2025 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 69th Montana Legislature

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Last update: 5:44 AM Apr 29, 2025
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GOP-held 58-42
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GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Brandon Ler, HD 33

Rep. Brandon Ler

Third-session Republican from Savage
Speaker of the House
Representing House District 33
Glendive, Richey
406-480-5687 • Brandon.Ler@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Ler previously served in the Montana House in 2021 and 2023.

Montana Free Press coverage

📰 2025 Legislature
Gianforte signs $278-million-a-year income tax cut measure
Apr 28, 2025 • Eric Dietrich
📰 2025 Legislature
Major income tax cut heads to the governor’s desk 
Apr 23, 2025 • Eric Dietrich
📰 2025 Legislature
Senate resurrects second-home tax bill after the House makes a clone
Apr 18, 2025 • Eric Dietrich
📰 Environment
Bill that would sell isolated state land to neighboring landowners nears Gianforte’s desk
Mar 25, 2025 • Amanda Eggert
📰 Energy
Eastern Montana lawmakers sponsor bills seeking to restrict wind development
Feb 24, 2025 • Amanda Eggert
📰 2025 Legislature
MEPA and the Montana Legislature
Feb 13, 2025 • Amanda Eggert
📰 2025 Legislature
Republican-majority Legislature arrives in Helena, gavels in new session
Jan 6, 2025 • Tom Lutey

Committee assignments

House Business and Labor
House Taxation
House Human Services
House Ethics - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 HJ 29: Joint resolution recognizing the strong bilateral relationship between Montana and Taiwan
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
📋 HB 119: Establish the Montana Cattle Committee
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
❌Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 285: Generally revise Montana environmental policy act
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Reconcil.
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 337: Revise income tax laws to lower income taxes
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note📰 4 MTFP stories
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Gov.
📋 HB 389: Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 480: Revise when a party in a proceeding is entitled to jury trial
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Reconcil.
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 554: Remove FWP requirement to regulate wolves as furbearers or game animals
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 646: Elect supreme court by districts
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text🏛 Legal note
✅1st Cmte.
❌House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 647: Prohibit state land leases to nonprofits
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 648: Require FWP notification before the release of large predators
Brandon Ler (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✴️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,631 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 83%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 86%.
🔴 94%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 91%.
🔵 61%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 66%.
Ler has been marked absent or excused for 26 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 22.8.

HD 33 election results

Last in-cycle for House election in 2024. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2024

(R) BRANDON LER(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) BRANDON LER(R) 63%(R) 37%
Won by 26% (660 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 78%(D) 19%
Won by 60% (3,297 votes)

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

The information presented here is collected from a variety of sources including the Montana Legislature's public roster and its official bill-tracking system. Reporting and web design were done by Jacob Olness and Eric Dietrich. Please contact them at jolness@montanafreepress.org and edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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