2025 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 69th Montana Legislature

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Last update: 9:36 AM Feb 5, 2025
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Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 197: Revising workersโ€™ compensation laws relating to when the employee is released to return to work

โœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 14
โœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 27
โœ… House
Passed House
Jan 30
โœด๏ธ Senate
Pending
โšช๏ธ Gov.

Sponsor:
๐Ÿ“ƒ Bill text
๐Ÿ’ต Fiscal note
๐Ÿ› Legal note
None on file
๐Ÿ– Proposed amendments
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 14
Introduced
Jan 15
Referred to Committee
Jan 15
First Reading
Jan 16
Hearing
Jan 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
Jan 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
โœ… 12-8
R12-0
D0-8
Jan 29
2nd Reading Passed
โœ… 58-42
R58-0
D0-42
Jan 30
3rd Reading Passed
โœ… 58-42
R58-0
D0-42
Jan 30
Transmitted to Senate
Jan 31
First Reading
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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