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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GOP-held 58-42
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GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Jodee Etchart, HD 51

Rep. Jodee Etchart

Second-session Republican from Billings
Representing House District 51
Northwest Billings

Jodee Etchart previously served in the Montana House in 2023.

Committee assignments

House Judiciary
House Human Services - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 143: Revise definition of treating physician to include physician assistants without regard to proximity of other providers
1st Cmte.
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✴️Senate
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📋 HB 183: Enact PA licensure compact
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 198: Revise laws that prohibit contracts that restrict practice of health care providers
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 199: Increase physician assistant membership on the board of medical examiners
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 207: Revise candidate filing and write-in candidate laws
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 227: Establish a contingent litigation fund for occupational licensing boards and programs
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 238: Revise laws related to physical and mental evaluations for professional licenses
✴️1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 240: Generally revise laws related to digital mapping of and hunting from navigable rivers and islands
1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 241: Adopt the psychology interjurisdictional compact
1st Cmte.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 365 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 94%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 93%.
🔴 97%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 94%.
🔵 78%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 78%.
Etchart has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 2.2.

HD 51 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

(R) JODEE ETCHART(R) 57%(I) 43%
Won by 15% (804 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) JODEE ETCHART(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 60%(D) 38%
Won by 21% (1,204 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

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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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