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Dave Fern
MT Senate District 2
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MT Senate District 2 current
Montana |
Democratic | Jan 6, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT Senate District 2
Montana |
Democratic | Jan 2, 2017 | Jan 5, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| MT House District 5
Montana |
Democratic | Jan 2, 2017 | Jan 6, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (3,052 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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SB 565
Creating the Montana endowment for early childhood and related structure
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Take SB 565 from Comm-Smith | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 58dd53bd-899e-428a-b482-25555063d8a4 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/58dd53bd-899e-428a-b482-25555063d8a4 CC0-1.0 |
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HB 166
Revise Montana historical society laws
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Do Concur | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2e7f4bf5-4ab5-48ca-8da3-a1a139c5f340 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2e7f4bf5-4ab5-48ca-8da3-a1a139c5f340 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 549
Provide income tax credit for K-12 education expenses
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Do Pass As Amended | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 78c8761a-52d0-4ee8-a154-b04d376d9dca | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/78c8761a-52d0-4ee8-a154-b04d376d9dca CC0-1.0 |
| AMD-SB0549.002.001 Trebas D/PASS | Nay | upper · stage not recorded · roll 40dad08d-6acc-4c40-9e1d-c5f6c4f75377 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/40dad08d-6acc-4c40-9e1d-c5f6c4f75377 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 546
Provide income based tax credit
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Do Pass As Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 74d08c09-a76f-40ca-8cc7-94e0613819c1 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/74d08c09-a76f-40ca-8cc7-94e0613819c1 CC0-1.0 |
| AMD-SB0546.001.002 Fern D/PASS | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 94644eae-36ec-4c68-b4d4-5af03a39abde | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/94644eae-36ec-4c68-b4d4-5af03a39abde CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 542
Generally revise property tax laws
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 8ad73eb8-8666-46cc-b887-3e85aea19127 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8ad73eb8-8666-46cc-b887-3e85aea19127 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 554
Generally revise laws related to hospitals operating as nonprofit care facilities
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Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 3b9bcabb-402c-4b0e-9d0b-e2352b709043 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/3b9bcabb-402c-4b0e-9d0b-e2352b709043 CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 37273c07-6f2a-4a01-84e6-f02b9278725e | Apr 3, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/37273c07-6f2a-4a01-84e6-f02b9278725e CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 536
Revise contractor gross receipts tax
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 7f4b36fd-9888-4419-8171-9be6a69e282d | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7f4b36fd-9888-4419-8171-9be6a69e282d CC0-1.0 |
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SB 321
Provide tax credits for children and child care
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 77ca4556-96f4-4404-82cf-567c79af114a | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/77ca4556-96f4-4404-82cf-567c79af114a CC0-1.0 |
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SB 166
Revising certified public accountant education requirements
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2d38449a-3d2a-441f-9498-de7363725dda | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2d38449a-3d2a-441f-9498-de7363725dda CC0-1.0 |
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SB 161
Provide for regulation and sale of aquaculture
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 981b246c-b120-4407-96b9-002297f3c46b | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/981b246c-b120-4407-96b9-002297f3c46b CC0-1.0 |
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SB 111
Revising laws related to green lights on snow removal equipment
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 2cbd5dcc-588b-4a8d-b5e0-0fad5e1e44c4 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/2cbd5dcc-588b-4a8d-b5e0-0fad5e1e44c4 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 | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll cf0c72e5-4d4e-4105-af9d-b9e15a03d175 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/cf0c72e5-4d4e-4105-af9d-b9e15a03d175 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 394
Provide for workers' compensation coverage of PTSD for first responders
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll e1b56b6a-902b-4de0-8899-b37fc903d504 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/e1b56b6a-902b-4de0-8899-b37fc903d504 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 379
Revise laws related to state-tribal consultation
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Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll c1fcca39-3640-4e1d-ba2a-a88617bf450a | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c1fcca39-3640-4e1d-ba2a-a88617bf450a CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 521e0ab5-f40d-49dc-8dac-3e2f501254b4 | Apr 3, 2025 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/521e0ab5-f40d-49dc-8dac-3e2f501254b4 CC0-1.0 | |
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HB 217
Transfer the state building energy conservation program to the Dept. of Administration A&E division
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Do Concur | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 395d28bc-ff7b-4dc0-b2cb-f64e093840ee | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/395d28bc-ff7b-4dc0-b2cb-f64e093840ee CC0-1.0 |
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HB 55
Revising public utility resource planning laws
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Do Concur | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 8ebc89b1-f46d-4dc4-be99-43e930e95566 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8ebc89b1-f46d-4dc4-be99-43e930e95566 CC0-1.0 |
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HJ 4
Interim study of artificial intelligence
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Do Concur | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 8f3706a0-40c4-4400-8cc2-dd77e0677c47 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/8f3706a0-40c4-4400-8cc2-dd77e0677c47 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 370
Generally revise laws related to jury duty
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 901f6eba-ee08-47b8-b04d-8860afd311fe | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/901f6eba-ee08-47b8-b04d-8860afd311fe CC0-1.0 |
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SB 203
Revise income tax brackets to lower income taxes
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 16d5883b-d6c5-4f4d-8a1e-f0747cf31f89 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/16d5883b-d6c5-4f4d-8a1e-f0747cf31f89 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 491
Generally revise laws related to sexual assault kits
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d9da81be-0eaf-4808-837c-5edaef0fa218 | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d9da81be-0eaf-4808-837c-5edaef0fa218 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 434
Provide property tax rebate on principal residence based on taxes paid
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 18c78d6a-f729-400b-bb27-a478a82fedcb | Apr 3, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/18c78d6a-f729-400b-bb27-a478a82fedcb CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (15 as lead sponsor)
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SB 405
MT · —
Provide additional funding for the housing Montana fund
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SB 471
MT · —
Generally revise vehicular traffic laws related to pedestrian crossings
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SB 237
MT · —
Require revenue interim committee to make a recommendation about property tax rates
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SB 88
MT · —
Revise laws related to the publication process of certificate of need letters of intent
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SB 304
MT · —
Revise Montana lakeshore laws
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SB 546
MT · —
Provide income based tax credit
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SB 152
MT · —
Constitutional amendment to revise investment restrictions of coal trust fund
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SB 404
MT · —
Require reporting of building permits for appraisal information
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SB 267
MT · —
Provide a tax credit for charitable gifts to public infrastructure
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SB 343
MT · —
Revert revenue from coal tax to coal trust
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