2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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🏛 House
GOP-held 68-32
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 34-16
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)
Sen. Greg Hertz, SD 6

Sen. Greg Hertz

Sixth-session Republican from Polson
Senate Taxation Chair
Representing Senate District 6
Polson, Somers
(406) 253-9505 • Greg.Hertz@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2022 election margin •MTFP Coverage

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

Committee assignments

Senate Taxation - Chair 🪑
Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Senate Fish and Game
Senate Rules
Joint Rules

Bills sponsored

📋 SR 11: Confirm governor's appointee for Montana tax appeal board
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
📋 SB 14: Revise MEDIA Act film credit cap
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✴️1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 16: Revise the distribution period for a Montana farm/ranch risk management account
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 24: Require corporations to file electronic income tax returns
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 37: Update definitions for meat inspection of non-amenable species
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 54: Revise centrally assessed property appraisals
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 100: Revising laws related to naturopaths and natural substances
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 101: Generally revise naturopathic in-office dispensing laws
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✅House
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 122: Revise cigar tax based on a fixed amount per cigar
Greg Hertz (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✴️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 123: Require ballot for bond election to estimate additional taxes for residence
Greg Hertz (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 / BillHertz (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.
🥇 93%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 91%.
🔴 96%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 67%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 68%.
Hertz has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 9.3.

SD 6 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) GREG HERTZ(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Party primary vote, 2020

(R) GREG HERTZ(R) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2020

(R) GIANFORTE(R) 63%(D) 33%
Won by 30% (3,974 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP legislative reporting involving Hertz.
📰 2023 Legislature
Bill to define ‘sex’ clears first major Senate vote
Mar 15, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Montana’s housing puzzle at the legislative halftime
Mar 8, 2023 • Eric Dietrich
📰 Courts
Montana Senate endorses legislative subpoena powers bill 
Mar 2, 2023 • Arren Kimbel-Sannit
📰 2023 Legislature
GOP bills would require re-votes on some local property taxes
Feb 16, 2023 • Eric Dietrich
📰 2023 Legislature
Legislative committee releases final report in judiciary conflict
Dec 16, 2022 • Arren Kimbel-Sannit

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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