The Montana Free Press

Sen. Tom Richmond

R-Billings / SD 28

Sponsored bills

Showing 13 bills
Became Law
Revise taxation of certain incremental oil production
Probably Dead
Revise subdivision laws
Became Law
Allow written bids for state trust land oil and gas leases
Became Law
Revise variances to water quality standards
Probably Dead
Generally revise opencut mining laws
Became Law
Require decommissioning and bonding for certain solar
Probably Dead
Prohibit PSC from altering certain contract lengths
Probably Dead
Revise cost-recovery and transfer laws for certain energy resources
Became Law
Generally revise public employee death benefits
Became Law
Authorize local abatement of coal gross proceeds tax for surface mines
Probably Dead
Allow for extension of state coal leases
Probably Dead
Establish the Montana energy security act
Became Law
Revise open cut laws

Floor votes

Second readings on Senate floor
97%
of votes with majority of body
90%
of votes with Republican caucus
85%
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
Tom Richmond
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
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
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
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.