2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:46 AM Apr 13, 2025
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GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Braxton Mitchell, HD 5

Rep. Braxton Mitchell

Third-session Republican from Columbia Falls
Representing House District 5
Hungry Horse
Braxton.Mitchell@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

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

Montana Free Press coverage

📰 2025 Legislature
Lawmakers pass bill barring discipline against students who refuse to use peers’ preferred names, pronouns
Apr 11, 2025 • Alex Sakariassen

Committee assignments

House Judiciary
House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
House Agriculture - Chair 🪑
House Rules

Bills sponsored

📋 HJ 7: Joint resolution congratulating President Donald J. Trump on his re-election
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
📋 HB 178: Limit government use of AI systems
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Reconcil.
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 179: Revise election laws related to inactive voter status
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 196: Revise digital ID certification laws
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Gov.
📋 HB 201: Require disclosure of paid signature gatherers for initiatives
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Reconcil.
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 247: Eliminate damages for injuries and death arising from dueling
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
❌Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 248: Revise election laws related to voter cancellation
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 249: Include digital identifications in alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana laws
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Gov.
📋 HB 267: Revise DUI laws related to enacting Bobby's law
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 344: Revise criminal laws.
Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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✅Senate
✴️Reconcil.
⚪️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,091 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 82%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 88%.
🔴 92%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 92%.
🔵 59%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 66%.
Mitchell has been marked absent or excused for 53 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 5 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) BRAXTON MITCHELL(R) 74%(D) 26%
Won by 48% (3,017 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) BRAXTON MITCHELL(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 72%(D) 26%
Won by 46% (2,998 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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