2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 9:47 AM Feb 5, 2025
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Sen. Vince Ricci, SD 27

Sen. Vince Ricci

Fifth-session Republican from Billings
Representing Senate District 27
Laurel, South of Billings

Vince Ricci previously served in the Montana House in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Committee assignments

Senate Judiciary
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety - Vice-chair
Senate Fish and Game
Senate Committee on Committees
Senate Legislative Administration - Chair 🪑

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 201: Revise contaminated property cleanup laws for dangerous drugs
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 152 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 88%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 89%.
🔴 97%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 61%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 62%.
Ricci has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 0.8.

SD 27 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) VINCE RICCI(R) 74%(D) 26%
Won by 48% (5,504 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) VINCE RICCI(R) 61%(R) 39%
Won by 21% (879 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 71%(D) 26%
Won by 45% (5,274 votes)

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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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