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Bob Phalen
MT Senate District 17
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT Senate District 17 current
Montana |
Republican | Jan 6, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT Senate District 17
Montana |
Republican | Jan 4, 2021 | Jan 5, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT House District 36
Montana |
Republican | Jan 4, 2021 | Jan 6, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (3,227 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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SB 214
Revise zoning laws to clarify decisions regarding prior nonconforming use of property
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 722b0ef3-511e-4f24-b805-9a67793604e2 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/722b0ef3-511e-4f24-b805-9a67793604e2 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 45
Create a judicial performance evaluation commission and system
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 4009b7ac-348e-40a7-bb79-5e05da9ec69c | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4009b7ac-348e-40a7-bb79-5e05da9ec69c CC0-1.0 |
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SB 42
Provide for the partisan election of judges and justices
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 86e7cfcf-4c66-4668-891d-fede13bdcbfd | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/86e7cfcf-4c66-4668-891d-fede13bdcbfd CC0-1.0 |
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SB 19
Revise sentencing laws related to theft
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll bebb2add-7ca0-4802-b8c3-c61a93cf7693 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/bebb2add-7ca0-4802-b8c3-c61a93cf7693 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 263
Revise state ownership of water rights on state lands
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 25a4a5c2-2bfb-4e1a-b761-2dfc7371dffb | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/25a4a5c2-2bfb-4e1a-b761-2dfc7371dffb CC0-1.0 |
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SB 205
Revise laws related to voter approval for property tax levies and bonds
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Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 7b86c3a9-4466-4e6d-8b20-d8f915155ef0 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7b86c3a9-4466-4e6d-8b20-d8f915155ef0 CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass As Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll eeeacd25-d2a8-4492-b2ec-57be35a2b1f3 | Feb 27, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/eeeacd25-d2a8-4492-b2ec-57be35a2b1f3 CC0-1.0 | |
| AMD-SB0205.001.002 Hertz D/PASS | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d8aade4d-c2e5-45ce-becb-77dda31b8cfb | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d8aade4d-c2e5-45ce-becb-77dda31b8cfb CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 204
Sunset or reapprove existing voter approved property tax levies
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Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 66010d7e-a00c-4b64-806d-9eafd0533ad4 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/66010d7e-a00c-4b64-806d-9eafd0533ad4 CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass As Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 465784c1-a591-4b77-838d-c3db69b5a581 | Feb 27, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/465784c1-a591-4b77-838d-c3db69b5a581 CC0-1.0 | |
| AMD-SB0204.001.004 Hertz D/PASS | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 1864f6d8-0a70-4fd6-9dee-514176953742 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1864f6d8-0a70-4fd6-9dee-514176953742 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 188
Revising solar energy policy laws
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Do Pass | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 8c1130b9-6f53-4dac-b288-6b071440918f | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8c1130b9-6f53-4dac-b288-6b071440918f CC0-1.0 |
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SB 186
Provide for expedited processing in district courts of water cases arising under final decrees
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Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 55befdd5-e851-43cd-a8b4-5ce653cd4497 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/55befdd5-e851-43cd-a8b4-5ce653cd4497 CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 92908470-cdb3-4d6d-aefe-ddc73ca95078 | Feb 27, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/92908470-cdb3-4d6d-aefe-ddc73ca95078 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 106
Revising laws related to the use of manned and unmanned aircraft while hunting
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d88fa2e6-8ddd-44aa-aad1-a0f4049f7340 | Feb 27, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d88fa2e6-8ddd-44aa-aad1-a0f4049f7340 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 366
Revise central committees notification process laws
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do_pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 1c48e989-3ddf-47c8-b72e-1dec779654a2 | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/1c48e989-3ddf-47c8-b72e-1dec779654a2 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 201
Require disclosure of paid signature gatherers for initiatives
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be_concurred_in_as_amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 5ac72308-3eea-4d5d-be36-fd281349d1f4 | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5ac72308-3eea-4d5d-be36-fd281349d1f4 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 200
Generally revise cooperative laws
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do_pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 5ae62b37-3a20-4f2f-a397-c73934a43456 | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/5ae62b37-3a20-4f2f-a397-c73934a43456 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 150
Generally revise alcohol and tobacco laws
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 535137e2-af8e-47cb-bbd9-2b425c026e3b | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/535137e2-af8e-47cb-bbd9-2b425c026e3b CC0-1.0 |
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SB 302
Provide informal review of property tax disputes at MTAB
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 537eaeb6-0024-4b4c-9cdf-a75eabb60cf8 | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/537eaeb6-0024-4b4c-9cdf-a75eabb60cf8 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 251
Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 0a801f8a-985e-49e0-93ba-18c0c500302a | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/0a801f8a-985e-49e0-93ba-18c0c500302a CC0-1.0 |
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SB 224
Create indigenous peoples day
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Do Pass | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 66a44ce1-0308-4ffa-b328-36eb623089a7 | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/66a44ce1-0308-4ffa-b328-36eb623089a7 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 222
Revise laws related to lobbying prohibitions for public employees
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 432210ed-1ae1-4ed6-b683-abc1c353557a | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/432210ed-1ae1-4ed6-b683-abc1c353557a CC0-1.0 |
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SB 257
Generally revise Smith River permit laws
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Do Pass | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 7dc7cae2-d8c7-45da-a1f7-ec817fa48e4d | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7dc7cae2-d8c7-45da-a1f7-ec817fa48e4d CC0-1.0 |
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SB 105
Generally revise election laws related to electioneering at polling locations
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Do Pass | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 323d00d0-b524-43df-be2a-9007d9b13f70 | Feb 26, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/323d00d0-b524-43df-be2a-9007d9b13f70 CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (8 as lead sponsor)
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SB 407
MT · —
Revise education laws to prohibit certain flags and banners in school and require phrase "In God we trust" displayed in each classroom of a public school
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SB 114
MT · —
Provide for display of Ten Commandments in public schools
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SB 473
MT · —
Prohibit weather modification.
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SJ 15
MT · —
Resolution on Obergefell
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SB 491
MT · —
Generally revise laws related to sexual assault kits
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SB 160
MT · —
Revise alternative energy project laws to require a bond prior to construction
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SB 283
MT · —
Generally revise laws relating to wind generation facilities
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SB 505
MT · —
Generally revise zoning laws to prohibit the construction of wind generation facilities.