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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Rep. Denise Joy, HD 46

Rep. Denise Joy

First-session Democrat from Billings
Representing House District 46
Central Billings
406-647-0337 • Denise.Joy@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •

2025 is the first session Joy has served in the Legislature.

Montana Free Press coverage

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Committee assignments

Bills sponsored

📋 HJ 31: Joint resolution honoring educational support professionals
Denise Joy (D)📃 Bill text
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📋 HB 812: Generally revise unemployment laws relating to non-professional employees of educational institutions
Denise Joy (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,117 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 76%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 76%.
🔴 66%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 66%.
🔵 96%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 95%.
Joy has been marked absent or excused for 3 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 46 election results

Last in-cycle for House election in 2024. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.
Denise Joy was appointed to represent HD 46 after Emma Kerr-Carpenter was appointed to represent SD 23.

General election vote, 2024

(D) EMMA KERR CARPENTER(D) 53%(R) 47%
Won by 6% (276 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) EMMA KERR CARPENTER(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 49%(D) 47%
Won by 2% (89 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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