# Nelly Nicol

Nelly Nicol is a Republican member of the Montana House for district 53.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana House, district 53
- Serving since: 2023-01-02
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e3347d94-a591-4c55-98fe-910536a94b2c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3347d94-a591-4c55-98fe-910536a94b2c (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

Nicol missed 1.9% of 2,755 roll calls, attendance in the bottom quarter of the Montana House (average 99.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.52 (standard error 0.02), from 172 donors and 295 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 77% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 98.0% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 95.3% (89%). 214 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 720: Generally revising board of massage therapy member qualifications (became law, 2025-05-13) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB720/
- HR 7: House resolution for legislators to offset appropriations in introduced bills by identifying the programs from which funds are to be reallocated in the same… (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HR7/
- HB 577: Providing that the highway patrol chief serves at the pleasure of the AG (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB577/
- HB 852: Generally revise bailbond laws (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB852/
- HB 726: Generally revise bail bonds laws (became law, 2025-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB726/
- HB 805: Generally revise workers' compensation laws (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB805/
- HB 377: Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information (in committee, 2025-05-22) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB377/
- HB 728: Revise campaign finance laws to prohibit contributions from public entities (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB728/
- HB 478: Generally revise laws relating to volunteer church security teams (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB478/
- HB 938: Generally revise lobbying laws relating to state and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB938/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $24.1K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 96% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/7638
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NellyNicolForMontana/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicol.nelly/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nellynicol/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e3347d94-a591-4c55-98fe-910536a94b2c