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City of Great Falls: Montana lobbying record

In the 2025-2026 session, City of Great Falls was registered as a lobbying principal, authorized 2 lobbyists, and filed 2 L-5 reports reporting $18,000.00 in total, as the state totals each report. Data through 2026-10-02.

A principal is a person or organization that pays someone to lobby the Montana Legislature. Principals register with the Commissioner of Political Practices and file the L-5 Lobbying Financial Report, which lists what they paid their lobbyists and what they spent to support lobbying.

City of Great Falls's lobbying record on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/lobbying/816460

City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: lobbyists authorized, data through 2026-10-02

City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 1 to 25 of 62, data through 2026-10-02

Subject Position declared Bills named
City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 1 to 25 of 62, data through 2026-10-02
HB56 Monitor HB 56
HB100 Monitor HB 100
HB144 Monitor HB 144
HB208 Monitor HB 208
HB213 Monitor HB 213
HB231 Monitor HB 231
HB40 Monitor HB 40
Banking/finance/investment Not recorded None named
Business/labor Not recorded None named
Economic development Not recorded None named
SB2 Oppose SB 2
SB357 Support SB 357
Energy/conservation Not recorded None named
Government/regulation Not recorded None named
All matters in which the principal has an interest Not recorded None named
HB180 Monitor HB 180
SB11 Monitor SB 11
SB175 Monitor SB 175
SB189 Monitor SB 189
SB90 Monitor SB 90
SB205 Oppose SB 205
HB20 Oppose HB 20
SB1 Oppose SB 1
SB108 Oppose SB 108
HB172 Monitor HB 172

City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 26 to 50 of 62, data through 2026-10-02

Subject Position declared Bills named
City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 26 to 50 of 62, data through 2026-10-02
SB133 Oppose SB 133
SB3 Oppose SB 3
SB117 Oppose SB 117
SB108 Oppose SB 108
SB133 Oppose SB 133
SB539 Oppose SB 539
HB221 Oppose HB 221
SB420 Oppose SB 420
SB266 Oppose SB 266
SB2 Oppose SB 2
HB451 Oppose HB 451
SB117 Oppose SB 117
HB427 MO HB 427
Health/mental health/human services Not recorded None named
Insurance Not recorded None named
Justice system Not recorded None named
Natural resources/land use/water Not recorded None named
Taxation Not recorded None named
Transportation Not recorded None named
SB32 Monitor SB 32
SB121 Monitor SB 121
HB154 Monitor HB 154
HB155 Monitor HB 155
HB19 Monitor HB 19
HB20 Oppose HB 20

City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 51 to 62 of 62, data through 2026-10-02

Subject Position declared Bills named
City of Great Falls, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 51 to 62 of 62, data through 2026-10-02
HB21 Monitor HB 21
HB178 Monitor HB 178
HB221 Oppose HB 221
SB1 Oppose SB 1
HB5 Monitor HB 5
SB204 Oppose SB 204
SB3 Oppose SB 3
HB16 Monitor HB 16
SB146 Oppose SB 146
SB204 Oppose SB 204
SB205 Oppose SB 205
HB37 Monitor HB 37

Subjects are what the principal registered as its interests, with the position it declared. They do not say how any vote went.

City of Great Falls: L-5 reports filed, every session, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-02

Report Session Received Total for report
City of Great Falls: L-5 reports filed, every session, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-02
Post Session 2025-2026 2025-05-05 $13,500.00
Initial Report 2025-2026 2025-02-03 $4,500.00

The L-5 Lobbying Financial Report is filed by the principal. It reports payments to lobbyists and the costs of supporting lobbying on nine lines, and itemizes entertainment by who was paid and whom it was for.

City of Great Falls, L-5 Post Session received 2025-05-05: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02

Line Amount
City of Great Falls, L-5 Post Session received 2025-05-05: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02
1. Total Lobbyist Pay $13,500.00
2. Other Pay $0.00
3. Travel $0.00
4. Advertising (including production costs) $0.00
5. Entertainment (including all foods and refreshments) $0.00
6. Communication (including telephone, fax, e-mail) $0.00
7. Postage $0.00
8. Printing $0.00
9. Other Office Expenses $0.00
Total for report $13,500.00

City of Great Falls, L-5 Initial Report received 2025-02-03: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02

Line Amount
City of Great Falls, L-5 Initial Report received 2025-02-03: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02
1. Total Lobbyist Pay $4,500.00
2. Other Pay $0.00
3. Travel $0.00
4. Advertising (including production costs) $0.00
5. Entertainment (including all foods and refreshments) $0.00
6. Communication (including telephone, fax, e-mail) $0.00
7. Postage $0.00
8. Printing $0.00
9. Other Office Expenses $0.00
Total for report $4,500.00

What this record does not say about City of Great Falls, data through 2026-10-02

It does not say how any legislator voted or whether any bill passed. A declared subject position is the principal's own statement of interest. L-5 totals are the nine lines the principal reported, as the state totals each report.