2023 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 68th Montana Legislature

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🏛 House
GOP-held 68-32
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GOP-held 34-16
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Rep. Brad Barker, HD 58

Rep. Brad Barker

First-session Republican from Roberts
Representing House District 58
Joliet, Red Lodge, Belfry
(406) 426-1034 • Brad.Barker@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2022 election margin •MTFP Coverage

2023 is the first session Barker has served in the Legislature.

Committee assignments

House Taxation
House Transportation
House Agriculture

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 107: Generally revise the duties of SERC
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 191: Eliminating class D motor carrier regulation
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 278: Revise motor carrier rate regulation laws
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 328: Require certain govt boards to record public meetings in audio and video format
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 352: Provide targeted interventions to support 3rd grade reading proficiency
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note📰 2 MTFP stories
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 583: Revise occupations and education laws for military license reciprocity
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 723: Revising class D motor carrier regulation
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 724: Generally revise public notice requirements
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 824: Revise registration fee on certain high-value vehicles and watercraft
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 833: Establish teacher residency program
Brad Barker (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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Key bill votes

Most recent floor votes on bills identified as notable by MTFP staff.
Motion / BillBarker (R)OutcomeRepublicansDemocrats
Do Pass /
HB 2: General Appropriations Act		YES
Y
67-31
Y
67-0
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 13: State Employee Pay Plan and revising laws governing state employees		YES
Y
89-7
Y
59-7
Y
30-0
Do Pass /
HB 29: Revise laws related to involuntary commitment of people with dementia or TBI		YES
Y
91-6
Y
64-2
Y
27-4
Do Pass /
HB 37: Generally revise child abuse and neglect laws		YES
Y
96-2
Y
65-2
Y
31-0
Do Pass /
HB 55: An act establishing a tax on electric vehicle charging stations		YES
Y
92-6
Y
65-3
Y
27-3
Do Pass /
HB 60: An act providing for an annual fee on electric vehicles registered in the state		YES
Y
92-8
Y
65-3
Y
27-5
Do Pass /
HB 172: Revise laws related to post-election audits		YES
Y
81-19
Y
65-3
N
16-16
Do Pass /
HB 192: Use surplus revenue for income tax and property tax refunds and payment of bonds		YES
Y
70-29
Y
68-0
N
2-29
Do Pass /
HB 196: Revise election laws related to the counting of votes		YES
Y
65-33
Y
65-2
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 212: Increase business equipment tax exemption		YES
Y
67-32
Y
67-1
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 222: Provide rebates of property taxes paid on a principal residence		YES
Y
69-30
Y
68-0
N
1-30
Do Pass /
HB 225: Establish adoption tax credit		YES
Y
91-8
Y
66-2
Y
25-6
Do Pass /
HB 234: Revise dissemination of obscene material to minors laws		NO
Y
53-45
Y
53-14
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 251: Provide budget stability through investment and liability reduction		YES
Y
70-25
Y
65-0
N
5-25
Do Pass /
HB 267: Create SAFER account for federal highway grants		YES
Y
99-0
Y
68-0
Y
31-0
Do Pass /
HB 268: Establish a child tax credit through the individual income tax		YES
Y
77-21
Y
51-15
Y
26-6
Do Pass As Amended /
HB 280: Providing for circuit breaker income tax credit for property taxes paid		NO
N
38-62
N
6-62
Y
32-0
Do Pass /
HB 284: Revise laws related to approval of electricity supply resources		YES
Y
74-24
Y
63-3
N
11-21
Do Pass /
HB 296: Revising laws relating to real estate transaction disclosures		YES
Y
96-0
Y
66-0
Y
30-0
Do Pass /
HB 303: Implement Medical Ethics and Diversity Act		YES
Y
63-33
Y
63-4
N
0-29
Do Pass /
HB 317: Provide for the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act		YES
Y
64-35
N
33-35
Y
31-0
Do Pass /
HB 326: Revise laws relating to the appointment of the judicial standards commission		YES
Y
66-32
Y
66-1
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 332: Generally revise laws related to school employee health benefits		YES
Y
68-31
Y
37-30
Y
31-1
Do Pass /
HB 338: Revise laws related to Indian Education for All		YES
Y
73-24
Y
41-24
Y
32-0
Do Pass /
HB 352: Provide targeted interventions to support 3rd grade reading proficiency		YES
Y
77-20
Y
46-20
Y
31-0
Do Pass /
HB 359: Prohibit minors from attending drag shows		YES
Y
64-32
Y
64-2
N
0-30
Do Pass /
HB 535: Revising education laws to provide a definition of "financial literacy"		YES
Y
66-32
Y
63-4
N
3-28
Do Pass /
HB 544: Provide requirements for coverage of abortion under Medicaid and CHIP		YES
Y
66-32
Y
66-2
N
0-30
Do Pass /
HB 546: Authorize additional funding for coal trust loan program for housing		YES
Y
65-33
Y
35-33
Y
30-0
Do Pass /
HB 549: Authorizing establishment of public charter schools		YES
Y
79-21
Y
57-11
Y
22-10
Do Pass /
HB 562: Authorize establishment of community choice schools		YES
Y
63-37
Y
62-6
N
1-31
Do Pass /
HB 575: Prohibit abortion of unborn viable children		YES
Y
68-31
Y
68-0
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 588: Revise TEACH Act incentives to increase starting teacher salary		YES
Y
89-0
Y
61-0
Y
28-0
Do Pass /
HB 625: Infant safety and care act		YES
Y
66-32
Y
66-1
N
0-31
Cloture-Gunderson /
HB 649: Implement rates from provider rate study		YES
Y
84-14
Y
59-8
Y
25-6
Do Pass /
HB 695: Revise TRO standard for suits against the state and subdivisions of government		YES
Y
73-25
Y
67-0
N
6-25
Do Pass /
HB 721: Restrict unborn child from dismemberment abortion		YES
Y
67-31
Y
67-0
N
0-31
Do Concur /
SB 70: Revise the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program		YES
Y
59-37
N
31-37
Y
28-0
Do Concur /
SB 99: Provide for a youth health protection act		YES
Y
65-35
Y
65-3
N
0-32
Do Concur /
SB 121: Reduce top marginal income tax rate and increase EITC		YES
Y
68-30
Y
68-0
N
0-30
Do Concur /
SB 191: Revise preliminary injunction laws		YES
Y
67-30
Y
67-0
N
0-30

Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,440 House floor votes in 2023 involving bills.
🥇 97%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Republicans is 93%.
🔴 94%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Republicans is 93%.
🔵 76%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Republicans is 78%.
Barker has been marked absent or excused for 6 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 10.5.

HD 58 election results

Last in-cycle for House election in 2022. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2022

(R) BRAD BARKER(R) 66%(D) 34%
Won by 33% (1,901 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(R) BRAD BARKER(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2020

(R) GIANFORTE(R) 61%(D) 35%
Won by 26% (1,805 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP legislative reporting involving Barker.
📰 Education
Education policy at the Legislature’s half-way mark
Mar 7, 2023 • Alex Sakariassen

About the 2023 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, the Legislative Automated Workflow System, or LAWS. Reporting and web design was done primarily by MTFP Deputy Editor Eric Dietrich. Please contact him at edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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