2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 9:47 AM Feb 5, 2025
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🏛 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Dennis Lenz, SD 25

Sen. Dennis Lenz

Sixth-session Republican from Billings
Representing Senate District 25
West Billings

Dennis Lenz previously served in the Montana Senate in 2023, as well as the House in 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety - Chair 🪑
Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
Senate Committee on Committees
Senate Rules
Joint Appropriations Section B — Health and Human Services - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 17: Revise laws related to hearings after the emergency removal and protective placement of a child
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📋 SB 18: Revise the definition of child abuse or neglect
1st Cmte.
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📋 SB 151: Direct the director of the public defender's office to create units for family defense and children's representation
1st Cmte.
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⚪️House
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📋 SB 206: Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect proceedings and investigations
✴️1st Cmte.
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📋 SB 216: Creating the Montana physicians' workforce investment act
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📋 SB 248: Provide that legislator access to CPS records includes drug testing results
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⚪️House
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📋 SB 249: Revise child abuse and neglect laws involving adjudication
✴️1st Cmte.
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📋 SB 250: Generally revise laws related to child and family ombudsman
✴️1st Cmte.
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📋 SB 251: Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman
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⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 256: Generally revise child abuse and neglect laws
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 152 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 86%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
🔴 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 58%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 62%.
Lenz has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 0.8.

SD 25 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

Ran unopposed

Party primary vote, 2022

Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 62%(D) 36%
Won by 26% (3,025 votes)
Senators elected in 2022 were assigned new districts during the 2023 redistricting cycle.

Montana Free Press coverage

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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