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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 2 — General Appropriations Act | Nay | Apr 17, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 953 — Revise medicaid laws related to direct primary care | Yea | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 881 — Revise medicaid buy-in program to include children with disabilities | Yea | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 456 — Provide best beginnings scholarships to child care workers | Yea | Apr 17, 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 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 34 — Interim study of child care | Nay | Apr 17, 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 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 37 — Interim survey of behavioral health services in Montana | Yea | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 36 — Study dependent neglect standards for prosecutors | Yea | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 31 — Interim study of mandatory reporting | Yea | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SJ 30 — Study the child abuse and neglect registry | Nay | Apr 17, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 848 — Provide funding for regional rail authorities | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 551 — Eliminate reduced-price copayments for school lunch and breakfast | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 168 — Provide state funding for preschool children with disabilities | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 669 — Revise laws related to educating children receiving in-state inpatient treatment of serious emotional disturbances | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 744 — Authorize speech-language pathology aides and audiology aides | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 717 — Revise transfer of mining operator to successor | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 713 — Revise municipal zoning laws | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 712 — Provide for restitution payments to children of certain homicide victims | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 566 — Generally revise decennial veteran study laws | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 543 — Repeal termination date on reporting and disclosure of violence against health care employees | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 514 — Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HB 511 — Provide grant funding for firefighting training facilities | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 468 — Establish central registry for individuals who are the subject of a substantiated report of child abuse or neglect | Yea | Apr 16, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| SB 440 — Revising election laws related to reporting election results | Yea | Apr 16, 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
MT · —
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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