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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Rep. Melissa Nikolakakos, HD 20

Rep. Melissa Nikolakakos

First-session Republican from Great Falls
Representing House District 20
East-central Great Falls

2025 is the first session Melissa Nikolakakos has served in the Legislature.

Committee assignments

House Taxation
House Education
House Agriculture

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 158: Revising working retiree provisions under TRS
1st Cmte.
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✴️Senate
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📋 HB 254: Eliminate fingerprint background check requirements for professional employer organization
1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 310: Establish grant program to increase community shelter capacity for homeless population
✴️1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 349: Revise TRS laws related to reemployment
✴️1st Cmte.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 365 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 97%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 93%.
🔴 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 94%.
🔵 84%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 78%.
Nikolakakos has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 2.2.

HD 20 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) MELISSA NIKOLAKAKOS(R) 54%(D) 46%
Won by 7% (359 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) MELISSA NIKOLAKAKOS(R) 51%(R) 49%
Won by 2% (37 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 55%(D) 42%
Won by 13% (669 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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