2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:44 AM Apr 15, 2025
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Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Kelly Kortum, HD 64

Rep. Kelly Kortum

Third-session Democrat from Bozeman
Representing House District 64
Northwest Bozeman
406-404-6643 • Kelly.Kortum@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •

Kortum previously served in the Montana House in 2021 and 2023.

Montana Free Press coverage

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Committee assignments

House State Administration - Vice-chair
House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations - Vice-chair
House Local Government

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 157: Revise alcohol laws related to responsible server and sales training
Kelly Kortum (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
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📋 HB 204: Revise gambling laws related gambling addiction
Kelly Kortum (D)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 311: Require the refund of rental application fees
Kelly Kortum (D)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
✅1st Cmte.
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✅Senate
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⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 484: Revise minimum wage laws to provide increases
Kelly Kortum (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note📰 1 MTFP story
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 508: Emphasize media literacy in legislative goals for education
Kelly Kortum (D)📃 Bill text
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,117 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 70%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 76%.
🔴 60%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 66%.
🔵 91%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 95%.
Kortum has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 64 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) KELLY KORTUM(D) 54%(R) 46%
Won by 9% (504 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) KELLY KORTUM(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 52%(R) 45%
Won by 7% (448 votes)

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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