2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Sen. John Fuller, SD 4

Sen. John Fuller

Third-session Republican from Kalispell
Representing Senate District 4
Kalispell
(406) 253-4897 • John.Fuller@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2022 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Fuller previously served in the Montana House in 2019 and 2021.

Committee assignments

Senate Finance and Claims
Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Senate Fish and Game
Joint Appropriations Section E — Education

Bills sponsored

📋 SJ 18: Joint resolution recognizing MT 163rd Infantry Regiment
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
📋 SB 99: Provide for a youth health protection act
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text📰 5 MTFP stories
✅1st Cmte.
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✅House
✅Reconcil.
✴️Gov.
📋 SB 104: Exempt retired military pensions from state income tax
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 118: Revise aggregate limit on education scholarship tax credit programs
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
❌1st Cmte.
⚪️Senate
⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 230: Provide that office of court administrator is under clerk of the supreme court
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text📰 1 MTFP story
✅1st Cmte.
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⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 343: Generally revise public sector unions law related to use of taxpayer resource
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 361: Prohibit discrimination by any person or entity because of firearms
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 400: Extending permit for concealed carry from 4 to 5 years
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
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✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 560: Establish the Defend the Montana Guard Act
John Fuller (R)📃 Bill text
✴️1st Cmte.
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Key bill votes

Most recent floor votes on bills identified as notable by MTFP staff.
Motion / BillFuller (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		NO
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.
🥇 91%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Republicans is 91%.
🔴 94%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Republicans is 92%.
🔵 65%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Republicans is 68%.
Fuller has been marked absent or excused for 0 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 9.3.

SD 4 election results

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

General election vote, 2022

(R) JOHN FULLER(R) 62%(D) 38%
Won by 24% (2,031 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(R) JOHN FULLER(R) 57%(R) 43%
Won by 13% (492 votes)

Governor vote in district, 2020

(R) GIANFORTE(R) 59%(D) 36%
Won by 23% (2,582 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP legislative reporting involving Fuller.
📰 2023 Legislature
Transgender medical care ban for minors poised to pass state Legislature
Mar 24, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors has second hearing
Mar 20, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Bill would shrink Montana Supreme Court from seven justices to five
Feb 16, 2023 • Arren Kimbel-Sannit
📰 2023 Legislature
Ban on transgender medical care for youth advances
Feb 7, 2023 • Mara Silvers
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48 hours in Helena
Feb 2, 2023 •
📰 2023 Legislature
Lawmakers debate ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors
Jan 27, 2023 • Mara Silvers
📰 2023 Legislature
Lawmakers, advocates prepare to fight legislative ‘attacks’ against LGBTQ people
Jan 25, 2023 • Mara Silvers

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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