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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Rep. James Reavis, HD 47

Rep. James Reavis

First-session Democrat from Billings
Representing House District 47
Downtown and South Billings

2025 is the first session James Reavis has served in the Legislature.

Committee assignments

House Taxation
House Human Services
House Rules

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 46: Revise change of attorney laws for public defenders
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 236: Provide for evaluations of defendants in detention centers or state prisons
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 237: Prohibit placement of sentenced defendants in the state forensic mental health facility
1st Cmte.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 365 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 78%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 81%.
🔴 74%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 77%.
🔵 93%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 95%.
Reavis has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 2.2.

HD 47 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) JAMES REAVIS(D) 53%(R) 47%
Won by 6% (198 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) JAMES REAVIS(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 51%(R) 45%
Won by 6% (227 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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