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Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, HD 32

Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy

Eleventh-session Democrat from Box Elder
Representing House District 32
Box Elder, Chinook, Hays
(406) 945-1805 • Jonathan.WindyBoy@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2022 election margin •MTFP Coverage

Windy Boy previously served in the Montana Senate in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015, as well as the House in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Committee assignments

House Appropriations
Joint Appropriations Section E — Education

Bills sponsored

📋 HB 287: Revise laws related to Indian language preservation
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text
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📋 HB 288: Revise laws related to tuition waivers for American Indian students
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✴️House
⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 317: Provide for the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text📰 4 MTFP stories
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 338: Revise laws related to Indian Education for All
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text📰 2 MTFP stories
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 346: Revise the tribal computer programming scholarship program
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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📋 HB 394: Require examination of creation of state-tribal education accord schools
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
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✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 395: Improve school district consultation with American Indian tribes
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text
❌1st Cmte.
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⚪️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 582: Extend sunset date for community health aide program
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 797: Require agency reporting on financial assistance to tribes
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅House
✴️Senate
⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 882: Exempt federally recognized tribal members from vehicle registration fees
Jonathan Windy Boy (D)📃 Bill text
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Key bill votes

Most recent floor votes on bills identified as notable by MTFP staff.
Motion / BillWindy Boy (D)OutcomeRepublicansDemocrats
Do Pass /
HB 2: General Appropriations Act		NO
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		NO
Y
70-29
Y
68-0
N
2-29
Do Pass /
HB 196: Revise election laws related to the counting of votes		NO
Y
65-33
Y
65-2
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 212: Increase business equipment tax exemption		NO
Y
67-32
Y
67-1
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 222: Provide rebates of property taxes paid on a principal residence		NO
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		NO
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		YES
N
38-62
N
6-62
Y
32-0
Do Pass /
HB 284: Revise laws related to approval of electricity supply resources		NO
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		NO
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		NO
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
74-26
Y
43-25
Y
31-1
Do Pass /
HB 359: Prohibit minors from attending drag shows		NO
Y
64-32
Y
64-2
N
0-30
Do Pass /
HB 535: Revising education laws to provide a definition of "financial literacy"		NO
Y
66-32
Y
63-4
N
3-28
Do Pass /
HB 544: Provide requirements for coverage of abortion under Medicaid and CHIP		NO
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		NO
Y
68-31
Y
68-0
N
0-31
Do Pass /
HB 588: Revise TEACH Act incentives to increase starting teacher salary		Absent
Y
89-0
Y
61-0
Y
28-0
Do Pass /
HB 625: Infant safety and care act		NO
Y
66-32
Y
66-1
N
0-31
Cloture-Gunderson /
HB 649: Implement rates from provider rate study		NO
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		NO
Y
73-25
Y
67-0
N
6-25
Do Pass /
HB 721: Restrict unborn child from dismemberment abortion		NO
Y
67-31
Y
67-0
N
0-31
Do Concur /
SB 99: Provide for a youth health protection act		NO
Y
65-34
Y
65-3
N
0-31
Do Concur /
SB 121: Reduce top marginal income tax rate and increase EITC		NO
Y
68-30
Y
68-0
N
0-30
Do Concur /
SB 191: Revise preliminary injunction laws		NO
Y
67-30
Y
67-0
N
0-30

Floor vote statistics

Calculations based on 1,362 House floor votes in 2023 involving bills.
🥇 67%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for House Democrats is 82%.
🔴 64%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for House Democrats is 80%.
🔵 88%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for House Democrats is 96%.
Windy Boy has been marked absent or excused for 22 votes. Average for House lawmakers is 10.0.

HD 32 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

(D) JONATHAN WINDY BOY(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Party primary vote, 2022

(D) JONATHAN WINDY BOY(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2020

(D) COONEY(D) 58%(R) 38%
Won by 19% (777 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP legislative reporting involving Windy Boy.
📰 2023 Legislature
Montana Indian Child Welfare Act gets a Senate hearing
Mar 23, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner
📰 2023 Legislature
Legislature’s Indigenous caucus works to keep Native issues at forefront
Mar 15, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner
📰 Education
Education policy at the Legislature’s half-way mark
Mar 7, 2023 • Alex Sakariassen
📰 Education
Bill calling for accountability in Montana’s Native education moving through Legislature
Feb 28, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner
📰 2023 Legislature
Montana Indian Child Welfare Act passes key House vote
Feb 27, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner
📰 2023 Legislature
Committee advances bill that proponents say needed to protect cultural identity of Native children 
Feb 22, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner
📰 2023 Legislature
Indian Child Welfare Act would protect future generations, advocates say
Feb 1, 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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