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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Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Tony Tezak, SD 35

Sen. Tony Tezak

First-session Republican from Ennis
Representing Senate District 35
Ennis, Dillon, Twin Bridges,
4068425115 • Tony.Tezak@legmt.gov
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2025 is the first session Tezak has served in the Legislature.

Montana Free Press coverage

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Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims
Senate State Administration
Joint Appropriations Section A — General Government

Bills sponsored

📋 SJ 14: Resolution to release federal wilderness study areas
Tony Tezak (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
📋 SB 116: Revise the Montana heritage preservation and development commission membership
Tony Tezak (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 209: Revise term length of conservation easements
Tony Tezak (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 362: Revise firefighter qualifications
Tony Tezak (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 519: Prohibit tax assessor entry to private property without permission
Tony Tezak (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 520: Revise laws regarding mining leases on state lands
Tony Tezak (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Reconcil.
⚪️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 87%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 86%.
🔴 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
🔵 68%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 69%.
Tezak has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 35 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) TONY TEZAK(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) TONY TEZAK(R) 39%(R) 39%(R) 22%
Won by 1% (39 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 71%(D) 27%
Won by 44% (6,441 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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