2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 9:36 AM Feb 5, 2025
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🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Greg Hertz, SD 7

Sen. Greg Hertz

Seventh-session Republican from Polson
Representing Senate District 7
Plains, Thompson Falls, Noxon, Hot Springs

Greg Hertz previously served in the Montana Senate in 2021 and 2023, as well as the House in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Committee assignments

Senate Taxation - Chair 🪑
Senate Local Government
Senate Fish and Game
Senate Rules

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 1: Revise definition of "blighted area"
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 2: Revise treatment of tax increment upon expiration of tax increment financing provision
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SJ 8: Request interim study of property tax special districts
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
📋 SB 33: State buildings subject to state building code review
1st Cmte.
✴️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 38: Generally revise laws relating to attorney fees and prevailing parties for veto overrides
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 39: Generally revise attorney fee awards
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 40: Revise supreme court public records laws by opening deliberations and files to the public
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 53: Revise income tax laws to provide conforming changes for prior legislation
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 86: Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 108: Require levies or bonds for judgments, settlements, or protested taxes to be submitted to voters
1st Cmte.
✴️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 152 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 88%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
🔴 96%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 59%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 62%.
Hertz has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 0.8.

SD 7 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

(R) GREG HERTZ(R) 73%(D) 27%
Won by 46% (5,799 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) GREG HERTZ(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 69%(D) 28%
Won by 41% (5,421 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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