Ellie Boldman

Ellie Boldman (née Hill Smith; born June 30, 1975) is an American attorney and politician serving as a Democratic member of the Montana Senate, representing District 45.

[1] Boldman attended the College of Idaho on a soccer scholarship and after suffering a knee injury, transferred to Boise State University, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in English in 1997.

[6] In 2015, Boldman sponsored House Bill 318, which expanded mandatory insurance coverage for kids with Down syndrome in Montana.

There were several schools in Montana with allegations of significant abuse and neglect and the state was limited in its ability to intervene.

[9] She served as the vice chair of the House Human Services Committee, and supported Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.