2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:44 AM Apr 15, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 215: Revise laws on state appointments and vacancies of executive boards and commissions

Proposed
Introduced
Jan 15
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 3
House
Passed House
Feb 6
Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 24
Gov.
Signed
Apr 7

Sponsor: | Requester: Caleb Hinkle
📃 Bill text
💵 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 15
Introduced
Jan 16
Referred to Committee
Jan 16
First Reading
Jan 20
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Feb 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Judiciary
12-8
R12-0
D0-8
Feb 5
2nd Reading Passed
58-42
R58-0
D0-42
Feb 6
3rd Reading Passed
58-41
R57-0
D1-41
Feb 6
Transmitted to Senate
Feb 7
First Reading
Feb 18
Referred to Committee
Mar 17
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Mar 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Judiciary
5-0
R5-0
Mar 21
2nd Reading Concurred
31-19
R31-1
D0-18
Mar 24
3rd Reading Concurred
33-17
R32-0
D1-17
Apr 1
Transmitted to Governor
Apr 7
Signed by Governor
Apr 7
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.

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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