| The Montana Senate
Senators (50) • Committees (19)The Montana Senate is the Legislature’s smaller chamber, with 50 senators elected to staggered four-year terms. Each Senate district spans two House districts.
Leadership
Membership
Republicans
| Dist. | Lawmaker | |
|---|---|---|
SD 1 | R-Eureka |  |
SD 3 | R-Kila |  |
SD 4 | R-Kalispell |  |
SD 5 | R-Kalispell |  |
SD 6 | R-Bigfork |  |
SD 7 | R-Polson |  |
SD 9 | R-Ethridge |  |
SD 10 | R-Great Falls |  |
SD 11 | R-Great Falls |  |
SD 12 | R-Great Falls |  |
SD 13 | R-Fort Benton |  |
SD 14 | R-Chester |  |
SD 15 | R-Glasgow |  |
SD 17 | R-Glendive |  |
SD 18 | R-Miles City |  |
SD 19 | R-Laurel |  |
SD 20 | R-Billings |  |
SD 21 | R-Hardin |  |
SD 22 | R-Billings |  |
SD 24 | R-Billings |  |
SD 25 | R-Billings |  |
SD 26 | R-Billings |  |
SD 27 | R-Billings |  |
SD 28 | R-Columbus |  |
SD 29 | R-Big Timber |  |
SD 34 | R-Belgrade |  |
SD 35 | R-Ennis |  |
SD 38 | R-Elliston |  |
SD 39 | R-Martinsdale |  |
SD 43 | R-Hamilton |  |
SD 44 | R-Hamilton |  |
SD 45 | R-St Regis |  |
Democrats
| Dist. | Lawmaker | |
|---|---|---|
SD 2 | D-Whitefish |  |
SD 8 | D-Browning |  |
SD 16 | D-Box Elder |  |
SD 23 | D-Billings |  |
SD 30 | D-Bozeman |  |
SD 31 | D-Belgrade |  |
SD 32 | D-Bozeman |  |
SD 33 | D-Bozeman |  |
SD 36 | D-Anaconda |  |
SD 37 | D-Butte |  |
SD 40 | D-Helena |  |
SD 41 | D-Helena |  |
SD 42 | D-Helena |  |
SD 46 | D-Arlee |  |
SD 47 | D-Missoula |  |
SD 48 | D-Missoula |  |
SD 49 | D-Missoula |  |
SD 50 | D-Missoula |  |
Senate Committees
👥 Senate Taxation • 8 members
👥 Senate Natural Resources • 11 members
👥 Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation • 11 members
👥 Senate Rules • 21 members
👥 Senate Fish and Game • 12 members
👥 Senate Education and Cultural Resources • 14 members
👥 Senate Energy, Technology & Federal Relations • 13 members
👥 Senate Committee on Committees • 6 members
👥 Senate Judiciary • 9 members
👥 Senate Committee of the Whole • 50 members
👥 Senate Local Government • 11 members
👥 Senate Finance and Claims • 23 members
👥 Senate Executive Branch Review • 8 members
👥 Senate Legislative Administration • 6 members
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation • 8 members
👥 Senate State Administration • 9 members
👥 Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs • 11 members
👥 Senate Ethics • 4 members
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety • 11 members
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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