2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:44 AM Apr 15, 2025
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Sen. Daniel Emrich, SD 11

Sen. Daniel Emrich

Second-session Republican from Great Falls
Representing Senate District 11
North and East Great Falls, Malmstrom Air Force Base

Emrich previously served in the Montana Senate in 2023.

Montana Free Press coverage

πŸ“° Capitolized
Declining decorum in Senate Judiciary
Jan 30, 2025 β€’ Tom Lutey
πŸ“° 2025 Legislature
Republican-majority Legislature arrives in Helena, gavels in new session
Jan 6, 2025 β€’ Tom Lutey

Committee assignments

Senate Judiciary
Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Senate Rules
Senate Legislative Administration - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

πŸ“‹ SB 13: Remove Supreme Court original jurisdiction for ballot review
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πŸ“‹ SB 34: Clarify laws related to k-12 school districts
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 35: Clarify enrollment counts for early literacy jumpstart program
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 36: Remove expired contingency language related to generating unit closure
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 37: Clarify calculations for significant enrollment increases
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 41: Requiring substitution of district court judges by random selection
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 42: Provide for the partisan election of judges and justices
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 43: Generally revise injunctive powers of the judiciary
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 44: Generally revise laws regarding the separation of powers doctrine
βœ…1st Cmte.
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πŸ“‹ SB 50: Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect investigations
βœ…1st Cmte.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,932 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
πŸ₯‡ 73%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 86%.
πŸ”΄ 82%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
πŸ”΅ 55%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 69%.
Emrich has been marked absent or excused for 18 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 11 election results

Last in-cycle for Senate election in 2022. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2022

(R) DANIEL EMRICH(R) 53%(D) 47%
Won by 6% (407 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(R) DANIEL EMRICH(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 61%(D) 37%
Won by 24% (2,178 votes)
Senators elected in 2022 were assigned new districts during the 2023 redistricting cycle.

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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