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
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Tracy Sharp, HD 12

Rep. Tracy Sharp

First-session Republican from Polson
Representing House District 12
Bigfork, Flathead Lake
406-407-2197 • Tracy.Sharp@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •MTFP Coverage

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

Montana Free Press coverage

📰 2025 Legislature
Bill reimbursing counties for holding DPHHS inmates advances
Apr 10, 2025 •
📰 2025 Legislature
Two bills aim to resolve law enforcement dispute between state, Lake County and CSKT
Mar 18, 2025 • Nora Mabie

Committee assignments

House Judiciary
House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
House Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 216: Allow FW Commission to issue deer and elk hunting licenses to private landowners within the Flathead Indian Reservation
Tracy Sharp (R)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
❌1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 366: Provide appropriation to DOJ for Lake County reimbursement related to PL 280
Tracy Sharp (R)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
✅1st Cmte.
❌House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 469: Revise the exemption for out-of-state driver's licenses
Tracy Sharp (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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❌Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 643: Revise reimbursement costs to detention centers holding inmates in state custody
Tracy Sharp (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note📰 1 MTFP story
✅1st Cmte.
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✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 644: Allow a county to employ a property appraiser for property tax purposes
Tracy Sharp (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note🏛 Legal note
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,117 House floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 85%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 88%.
🔴 89%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 92%.
🔵 65%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 66%.
Sharp has been marked absent or excused for 1 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 12 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) TRACY A SHARP(R) 71%(D) 29%
Won by 42% (3,010 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) TRACY A SHARP(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 68%(D) 30%
Won by 39% (2,916 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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