# Becky Beard

Becky Beard is a Republican member of the Montana Senate for district 38.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Montana Senate, district 38
- Serving since: 2022-12-14
- Current term: MT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f87d7b76-3065-48f4-bc3b-50bf00926180

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f87d7b76-3065-48f4-bc3b-50bf00926180 (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 Beard’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from Montana, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.48 (standard error 0.02), from 81 donors and 599 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 68% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (MT 2025–26 session)

2,812 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (Montana Senate 98.9%). Party unity 95.5% (85%). 283 votes against the party majority.

## Legislation (MT 2025–26 session)

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

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 146: Creating the private property protection act (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB146/
- SB 309: Eliminate the Scenic-Historic Byways Advisory Council (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB309/
- SB 540: Revise taxation of class 17 property (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB540/
- SB 102: Revise calculation of state education levies (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB102/
- SB 145: Require open meetings and records for education membership organizations (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB145/
- SB 99: Revise unrelated business taxable income to include certain rental and accommodations income (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB99/
- SB 215: Revise the definition of public school system and requirements of school funding formula (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB215/
- SB 100: Revise funding for assisted living services (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB100/
- SB 263: Revise state ownership of water rights on state lands (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB263/
- SB 28: Extend vehicle titling grace period to 60 days (in committee, 2025-05-23) https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB28/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $31.2K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 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/7472

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f87d7b76-3065-48f4-bc3b-50bf00926180