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)
Rep. Ed Stafman, HD 59

Rep. Ed Stafman

Third-session Democrat from Bozeman
Representing House District 59
Southeast Bozeman

Ed Stafman previously served in the Montana House in 2021 and 2023.

Committee assignments

House Judiciary
House Transportation
House Local Government - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 HJ 11: Resolution supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens' United
✴️1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 160: Repeal uniform auxiliary container regulation laws
1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 185: Provide for continuous healthy Montana kids plan eligibility for children under 6
1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
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📋 HB 188: Revising appointment of interim committee members
1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
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📋 HB 224: Generally revise criminal law Prohibiting judges from seeking, accepting, or using political party endorsement
1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
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📋 HB 271: Provide that there is a limited executive privilege to the public records act
1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
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📋 HB 272: Provide that legislative bill drafting files are public records
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 273: Provide for limitations on collection of medical debt
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 274: Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 275: Provide for a driving privilege card
✴️1st Cmte.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 365 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 82%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 81%.
🔴 78%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 77%.
🔵 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 95%.
Stafman has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 2.2.

HD 59 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) ED STAFMAN(D) 63%(R) 37%
Won by 26% (1,980 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) ED STAFMAN(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 61%(R) 38%
Won by 23% (1,839 votes)

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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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