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

House Bill 201: Require disclosure of paid signature gatherers for initiatives

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 14
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 29
✅ House
Passed House
Feb 4
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 17
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 1
Sponsor:
Braxton Mitchell RColumbia Falls / HD 5
| Requester: Braxton Mitchell
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
None on file
🏛 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 14
Introduced
Jan 15
Referred to Committee
Jan 15
First Reading
Jan 15
Hearing
👥 House State Administration
Jan 29
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House State Administration
✅ 11-8
R11-0
D0-8
Jan 29
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Feb 3
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 59-41
R58-0
D1-41
Feb 4
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 59-41
R58-0
D1-41
Feb 4
Transmitted to Senate
Feb 5
First Reading
Feb 13
Referred to Committee
Feb 22
Hearing
👥 Senate State Administration
Feb 26
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate State Administration
✅ 9-0
R6-0
D3-0
Mar 15
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 44-6
R32-0
D12-6
Mar 17
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 39-10
R32-0
D7-10
Mar 17
Returned to House with Amendments
Mar 21
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
✅ 52-47
R52-6
D0-41
Mar 26
Hearing
Mar 28
Free Conference Committee Report Received
Mar 31
2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 58-42
R57-1
D1-41
Apr 1
3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 57-42
R56-1
D1-41
Apr 3
2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 32-18
R32-0
D0-18
Apr 4
3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 27-22
R26-5
D1-17
Apr 22
Transmitted to Governor
May 1
Signed by Governor
May 5
Chapter Number Assigned
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.

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