The Montana Senate
Senators (50) • Committees (15)The Montana Senate is the Legislature’s smaller chamber, with 50 senators elected to staggered four-year terms. Each Senate district spans two House districts.
Leadership
Membership
Republicans
| Dist. | Lawmaker |
|---|---|
SD 1 | R-Eureka |
SD 2 | R-Kila |
SD 3 | R-Kalispell |
SD 4 | R-Kalispell |
SD 5 | R-Bigfork |
SD 6 | R-Polson |
SD 7 | R-Thompson Falls |
SD 9 | R-Ethridge |
SD 10 | R-Great Falls |
SD 11 | R-Great Falls |
SD 12 | R-Great Falls |
SD 13 | R-Great Falls |
SD 14 | R-Chester |
SD 15 | R-Lewistown |
SD 17 | R-Malta |
SD 18 | R-Wibaux |
SD 19 | R-Miles City |
SD 20 | R-Laurel |
SD 21 | R-Busby |
SD 22 | R-Billings |
SD 23 | R-Billings |
SD 26 | R-Billings |
SD 27 | R-Billings |
SD 28 | R-Laurel |
SD 29 | R-Columbus |
SD 30 | R-Big Timber |
SD 34 | R-Belgrade |
SD 35 | R-Manhattan |
SD 36 | R-Dillon |
SD 39 | R-Anaconda |
SD 40 | R-Elliston |
SD 43 | R-Hamilton |
SD 44 | R-Hamilton |
SD 47 | R-Ronan |
Democrats
| Dist. | Lawmaker |
|---|---|
SD 8 | D-Browning |
SD 16 | D-Hayden |
SD 24 | D-Billings |
SD 25 | D-Billings |
SD 31 | D-Bozeman |
SD 32 | D-Belgrade |
SD 33 | D-Bozeman |
SD 37 | D-Butte |
SD 38 | D-Butte |
SD 41 | D-Helena |
SD 42 | D-Helena |
SD 45 | D-Missoula |
SD 46 | D-Missoula |
SD 48 | D-Missoula |
SD 49 | D-Missoula |
SD 50 | D-Missoula |
Senate Committees
👥 Senate Finance and Claims • 19 members
👥 Senate Judiciary • 11 members
👥 Senate Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs • 10 members
👥 Senate Taxation • 12 members
👥 Senate Education and Cultural Resources • 11 members
👥 Senate Local Government • 9 members
👥 Senate Natural Resources • 11 members
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety • 9 members
👥 Senate State Administration • 10 members
👥 Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation • 11 members
👥 Senate Energy and Telecommunications • 12 members
👥 Senate Fish and Game • 12 members
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation • 12 members
👥 Senate Rules • 16 members
👥 Senate Legislative Administration • 6 members
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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