2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 12:12 PM May 30, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Wylie Galt, SD 39

Sen. Wylie Galt

Fifth-session Republican from Martinsdale
Representing Senate District 39
White Sulphur Springs, Belt, Stanford, Harlowton

Galt previously served in the Montana House in 2013, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Montana Free Press coverage

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Gianforte signs MEPA bills into law
May 5, 2025Amanda Eggert
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Lawmakers send second-home tax to governor
Apr 30, 2025Eric Dietrich
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Senate resurrects second-home tax bill after the House makes a clone
Apr 18, 2025Eric Dietrich
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Bill to overhaul exempt-well use stalls in Montana Senate
Apr 3, 2025Amanda Eggert
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MEPA and the Montana Legislature
Feb 13, 2025Amanda Eggert

Committee assignments

Bills sponsored

📋 SR 18: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of environmental review
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
📋 SR 25: Confirm governor's appointees for the hard-rock mining impact board
1st Cmte.
Senate
📋 SR 43: Confirm governor's appointees for board of water well contractors
1st Cmte.
Senate
📋 SB 54: Require certain tax payments to be made electronically
1st Cmte.
Senate
House
Gov.
📋 SR 77: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of environmental quality
1st Cmte.
Senate
📋 SR 85: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of natural resources and conservation
1st Cmte.
Senate
📋 SR 102: Confirm governor's appointees for the coal board
1st Cmte.
Senate
📋 SB 119: Repeal incumbent electric utility right of first refusal law
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Reconcil.
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 150: Generally revise alcohol and tobacco laws
1st Cmte.
Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 153: Revise video gambling machine laws
1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Reconcil.
⚪️Gov.
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Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 2,695 Senate floor votes in 2025 involving bills.
🥇 84%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 83%.
🔴 93%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 88%.
🔵 65%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 66%.
Galt has been marked absent or excused for 22 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 27.5.

SD 39 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) E WYLIE GALT(R) 78%(D) 22%
Won by 56% (7,406 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) E WYLIE GALT(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 77%(D) 21%
Won by 56% (7,623 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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