2025 Capitol Tracker

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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 129: Provide income tax benefit to support emergency response volunteers

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 7
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 17
✅ House
Passed House
Feb 5
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 24
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 12
Sponsor:
Llew Jones RConrad / HD 18
| Requester: Llew Jones
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 7
Introduced
Jan 8
Referred to Committee
Jan 8
First Reading
Jan 10
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Jan 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Taxation
✅ 21-0
R12-0
D9-0
Jan 17
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Jan 28
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 98-2
R56-2
D42-0
Jan 28
Rereferred to Committee
Jan 29
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Feb 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 23-0
R13-0
D10-0
Feb 4
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Feb 5
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 96-4
R56-2
D40-2
Feb 5
Transmitted to Senate
Feb 6
First Reading
Feb 20
Referred to Committee
Mar 12
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Apr 16
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Taxation
✅ 5-3
R2-3
D3-0
Apr 17
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 32-18
R14-18
D18-0
Apr 17
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 23
Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading
✅ 26-23
R8-23
D18-0
Apr 23
Motion Carried
✅ 28-22
R10-22
D18-0
Apr 24
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 32-18
R14-18
D18-0
May 5
Transmitted to Governor
May 12
Signed by Governor
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page at legmt.gov for an official reference.

About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

The information presented here is collected from a variety of sources including the Montana Legislature's public roster and its official bill-tracking system. Reporting and web design were done by Jacob Olness and Eric Dietrich. Please contact them at jolness@montanafreepress.org and edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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