2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. SJ Howell, HD 100

Rep. SJ Howell

Second-session Democrat from Missoula
Representing House District 100
Downtown Missoula
406-531-4445 • SJ.Howell@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Howell previously served in the Montana House in 2023.

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Committee assignments

House Judiciary
House Human Services - Vice-chair
House Rules

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 76: Generally revise laws related to the board of behavioral health
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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✅Senate
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 77: Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect investigations by the department of public health and human services
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Gov.
📋 HB 297: Establish requirement for paid sick days
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 386: Revising laws related to continuous medicaid eligibility
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✴️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 510: Generally revise medicaid services
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 601: Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✴️Gov.
📋 HB 843: Create Montana emergency solutions grant for rapid re-housing
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 884: Establish a behavioral health trust fund
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 885: Generally revise Medicaid laws to improve customer service
SJ Howell (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
❌House
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,118 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 71%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 76%.
🔴 61%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 66%.
🔵 92%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 95%.
Howell has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 100 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) SJ HOWELL(D) 78%(R) 22%
Won by 55% (3,166 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(D) SJ HOWELL(D) 72%(D) 28%
Won by 44% (753 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 77%(R) 20%
Won by 57% (3,410 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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