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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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
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GOP-held 32-18
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Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Shannon Maness, HD 70

Rep. Shannon Maness

First-session Republican from Dillon
Representing House District 70
Dillon, Lima, Rocker
406-925-3604 • Shannon.Maness@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

2025 is the first session Maness has served in the Legislature.

Montana Free Press coverage

📰 2025 Legislature
Two bills seeking to roughly halve Montana’s wolf population pass out of committee
Jan 24, 2025 • Amanda Eggert

Committee assignments

House Business and Labor
House Natural Resources
House Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 71: Revise special license requirements allowing second lion license and removing Tendoy sheep reporting
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text
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📋 HB 175: Require fish, wildlife, and parks to publish a report detailing data on hunting districts
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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✅Senate
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📋 HB 176: Require unlimited wolf hunting quota when population is at or above 450 wolves
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 205: Revise death penalty laws
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text
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📋 HB 800: Revise landlord and tenant laws
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text
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📋 HB 801: Provide for the Montana Firearms Liability Clarification Act
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
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✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 802: Revise zoning laws related to the rental of a primary residence
Shannon Maness (R)📃 Bill text
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,118 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 85%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 88%.
🔴 93%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 92%.
🔵 62%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 66%.
Maness has been marked absent or excused for 3 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 70 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) SHANNON MANESS(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) SHANNON MANESS(R) 49%(R) 39%(R) 12%
Won by 10% (304 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 70%(D) 27%
Won by 43% (2,900 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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