The Montana Free Press

Sen. Diane Sands

D-Missoula / SD 49

Sponsored bills

Showing 13 bills
Became Law
Require review of regulations related to DD community services
Became Law
Generally revise laws on sexual assault kits
Became Law
Revise inmate welfare fund laws to include Pine Hills
Became Law
Revise licensing, other regulations for Board of Funeral Service
Became Law
Modernize child support statutes
Became Law
Generally revise laws related to term "crime of violence"
Became Law
Establish the Brent Witham memorial highway
Probably Dead
Require health warning for raw milk sales
Became Law
Revise laws regarding chief municipal judges
Became Law
Generally revise laws regarding sexual consent
Became Law
Generally revise laws related to private alternative adolescent programs board
Probably Dead
Generally revise laws regarding bail bonds
Became Law
Provide safe harbor for pregnant women seeking assistance for substance abuse

Floor votes

Second readings on Senate floor
86%
of votes with majority of body
75%
of votes with Republican caucus
97%
of votes with Democratic caucus

Statistics calculated for second reading floor votes only. The majority vote percentage figure indicates how often the lawmaker has voted with at least half their fellow lawmakers in both parties. Party vote statistics indicate how often the lawmaker has voted with a majority of members in that party's caucus.

Votes here represent second readings. Some bills are subject to multiple rounds of votes in a given chamber, e.g., an initial "do pass" vote in the House and then a "do concur" on a version of the bill with Senate amendments. All second reading votes are included in statistics, but only the final chamber vote on a bill is shown in the list below.

Showing 19 votes
Bill
Title
Vote Date
Diane Sands
Outcome (Yes‑No)
GOP caucus
Dem. caucus
General Appropriations Act
4/3/19
YES
18-11
9-11
Long-Range Building Appropriations
4/11/19
YES
20-10
20-0
Establishing "Hanna's Act"
4/14/19
YES
16-14
20-0
Generally revise education funding laws
2/13/19
YES
29-1
20-0
Provide for state employee pay plan
2/13/19
YES
30-0
20-0
Require child support cooperation for food stamp eligibility
3/18/19
NO
28-1
0-20
Provide for film tax credits
4/15/19
YES
7-23
19-1
Constitutional amendment to define person
4/7/19
NO
28-1
1-19
Generally revise laws related to central committees
3/28/19
YES
7-22
19-1
Require county approval to relocate bison
4/4/19
NO
27-2
0-20
Generally revise infrastructure funding laws
4/8/19
YES
30-0
20-0
Revise the long range building bonding program
4/17/19
YES
21-9
20-0
Generally revise healthcare laws and permanently expand Medicaid
4/14/19
YES
6-24
20-0
Revise aviation fuel taxation
4/14/19
YES
13-17
20-0
Revise certain licensing fees for investment-related advisors
4/24/19
YES
11-18
20-0
Revise taxation of social security income
2/26/19
NO
30-0
1-19
Revise taxation to promote new business and economic activity
4/17/19
NO
23-7
7-13
Establish the Montana energy security act
3/26/19
NO
30-0
2-18
Provide for construction of the Montana Heritage Center and create museum grants
3/27/19
YES
11-18
20-0

Note: Coloring in the vote outcome column does not currently account for votes that require more than a simple majority to pass. Putting a constitutional amendment before voters, for example, takes approval from two-thirds of lawmakers across both houses. Additionally, bills that authorize state debt must pass with two-thirds supermajorities in each legislative chamber.