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Laura Smith
MT Senate District 40
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Issue areas
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT Senate District 40 current
Montana |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT House District 79
Montana |
Democratic | Jan 2, 2023 | Jan 6, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT Senate District 40
Montana |
Democratic | Jan 2, 2023 | Jan 5, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (3,303 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 511 — Provide grant funding for firefighting training facilities | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 396 — Generally revise bail laws | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 281 — Provide statutory appropriation of reinsurance program assessments | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 12 — Montana historic preservation grants | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 4 — Appropriations by budget amendment | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 44 — Study resolution of affordable housing programs | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 41 — Interim study of home-based and family child care providers | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 38 — Provide for study of property taxes | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 37 — Interim survey of behavioral health services in Montana | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 36 — Study dependent neglect standards for prosecutors | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 34 — Interim study of child care | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 32 — Study citizen's review board law for child protective service cases | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 31 — Interim study of mandatory reporting | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 30 — Study the child abuse and neglect registry | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 45 — Create a judicial performance evaluation commission and system | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 226 — Require petition submittals be dropped off within a specific timeframe | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 880 — Establish a stabilization fund for medicaid | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 456 — Provide best beginnings scholarships to child care workers | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 364 — Generally revise laws related to immunizations | Nay | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 364 — Generally revise laws related to immunizations | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 340 — Establish Montana's BEST program to bolster educator support and training | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 228 — Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 145 — Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HJ 27 — Interim study on laws regarding morticians and funeral services | Yea | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HJ 34 — Resolution supporting Montana's beef producers | Not voting | Apr 24, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (14 as lead sponsor)
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SB 501
MT · —
Establishing the Keep Montanans Housed Act
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SB 89
MT · —
Establish the sexual and violent offender presentence investigation and reporting unit
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SB 413
MT · —
Criminalize disclosure of certain explicit AI-generated media
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SB 527
MT · —
Create the building families act
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SB 208
MT · —
Revise definition of "dependent child" in highway patrol, police, and firefighter retirement systems
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SB 258
MT · —
Revise school funding laws to clarify the legislature's authority related to inflationary adjustments
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SB 84
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Generally revise laws related to presentence investigations
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SB 566
MT · —
Provide for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies
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SB 565
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Creating the Montana endowment for early childhood and related structure
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SB 500
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Establish the Montana family legacy home act
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