Rep. James Reavis

First-session Democrat from Billings

Representing House District 47

Downtown and South Billings

14064982185 • James.Reavis@legmt.gov

Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •

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

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Committee assignments

House Taxation

House Human Services

House Rules

Bills sponsored

📋 HJ 19: Resolution to provide for frontotemporal degeneration awareness week James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✴️Senate
📋 HJ 23: Interim study on youth court laws James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✴️Senate
📋 HB 46: Revise change of attorney laws for public defenders James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov.
📋 HB 236: Provide for evaluations of defendants in detention centers or state prisons James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 237: Prohibit placement of sentenced defendants in the state forensic mental health facility James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 475: Regulate restraints on women while giving childbirth James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 552: Revise worker's compensation law to cover PTSD for first responders and others James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✴️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 795: Revise expungement laws to allow for certain nonviolent felony records James Reavis (D)📃 Bill text	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.

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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,395 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.

🥇 73%

of votes cast on winning side

Average for House Democrats is 76%.

🔴 62%

of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans

Average for House Democrats is 66%.

🔵 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 21.9.

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

Won by 6% (198 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

Won by 6% (227 votes)

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