2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Sen. Susan Webber, SD 8

Sen. Susan Webber

Fifth-session Democrat from Browning
Representing Senate District 8
Browning, East Glacier, Heart Butte
(406) 450-1894 • Susan.Webber@legmt.gov
Committees •Bills •Key votes •Voting stats •2022 election margin •MTFP Coverage

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

Committee assignments

Senate Judiciary
Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation - Vice Chair

Bills sponsored

📋 SJ 6: Joint resolution to recognize the Indian boarding school experience
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
📋 SB 119: Provide tribal property tax exemption to tribal members
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note
✅1st Cmte.
✅Senate
✴️House
⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 120: Establish the Chief Earl Old Person memorial highway
Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text💵 Fiscal note📰 1 MTFP story
✅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 / BillWebber (D)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		NO
Y
32-18
Y
32-2
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 212: Increase business equipment tax exemption		NO
Y
33-17
Y
33-1
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 222: Provide rebates of property taxes paid on a principal residence		NO
Y
34-16
Y
34-0
N
0-16
Rerefer to JUS-Fitzpatrick /
HB 234: Revise dissemination of obscene material to minors laws		NO
N
18-32
Y
18-16
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 251: Provide budget stability through investment and liability reduction		NO
Y
34-16
Y
34-0
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 267: Create SAFER account for federal highway grants		NO
Y
33-17
Y
33-1
N
0-16
Do Concur /
HB 326: Revise laws relating to the appointment of the judicial standards commission		NO
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		NO
Y
37-12
Y
34-0
N
3-12
Do Pass /
SB 99: Provide for a youth health protection act		NO
Y
30-20
Y
30-4
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 109: Revise laws related to redistricting the PSC		NO
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		NO
Y
35-15
Y
34-0
N
1-15
Do Pass /
SB 154: Define the right to privacy to clarify no right to abortion		NO
Y
28-21
Y
28-6
N
0-15
Do Pass /
SB 191: Revise preliminary injunction laws		NO
Y
33-17
Y
33-1
N
0-16
Do Pass /
SB 201: Revise judicial recusal laws when parties made campaign contributions		NO
Y
33-14
Y
32-0
N
1-14
Do Pass /
SB 295: Revising laws to accommodate grizzly bear delisting		NO
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		NO
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		NO
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 1,250 Senate floor votes in 2023 involving bills.
🥇 71%
of votes cast on winning side
Average for Senate Democrats is 72%.
🔴 66%
of votes cast on side taken by most Republicans
Average for Senate Democrats is 68%.
🔵 97%
of votes cast on side taken by most Democrats
Average for Senate Democrats is 95%.
Webber has been marked absent or excused for 9 votes. Average for Senate lawmakers is 8.6.

SD 8 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

(D) SUSAN A WEBBER(D) 57%(R) 43%
Won by 15% (679 votes)

Party primary vote, 2022

(D) SUSAN A WEBBER(D) 100%
Ran unopposed

Governor vote in district, 2020

(D) COONEY(D) 63%(R) 32%
Won by 32% (2,527 votes)

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP legislative reporting involving Webber.
📰 2023 Legislature
Legislature moves to name highway after Blackfeet chief
Mar 20, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner
📰 2023 Legislature
Montana Senate votes against Indigenous Peoples holiday
Feb 14, 2023 • JoVonne Wagner

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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