2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Sen. Carl Glimm, SD 2

Sen. Carl Glimm

Sixth-session Republican from Kila
Representing Senate District 2
Columbia Falls, West Glacier, Hungry Horse
(406) 751-7334 • Carl.Glimm@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2022 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Glimm previously served in the Montana Senate in 2021, as well as the House in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019.

Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims - Vice Chair
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Senate Highways and Transportation
Joint Appropriations Section B — Health and Human Services - Vice Chair

Bills sponsored

📋 SB 111: Establish the Jacob Allmendinger memorial highway
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 210: Prohibit consent as a defense for physician-assisted suicide
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
✅1st Cmte.
❌Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 220: Include public infrastructure and county-owned parks in municipal annexation
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 225: Require DEQ refund fees for subdivision review extensions
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✴️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 256: Prohibit ownership of private property within state by citizens of enemy states
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
❌Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 284: Requiring report of drugs taken by or prescribed to a victim of suicide
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 285: Revise subdivision sanitation laws
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 327: Allow water well at any location within setbacks
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 395: Allow judicial candidates to announce endorsements
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 413: Prohibit sex education instruction below sixth grade in public schools
Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
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Key bill votes

Most recent floor votes on bills identified as notable by MTFP staff.
Motion / BillGlimm (R)OutcomeRepublicansDemocrats
Do Concur /
HB 13: State Employee Pay Plan and revising laws governing state employees		YES
Y
48-1
Y
32-1
Y
16-0
Do Concur /
HB 60: An act providing for an annual fee on electric vehicles registered in the state		YES
Y
39-11
Y
30-4
Y
9-7
Do Concur /
HB 172: Revise laws related to post-election audits		YES
Y
49-1
Y
33-1
Y
16-0
Do Concur /
HB 192: Use surplus revenue for income tax and property tax refunds and payment of bonds		YES
Y
32-18
Y
32-2
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 212: Increase business equipment tax exemption		YES
Y
33-17
Y
33-1
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 222: Provide rebates of property taxes paid on a principal residence		YES
Y
34-16
Y
34-0
N
0-16
Rerefer to JUS-Fitzpatrick /
HB 234: Revise dissemination of obscene material to minors laws		YES
N
18-32
Y
18-16
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 251: Provide budget stability through investment and liability reduction		YES
Y
34-16
Y
34-0
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 267: Create SAFER account for federal highway grants		YES
Y
33-17
Y
33-1
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 296: Revising laws relating to real estate transaction disclosures		YES
Y
40-10
Y
30-4
Y
10-6
Do Concur /
HB 326: Revise laws relating to the appointment of the judicial standards commission		YES
Y
29-21
Y
29-5
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 70: Revise the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program		YES
Y
46-4
Y
30-4
Y
16-0
Do Pass /
SB 85: Require management of delisted grizzly bears at sustainable levels		YES
Y
37-12
Y
34-0
N
3-12
Do Concur /
SB 99: Provide for a youth health protection act		YES
Y
32-17
Y
32-1
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 109: Revise laws related to redistricting the PSC		YES
Y
30-20
Y
30-4
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 115: Revise definition of psychological abuse or neglect in CPS cases		YES
Y
47-2
Y
34-0
Y
13-2
Do Pass /
SB 121: Reduce top marginal income tax rate and increase EITC		YES
Y
35-15
Y
34-0
N
1-15
Do Pass /
SB 154: Define the right to privacy to clarify no right to abortion		YES
Y
28-21
Y
28-6
N
0-15
Do Pass /
SB 191: Revise preliminary injunction laws		YES
Y
33-17
Y
33-1
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 201: Revise judicial recusal laws when parties made campaign contributions		YES
Y
33-14
Y
32-0
N
1-14
Do Pass /
SB 295: Revising laws to accommodate grizzly bear delisting		YES
Y
35-15
Y
34-0
N
1-15
Do Pass /
SB 382: Create the Montana Land Use Planning Act		YES
Y
44-6
Y
28-6
Y
16-0
Do Pass /
SB 458: Define sex in Montana law		YES
Y
28-22
Y
28-6
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 481: Require cast vote records		YES
Y
49-1
Y
33-1
Y
16-0
Do Pass /
SB 490: Generally revising the legislature's investigative powers		YES
Y
34-16
Y
34-0
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 498: Revise laws related to absentee ballots		YES
Y
50-0
Y
34-0
Y
16-0

Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,392 Senate floor votes in 2023 involving bills.
🥇 87%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 91%.
🔴 91%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 62%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 68%.
Glimm has been marked absent or excused for 1 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 9.3.

SD 2 election results

Last in-cycle for Senate election in 2020. House seats are elected every two years, Senate seats every four.

General election vote, 2020

(R) CARL GLIMM(R) 68%(D) 32%
Won by 37% (4,694 votes)

Party primary vote, 2020

(R) CARL GLIMM(R) 55%(R) 29%(R) 16%
Won by 26% (1,260 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2020

(R) GIANFORTE(R) 65%(D) 31%
Won by 34% (4,435 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP legislative reporting involving Glimm.
📰 Elections
The state of election integrity in the Montana Legislature
Mar 27, 2023 • Alex Sakariassen
📰 2023 Legislature
State could lose “any, all or none” of $7.5 billion federal special revenue authority if ‘sex’ definition is enacted
Mar 27, 2023 • Arren Kimbel-Sannit
📰 2023 Legislature
Election security committee debates enforcement
Mar 21, 2023 • Alex Sakariassen
📰 2023 Legislature
Bill to define sex based on reproductive function passed by Senate
Mar 21, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Bill to define ‘sex’ clears first major Senate vote
Mar 15, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 Elections
Where Montana’s special election committee stands
Mar 2, 2023 • Alex Sakariassen
📰 2023 Legislature
Bill creates strict definition for ‘sex,’ legally sidelining intersex and transgender people
Feb 28, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Lawmakers narrowly reject prohibition on medical aid in dying
Feb 22, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Election security committee has its session debut
Jan 13, 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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