2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Sen. Theresa Manzella, SD 44

Sen. Theresa Manzella

Sixth-session Republican from Hamilton
Representing Senate District 44
Northern Bitterroot Valley
406-546-9462 • Theresa.Manzella@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

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

Montana Free Press coverage

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Lawmakers pass bill barring discipline against students who refuse to use peers’ preferred names, pronouns
Apr 11, 2025 • Alex Sakariassen
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Bill to overhaul exempt-well use stalls in Montana Senate
Apr 3, 2025 • Amanda Eggert
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Manzella v. Marbury
Jan 17, 2025 • Tom Lutey

Committee assignments

Senate Judiciary
Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Senate State Administration - Chair 🪑

Bills sponsored

📋 SJ 35: Interim study of voter list maintenance and integrity
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
📋 SR 47: Confirm governor's appointees for public employees' retirement board
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 61: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 62: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 63: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 72: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 73: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 74: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of veterans' affairs
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SB 91: Require citizenship marker on driver's license and identification cards
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 127: Providing for attorney fees and costs in certain justifiable use of force cases
Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
❌Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,931 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 83%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 86%.
🔴 91%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
🔵 63%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 69%.
Manzella has been marked absent or excused for 34 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 44 election results

Last in-cycle for Senate election in 2024. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2024

(R) THERESA MANZELLA(R) 72%(D) 28%
Won by 44% (6,295 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) THERESA MANZELLA(R) 49%(R) 43%
Won by 7% (411 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 70%(D) 27%
Won by 43% (6,465 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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