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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Rep. Zack Wirth, HD 17

Rep. Zack Wirth

Second-session Republican from Wolf Creek
Representing House District 17
Choteau, Fairfield, Wolf Creek, North Helena Valley
406-750-5852 • Zack.Wirth@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2024 election margin •

Wirth previously served in the Montana House in 2023.

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Committee assignments

House State Administration
House Transportation - Vice-chair
House Agriculture

Bills sponsored

📋 HJ 3: Joint resolution on Bowman's Corner
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
📋 HJ 36: Resolution in support of instruction in reading and writing in cursive
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
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✴️Senate
📋 HJ 44: Interim study of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and water quality
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
📋 HB 97: Allow for platooning vehicles
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✅Senate
✅Gov.
📋 HB 172: Revise laws for prioritization of highway projects
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 445: Revise laws to promote the teaching of cursive writing in schools
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 597: Prohibit inactive electors from signing petitions
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text🏛 Legal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 598: Require ballot issue signers to be active registered voters
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text🏛 Legal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 768: Revise civil liability laws relating to equine activities and waivers
Zack Wirth (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
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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%.
🔴 93%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 92%.
🔵 63%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 66%.
Wirth has been marked absent or excused for 7 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 19.2.

HD 17 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) ZACK WIRTH(R) 75%(D) 25%
Won by 51% (3,230 votes)

Party primary vote, 2024

(R) ZACK WIRTH(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2024

(R) GREG GIANFORTE(R) 71%(D) 26%
Won by 45% (3,027 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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