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)
Sen. Susan Webber, SD 8

Sen. Susan Webber

Sixth-session Democrat from Browning
Representing Senate District 8
Browning, Cut Bank, Heart Butte, St. Ignatius
406-450-1894 • susan.webber@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Webber previously served in the Montana Senate in 2019, 2021 and 2023, as well as the House in 2015 and 2017.

Montana Free Press coverage

📰 Indigenous Affairs
DOJ sends resources to Indian Country to address violent crime
Apr 2, 2025 • Nora Mabie
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Lawmakers urge state health department to reinstate tribal relations position
Apr 1, 2025 •
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American Indian Caucus touts success at Legislature’s halfway point
Mar 13, 2025 • Nora Mabie

Committee assignments

Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Senate Local Government - Vice-chair
Senate Executive Review Committee - Vice-chair

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 107: Provide for human trafficking prevention education in public schools
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text📰 3 MTFP stories
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📋 SB 180: Generally revise laws related to the determination of the best interests of the child in custody and adoption proceedings
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
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❌House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 219: Revise membership of board of housing to require tribal and veteran representation
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 378: Create a tribal relations management team at DPHHS
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
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⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 379: Revise laws related to state-tribal consultation
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 76%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Democrats is 78%.
🔴 66%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Democrats is 68%.
🔵 94%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Democrats is 93%.
Webber has been marked absent or excused for 123 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 8 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) SUSAN A WEBBER(D) 57%(R) 43%
Won by 15% (679 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(D) SUSAN A WEBBER(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 54%(R) 43%
Won by 10% (848 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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