Montana House · 2025 Regular Session
SB 40: Revise supreme court public records laws by opening deliberations and files to the public
Third Reading · April 11, 2025 · Yeas 61, nays 38 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Speaker Brandon Ler voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- SB 40
- Motion
- Third Reading
- Date
- April 11, 2025, 16:51:49
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 61, nays 38; 1 didn't vote (0 excused, 0 abstained)
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the bill's history ↗
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (61)
- Eric Albus R-28
- Brad Barker R-55
- Dave Bedey R-86
- Lyn Bennett R-4
- Marta Bertoglio R-75
- Larry Brewster R-43
- Ed Buttrey R-21
- Ed Byrne R-11
- Bob Carter D-96
- Curt Cochran R-90
- Thedis Crowe D-15
- Julie Darling R-84
- Lee Deming R-54
- Neil Duram R-1
- Sherry Essmann R-49
- Jodee Etchart R-51
- Terry Falk R-10
- Paul Fielder R-14
- John Fitzpatrick R-76
- Steve Fitzpatrick R-24
- Mike Fox D-32
- Tom France D-99
- Jane Gillette R-77
- Steve Gist R-25
- Randyn Gregg R-78
- Caleb Hinkle R-68
- Jedediah Hinkle R-67
- Llew Jones R-18
- Steve Kelly R-9
- Shane Klakken R-37
- Greg Kmetz R-36
- Marc Lee D-74
- Brandon Ler R-33
- Kathy Love R-85
- Jennifer Lynch D-73
- Shannon Maness R-70
- Tom Millett R-2
- Russ Miner R-26
- Braxton Mitchell R-5
- Valerie Moore R-29
- Fiona Nave R-56
- Terry Nelson R-87
- Anthony Nicastro R-50
- Nelly Nicol R-53
- George Nikolakakos R-22
- Melissa Nikolakakos R-20
- Gary Parry R-35
- Amy Regier R-6
- Linda Reksten R-13
- Jerry Schillinger R-34
- Curtis Schomer R-48
- Lukas Schubert R-8
- Kerri Seekins-Crowe R-39
- Tracy Sharp R-12
- Courtenay Sprunger R-7
- Morgan Thiel R-30
- Eric Tilleman R-23
- Mike Vinton R-40
- Ken Walsh R-69
- Zack Wirth R-17
- Katie Zolnikov R-44
Nay (38)
- Denise Baum D-45
- Mary Caferro D-81
- Brian Close D-65
- Jill Cohenour D-83
- Melody Cunningham D-97
- Scott DeMarois D-71
- Becky Edwards D-61
- Pete Elverum D-82
- Chip Fitzpatrick D-42
- Shelly Fyant D-91
- Alanah Griffith D-60
- Donavon Hawk D-72
- S.J. Howell D-100
- Jamie Isaly D-58
- Denise Joy D-46
- Jonathan Karlen D-98
- Connie Keogh D-92
- Kelly Kortum D-64
- Marilyn Marler D-94
- Eric Matthews D-66
- Bill Mercer R-52
- Luke Muszkiewicz D-79
- Greg Overstreet R-88
- Debo Powers D-3
- James Reavis D-47
- Melissa Romano D-80
- Scott Rosenzweig D-57
- Tyson Running Wolf D-16
- Josh Seckinger D-62
- Frank J. Smith D-31
- Jade Sooktis D-41
- Ed Stafman D-59
- Peter Strand D-63
- Katie Sullivan D-93
- Mark Thane D-89
- Paul Tuss D-27
- Jane Weber D-19
- Zooey Zephyr D-95
Not voting (1)
- Greg Oblander R-38