# Frank J. Smith

Frank J. Smith is a Democratic member of the Montana House for district 31.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: Montana House, district 31
- Serving since: 2021-01-04
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e9b6d4cf-9585-4cc4-8802-598065431e0e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9b6d4cf-9585-4cc4-8802-598065431e0e (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

100% of Smith’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Montana, in the top quarter of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 15 donors and 897 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 75% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,755 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Montana House 99.2%). Party unity 88% (89%). 223 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

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

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 402: Move the cowboy hall of fame and western heritage center to Wolf Point, Montana (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB402/
- HB 952: Authorizing governor to enter into agreements with tribal governments relating to marijuana (passed both chambers, 2025-06-19) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB952/
- HB 177: Revise tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor product laws (in committee, 2025-05-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/HB177/
- HJ 37: Interim study for recognition of the Turtle Mountain Indians (passed one chamber, 2023-05-08) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/HJ37/
- HB 794: Move the cowboy hall of fame back to Wolf Point (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/HB794/
- HB 330: Revise laws related to tribal DUI task forces (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/HB330/
- HB 350: Generally revise country of origin labeling (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/HB350/
- HB 300: Revise tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor product laws (in committee, 2023-05-03) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/HB300/
- LC 4558: Interim study for recognition of the Turtle Mountain Indians (introduced, 2023-04-20) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/LC4558/
- LC 2323: Generally revise country of origin labeling (introduced, 2023-01-25) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2023/LC2323/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $1,566 (State House Democrats median $5,075). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6827

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e9b6d4cf-9585-4cc4-8802-598065431e0e