Sen. Daniel Zolnikov

Sixth-session Republican from Billings

Representing Senate District 22

North Billings, Shepherd

406-444-4800 • daniel.zolnikov@legmt.gov

Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Zolnikov previously served in the Montana Senate in 2023, as well as the House in 2019, 2017, 2015 and 2013.

Montana Free Press coverage

📰 2025 Legislature

Bill to overhaul exempt-well use stalls in Montana Senate

Apr 3, 2025 • Amanda Eggert

Committee assignments

Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs

Senate Natural Resources

Senate Energy and Telecommunications - Chair 🪑

Senate Committee on Committees

Senate Legislative Administration

Bills sponsored

📋 SJ 21: Interim study on interstate power grid development Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✴️House
📋 SB 22: Revise class d motor carrier deadline adjustment laws Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov.
📋 SB 23: Increase thresholds for railroad accident reporting requirements Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Reconcil. ✴️Gov.
📋 SB 24: Increase penalties for blocked railroad crossings Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 51: Revising telecommunications provider registration laws Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov.
📋 SR 58: Confirm governor's appointee for the pacific northwest electric power and conservation planning council Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✴️1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate
📋 SR 59: Confirm governor's appointee for the pacific northwest electric power and conservation planning council Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✴️1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate
📋 SR 95: Confirm governor's appointee for board of oil and gas conservation Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✴️1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate
📋 SR 96: Confirm governor's appointee for board of oil and gas conservation Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✴️1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate
📋 SR 97: Confirm governor's appointee for board of oil and gas conservation Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✴️1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate

Showing 10 of 38.

Expert reporting and insight from the Montana Capitol, emailed Thursdays.

Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.

🥇 86%

of votes cast on winning side

Average for Senate Republicans is 86%.

🔴 92%

of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans

Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.

🔵 68%

of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats

Average for Senate Republicans is 69%.

Zolnikov has been marked absent or excused for 8 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 22 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

Won by 31% (2,324 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

Won by 32% (3,362 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.

Think there's a potential news story to be done about a bill or lawmaker you see here? Tell us at tips@montanafreepress.org.

2025 Capitol Tracker

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