Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Bill Baker
Bill Baker was a Republican U.S. representative from California, first elected to Congress in 1993.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4126 California Bay-Delta Environmental Enhancement and Water Security ActOct 3, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 4169 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that all computer software shall be depreciable over 24 months.Sep 26, 1996 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1710)
- H.R. 4066 To direct the Secretary of the Navy to transfer the U.S.S. Missouri (BB-63) to the U.S.S. Missouri Allied Forces Memorial, San Francisco, California.Sep 24, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Procurement.
- H.R. 4048 California Environmental Enhancement and Water Security ActSep 23, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 3906 To encourage the development and use of new and innovative environmental monitoring technology by accelerating the move toward performance-based monitoring…Aug 9, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Res. 270 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any comprehensive health care reform legislation should be considered on the floor of the House of…102 cosponsors
- H.R. 3207 (104th) Amateur Radio Volunteer Services Act of 199679 cosponsors
- H.R. 4215 (103rd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the deduction for retirement savings, to permit nonemployed spouses a full IRA deduction, and for other…18 cosponsors
- H.R. 1040 (104th) Family Reinvestment Act of 199515 cosponsors
- H.R. 525 (104th) To repeal the must-carry provisions of title VI of the Communications Act of 1934, relating to cable television.10 cosponsors
- H.R. 3152 (104th) Wetland Creation and Improvement Act8 cosponsors
- H.R. 3923 (103rd) Telecommuting Tax Credit Act of 19946 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Baker has won
Rep. Baker has won 2 U.S. House elections (1992–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.9 to 20.7 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.