of a defendant. |
Statewide | Became law | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 1447 As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Trump Account Program Act." |
Statewide | Became law | May 15, 2026 |
| HB 1744 As enacted, authorizes a private entity that is engaged in business with the public and accepts cash payments to round off all figures used in the transaction… |
Statewide | Became law | March 23, 2026 |
| HB 691 As enacted, changes the amounts of the franchise and excise tax credits allowed to financial institutions from certain percentages of the unpaid principal… |
Statewide | Became law | May 27, 2025 |
| HB 495 As enacted, rewrites the fee limits for a party requesting a patient's medical record in either paper or electronic format from a provider or the provider's… |
Statewide | Became law | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 331 As enacted, increases, from $4 billion to $5 billion, the maximum aggregate principal amount for which the agency may issue bonds and notes at any one time. |
Statewide | Became law | May 8, 2025 |
| HB 1036 As enacted, authorizes a state university board of trustees to conduct private meetings to discuss or deliberate on matters related to senior administration… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1024 |
April 29, 2025 |
| HB 695 As enacted, increases, by 15 cents over a 10-year period, and subject to a two-thirds vote of the county legislative body, the maximum mineral severance tax… |
Statewide | Became law | April 28, 2025 |
| HB 693 As enacted, makes certain changes to the practice of pharmacy, including removing the present prohibition on requiring a patient to pay an administrative fee… |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 569 |
April 8, 2025 |
| HB 494 As enacted, enacts the "Voluntary Portable Benefit Plan Act"; makes related changes. |
Statewide | Became law passed as SB 1377 |
April 8, 2025 |
Budget projects
Tennessee's appropriations act doesn't say which legislator asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for Tennessee legislators.
Contested votes where they split
15 against the Speaker; 12 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How Charlie Baum voted on each of the 1,473 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Speaker | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- wapp.capitol.tn.gov
- rep.charlie.baum@capitol.tn.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 620, Cordell Hull Building 425 Rep. John Lewis Way North, Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-6849
Committees
- Education
- Finance, Ways and Means
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Tennessee General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the Tennessee General Assembly's floor vote records, as Open States collects them, Jan. 15, 2025 to April 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections