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Becky Beard

MT Senate District 38

Republican Montana since Jan 6, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

Government Operations & Budget 8 Economy & Taxes 6 Education 3 Housing 3 Environment & Energy 2 Transportation & Infrastructure 2 Agriculture 1 Criminal Justice & Policing 1 Healthcare 1 Social Services & Welfare 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
MT Senate District 38 current Montana	Republican	Jan 6, 2025	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT Senate District 40 Montana	Republican	Dec 14, 2022	Jan 6, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT Senate District 38 Montana	Republican	Dec 14, 2022	Jan 5, 2025	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT Senate District 38 Montana	Republican	Jan 2, 2017	Dec 12, 2022	openstates/people CC0-1.0
MT House District 80 Montana	Republican	—	Jan 2, 2023	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (3,099 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 532 — Revise county zoning to allow accessory dwelling units	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 546 — Provide income based tax credit	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SJ 17 — Resolution requesting an interim study on hunter satisfaction	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 32 — Generally revise property taxes	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 203 — Revise income tax brackets to lower income taxes	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 323 — Revise individual income tax rates and earned income credit	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 324 — Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 324 — Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 153 — Revise video gambling machine laws	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 339 — Revise oil and gas production damage mitigation account	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 247 — Modify tax classification of shooting ranges	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 392 — Generally revise laws related to creation of profitable family video content featuring minor children	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 344 — Revise criminal laws.	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 292 — Establish the uniform public expression protection act	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 266 — Establish education inflation reconciliation process	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 250 — Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance.	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 127 — Revise laws related to the fire suppression account	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 397 — Revise laws related to privacy in mental health digital service	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 40 — Revise public water supply fee accounts	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 540 — Revise taxation of class 17 property	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 539 — Revise property taxes and special assessments	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 588 — Defining and regulating motorized scooters	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 586 — Generally revise child safety restraint system laws	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 585 — Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists	Nay	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 533 — Revise insurance laws relating to wildfire and real property	Yea	Apr 2, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Sponsored legislation (14 as lead sponsor)

SB 5 MT · —
Revise compensation for county tax appeal board members

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SB 263 MT · —
Revise state ownership of water rights on state lands

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SB 28 MT · —
Extend vehicle titling grace period to 60 days

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SB 4 MT · —
Revise taxation of homesite on certain agricultural property

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SB 101 MT · —
Revise laws related to squatting

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SB 98 MT · —
Revise tax rate on cigarettes that are not burned

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SB 309 MT · —
Eliminate the Scenic-Historic Byways Advisory Council

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SB 99 MT · —
Revise unrelated business taxable income to include certain rental and accommodations income

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SB 540 MT · —
Revise taxation of class 17 property

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SB 100 MT · —
Revise funding for assisted living services

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