2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 3:48 AM Apr 15, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Shane Morigeau, SD 50

Sen. Shane Morigeau

Sixth-session Democrat from Missoula
Representing Senate District 50
Downtown and north of Missoula

Morigeau previously served in the Montana Senate in 2019, 2021 and 2023, as well as the House in 2017 and 2019.

Montana Free Press coverage

πŸ“° Indigenous Affairs
After a decade of failed attempts, bill establishing Indigenous Peoples Day poised to become law
Apr 10, 2025 β€’ Nora Mabie
πŸ“° 2025 Legislature
American Indian Caucus touts success at Legislature’s halfway point
Mar 13, 2025 β€’ Nora Mabie
πŸ“° 2025 Legislature
Bill establishing Indigenous Peoples Day clears Senate for first time in years
Feb 26, 2025 β€’ Nora Mabie
πŸ“° 2025 Legislature
Montana American Indian Caucus sets legislative agenda
Jan 24, 2025 β€’
πŸ“° 2025 Legislature
Republican-majority Legislature arrives in Helena, gavels in new session
Jan 6, 2025 β€’ Tom Lutey

Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims
Senate Natural Resources
Senate Fish and Game
Senate Rules
Joint Appropriations Section D β€” Judicial Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice

Bills sponsored

πŸ“‹ SB 224: Create indigenous peoples day
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πŸ“‹ SB 225: Provide income tax credit for renters
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 311: Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
✴️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 312: Generally revise laws for crime victims
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 313: Revise laws relating to wage transparency
❌1st Cmte.
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βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 314: Revise election laws to prohibit a political party from nominating a replacement candidate when the original candidate is found to be ineligible
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 389: Require operators of self-storage facilities to mitigate damages
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 391: Revise opencut notification laws
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 414: Generally revise laws relating to garbage feeding
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
✴️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 506: Authorize legislators to use e-mail account of choice for electronic communications
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
πŸ₯‡ 80%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Democrats is 78%.
πŸ”΄ 70%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Democrats is 68%.
πŸ”΅ 94%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Democrats is 93%.
Morigeau has been marked absent or excused for 81 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 50 election results

Last in-cycle for Senate election in 2022. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2022

(D) ANDREA OLSEN(D) 73%(R) 27%
Won by 45% (4,647 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(D) ANDREA OLSEN(D) 63%(D) 37%
Won by 25% (1,067 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 65%(R) 33%
Won by 32% (4,150 votes)
Senators elected in 2022 were assigned new districts during the 2023 redistricting cycle.

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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