Tom Facey

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Tom Facey

| image name=Facey SD48.jpg

| state_senate=Montana

| state=Montana

| district= 50th

| term_start=January 5, 2015

| term_end=January 7, 2019

| preceded=Cliff Larsen

| succeeded=Bryce Bennett

| state_senate1=Montana

| state1=Montana

| district1= 48th

| term_start1=January 3, 2011

| term_end1=January 5, 2015

| preceded1=Carolyn Squires

| succeeded1=Cynthia Wolken

| party= Democratic

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1954|03|30}}

| birth_place= Helena, Montana

| death_date=

| death_place=

| alma_mater= University of Montana

| occupation= Teacher

| spouse= Maureen O'Malley

| residence= Missoula, Montana

}}

Tom Facey (born March 30, 1954) is an American politician from Missoula, Montana. A Democrat, he served in the Montana House of Representatives and the Montana Senate.{{cite web|last=Montana Legislature|title=TOM FACEY (D)|url=http://leg.mt.gov/css/Sessions/62nd/leg_info.asp?HouseID=0&SessionID=105&LAWSID=8062|accessdate=5 April 2011}} As of 2016 Facey has been the primary sponsor of 47 bills.{{cite web|title=Tom Facey|url=http://openstates.org/mt/legislators/MTL000013/tom-facey/|publisher=Open States|accessdate=5 September 2016}}

Facey served as a Minority Whip in the Senate during the 2015–2018 session.{{cite web|title=64th session leaders|url=http://leg.mt.gov/css/Sessions/64th/leaders.asp|accessdate=5 September 2016}}

In 2011, Facey was the primary sponsor of SB 276 intended to "generally revise deviate sexual conduct laws."{{cite web|last=Detailed Bill Information|title=SB 276|url=http://laws.leg.mt.gov/laws11/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=276&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find|accessdate=5 April 2011}} More specifically, the bill seeks to bring Montana in line with the Supreme Court ruling that "the law that criminalizes homosexual acts is unconstitutional."{{cite web|last=Montana Capitol Report|title=Homophobia Rears its Ugly Head|url=http://www.mtcapitolreport.org/committees/judiciary/homophobia-rears-its-ugly-head|accessdate=5 April 2011}} The bill was tabled in a House committee.

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