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)
Sen. Willis Curdy, SD 49

Sen. Willis Curdy

Sixth-session Democrat from Missoula
Representing Senate District 49
West Missoula

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

Montana Free Press coverage

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Committee assignments

Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs - Vice-chair
Senate Natural Resources
Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

Bills sponsored

📋 SJ 25: Joint resolution urging Congress to support MCOOL
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
📋 SJ 27: Generally revise agriculture laws - Joint resolution urging Congress to act on brucellosis vaccines for livestock
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
📋 SB 55: Provide for legislative intent regarding streamflow information
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
Gov.
📋 SB 233: Adopting the interstate massage compact
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 234: Requiring fingerprint-based background checks for massage therapy licensure
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 247: Modify tax classification of shooting ranges
1st Cmte.
Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 332: Require appointment of clerk of supreme court
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 390: Revise definitions in Clean Indoor Air Act
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
✴️Reconcil.
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 427: Provide trapping setback distances for certain roads and trails
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 428: Generally revise county speed limits
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
✴️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,930 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 81%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Democrats is 78%.
🔴 71%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Democrats is 68%.
🔵 95%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Democrats is 93%.
Curdy has been marked absent or excused for 1 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 21.0.

SD 49 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) WILLIS CURDY(D) 54%(R) 46%
Won by 9% (916 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(D) WILLIS CURDY(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(D) RYAN BUSSE(D) 57%(R) 40%
Won by 17% (2,151 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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