# Steve Fitzpatrick

Steve Fitzpatrick is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 24.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 24
- Serving since: 2017-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/afcd51eb-e3cf-4bc4-8093-80f884de54e2

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/afcd51eb-e3cf-4bc4-8093-80f884de54e2 (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

Fitzpatrick sits at +0.19 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 76% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 212 donors and 897 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 88% (89%). 229 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 2 bills: 2 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0.

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 954: Extend PL280 termination date (became law, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB954/
- HB 856: Revise incumbent vacancy in office laws (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB856/
- HB 323: Allow counties to pay reserve deputy sheriff's officers (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB323/
- HJ 17: Resolution regarding energy (passed both chambers, 2025-05-06) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HJ17/
- HB 872: Revise licensing laws (became law, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB872/
- HB 464: Revise insurance laws relating to interest of a named insured and change of interest by transfer on death (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB464/
- HB 871: Revise requirements to connect to municipal water/sewer system (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB871/
- HB 685: Feasibility allowance for nondegradation policy (became law, 2025-05-19) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB685/
- HB 629: Revise laws related to a proposed subdivision's connection to a public water supply or wastewater system (became law, 2025-05-05) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB629/
- HB 409: Revise injunction laws (became law, 2025-03-25) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB409/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.8K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://archive.legmt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7506

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/afcd51eb-e3cf-4bc4-8093-80f884de54e2