# Wylie Galt

Wylie Galt is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 39
- Serving since: 2013-01-07
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4b0e74d3-19ae-449e-b712-ac96d2c1a165

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b0e74d3-19ae-449e-b712-ac96d2c1a165 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

86% of the 7 bills Galt sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom quarter of the Montana Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.36 (standard error 0.01), from 56 donors and 895 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 51% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.1% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 90.3% (85%). 187 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 7 bills: 7 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 0 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 0. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Montana Senate 96.6%; rank 9 of 10).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SR 85: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of natural resources and conservation (passed one chamber, 2025-04-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR85/
- SR 102: Confirm governor's appointees for the coal board (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR102/
- SR 77: Confirm governor's appointee for director of the department of environmental quality (passed one chamber, 2025-04-16) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR77/
- SR 18: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of environmental review (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR18/
- SR 43: Confirm governor's appointees for board of water well contractors (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR43/
- SR 25: Confirm governor's appointees for the hard-rock mining impact board (passed one chamber, 2025-04-15) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SR25/
- SB 358: Revise exempt water right laws (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB358/
- SB 221: Generally revise the Montana environmental policy act (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB221/
- SB 241: Revise alcohol laws relating to transfer of a license (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB241/
- SB 403: Grant the fish and wildlife commission authority to set muzzleloader season (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB403/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $14.4K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 94% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WylieGaltForHD30
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wylie.galt

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4b0e74d3-19ae-449e-b712-ac96d2c1a165