Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session
SB 42: Provide for the partisan election of judges and justices
Second Reading · Feb. 26, 2025 · Yeas 29, nays 21 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Senate President Matt Regier voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- SB 42
- Motion
- Second Reading
- Date
- Feb. 26, 2025, 14:44:48
- Session
- 2025 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 29, nays 21
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
Official record: the bill's history ↗
The bill's page on the Legislature's site ↗
The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (29)
- Becky Beard R-38
- Jason Ellsworth R-43
- Daniel Emrich R-11
- John Esp R-29
- John Fuller R-4
- Wylie Galt R-39
- Butch Gillespie R-9
- Carl Glimm R-3
- Greg Hertz R-7
- Gregg Hunter R-15
- Josh Kassmier R-13
- Gayle Lammers R-21
- Dennis Lenz R-25
- Denley Loge R-45
- Forrest Mandeville R-28
- Theresa Manzella R-44
- Tom McGillvray R-26
- Wendy McKamey R-12
- Mark Noland R-6
- Bob Phalen R-17
- Matt Regier R-5
- Vince Ricci R-27
- Tony Tezak R-35
- Jeremy Trebas R-10
- Barry Usher R-19
- Shelley Vance R-34
- Sue Vinton R-20
- Mike Yakawich R-24
- Daniel Zolnikov R-22
Nay (21)
- Ken Bogner R-18
- Ellie Boldman D-47
- Mike Cuffe R-1
- Willis Curdy D-49
- Mary Ann Dunwell D-42
- Janet Ellis D-41
- Dave Fern D-2
- Pat Flowers D-31
- Derek Harvey D-37
- Denise Hayman D-32
- Emma Kerr-Carpenter D-23
- Jacinda Morigeau D-46
- Shane Morigeau D-50
- Cora Neumann D-30
- Sara Novak D-36
- Andrea Olsen D-48
- Chris Pope D-33
- Laura Smith D-40
- Russel Tempel R-14
- Susan Webber D-8
- Jonathan Windy Boy D-16