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
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Derek Harvey, SD 37

Sen. Derek Harvey

Fourth-session Democrat from Butte
Representing Senate District 37
Central and south Butte

Harvey previously served in the Montana House in 2019, 2021 and 2023.

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Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims
Senate Natural Resources
Senate Energy and Telecommunications
Senate Rules
Joint Appropriations Section A — General Government

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 68: Eliminate the ability of certain committees to meet during a legislative session
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 87: Modify holidays for certain employees and create an annual floating holiday
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
Gov.
📋 SB 190: Allow water right holders to consent to waive adverse effects analysis in permit or change applications
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 308: Revising workers' compensation insurance laws to remove the limitation on benefits to the state's weekly average wage
1st Cmte.
✴️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 325: Creating family and medical leave act
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 518: Transfer licensing of emergency medical providers to the department of labor and industry
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
✴️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 82%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Democrats is 78%.
🔴 71%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Democrats is 68%.
🔵 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Democrats is 93%.
Harvey has been marked absent or excused for 10 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 37 election results

Last in-cycle for Senate election in 2024. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2024

(D) DEREK J HARVEY(D) 60%(R) 40%
Won by 20% (2,065 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) DEREK J HARVEY(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 55%(R) 42%
Won by 13% (1,405 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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