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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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
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GOP-held 32-18
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Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Debo Powers, HD 3

Rep. Debo Powers

Second-session Democrat from Whitefish
Representing House District 3
North Whitefish, West Glacier
406-407-0787 • Debo.Powers@legmt.gov
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Powers previously served in the Montana House in 2019.

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Committee assignments

House Appropriations
Joint Appropriations Section C — Natural Resources and Transportation

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 229: Generally revise Montana environmental policy act to Implement court decision
Debo Powers (D)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
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📋 HB 378: Remove the restriction on inclusionary zoning
Debo Powers (D)📃 Bill text
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📋 HB 509: Revise the quality educator loan forgiveness program to expand eligibility
Debo Powers (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
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📋 HB 660: Require rules to limit GHG emissions
Debo Powers (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
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📋 HB 661: Generally revise laws related to the unlawful harassment of wild animals
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,117 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 74%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 76%.
🔴 64%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 66%.
🔵 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 95%.
Powers has been marked absent or excused for 1 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 3 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

(D) DEBO POWERS(D) 52%(R) 48%
Won by 4% (244 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) DEBO POWERS(D) 73%(D) 27%
Won by 47% (638 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 50%(R) 48%
Won by 2% (146 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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