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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
SR 9 — Confirm governor's appointees for Montana arts council	Yea	Mar 21, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 117 — Revise government entity limitations on property tax increases	Yea	Mar 21, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 262 — Establish state policy on evidence-based reading instruction	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 260 — Revise teacher stipends for national board certification	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 158 — Revising working retiree provisions under TRS	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 586 — Generally revise child safety restraint system laws	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 311 — Require the refund of rental application fees	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 311 — Require the refund of rental application fees	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 102 — Revise laws related to public defenders for clarity	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 471 — Revise education laws related to human sexuality and identity instruction	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 300 — Generally revise laws related to discrimination in education	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 268 — Generally revise notification requirements related to the registration of sexual and violent offenders	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 191 — Revise crime of endangering welfare of child	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 159 — Revise rural improvement district laws to include maintenance of existing public improvements	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 144 — Revise building code council membership laws	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 68 — Authorize county commissioners to initiate mandamus proceedings	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 37 — Revise property tax information required in preliminary budgets	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 13 — State Employee Pay Plan	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 318 — Generally revise child custody laws	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 109 — Revise professional licensing laws to correct errata	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 253 — Revise administrative and certification processes for student scholarship organizations	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 24 — Clarify laws related to kindergarten	Yea	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 151 — Revise educational laws pertaining to recruitment and retention and MSDB	Nay	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 46 — Revise change of attorney laws for public defenders	Not voting	Mar 20, 2025	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 307 — Reallocate Montana marijuana tax revenue	Yea	Mar 20, 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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