Reducing Taxes and Stopping Fraud: House Bill 210 (2025) reduces the unemployment insurance tax rate and provides additional tools to prevent unemployment insurance fraud. House Bill 210 will save Montana businesses approximately $25.8 million a year.
Protecting Consumers: House Bill 114 (2025) revises the Montana insurance code to include new protections for insurance consumers including prohibitions on false and misleading advertising. Senate Bill 363 (2021) requires insurance agents to act in the best interests of consumers when selling annuity products
Enhancing Public Safety: House Bill 323 (2025) allows a county to provide compensation to reserve sheriff’s officers for services such as school safety programs.
Providing Tax Rebates: Steve co-sponsored House Bill 192 and 816 (2013). These bills provided substantial income and property tax rebates for Montanans.
Lowering the Cost of Electricity: Senate Bill 201 (2021) prohibits cost adders which unnecessarily increase the cost of electricity.
Reducing the Cost of Health Insurance: Senate Bill 125 (2019) establishes a reinsurance program for health insurance policies sold on the individual market. The reinsurance program has resulted in reduced insurance premiums for people purchasing individual health insurance plans in Montana.
Making Prescription Drugs More Affordable: Senate Bill 83 (2019) prohibits pharmacy benefit managers from charging undisclosed fees and stops pharmacy benefit managers from requiring a pharmacy to charge a co-pay greater than the cost of the medicine.
Stopping Financial Exploitation: Senate Bill 311 (2019) gives financial institutions and law enforcement additional tools to prevent financial exploitation of senior citizens.
Steve Fitzpatrick is regarded as one of Montana’s most effective legislators. Steve has passed over 150 bills and resolutions into law.
For the 2019 and 2021 legislative sessions, Steve was ranked as the most effective Montana legislator by the Center for Effective Lawmaking at the University of Virginia and Vanderbilt University.
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