The Montana Free Press

Sen. Fred Thomas

R-Stevensville / SD 44

Sponsored bills

Showing 8 bills
Probably Dead
Require workers' comp for all volunteer firefighters
Became Law
Generally revise school safety laws
Probably Dead
Revise laws governing multiple employer welfare arrangements
Probably Dead
Revise workers' comp solvency guidelines for self-insured public entities
Probably Dead
Revise laws related to intimidation crimes
Probably Dead
Generally revise school safety laws
Became Law
Revise laws on voting systems and ballot form
Became Law
Generally revise laws related to the state budget

Floor votes

Second readings on Senate floor
90%
of votes with majority of body
95%
of votes with Republican caucus
77%
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
Fred Thomas
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
YES
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
YES
28-1
1-19
Generally revise laws related to central committees
3/28/19
NO
7-22
19-1
Require county approval to relocate bison
4/4/19
YES
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
NO
6-24
20-0
Revise aviation fuel taxation
4/14/19
NO
13-17
20-0
Revise certain licensing fees for investment-related advisors
4/24/19
NO
11-18
20-0
Revise taxation of social security income
2/26/19
YES
30-0
1-19
Revise taxation to promote new business and economic activity
4/17/19
YES
23-7
7-13
Establish the Montana energy security act
3/26/19
YES
30-0
2-18
Provide for construction of the Montana Heritage Center and create museum grants
3/27/19
NO
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.