2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 252: Create the student and teacher advancement for results and success act (STARS)

βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 17
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 5
βœ… House
Passed House
Feb 22
✴️ Senate
Pending
βšͺ️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Bruce "Butch" Gillespie
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 17
Introduced
Jan 20
Referred to Committee
Jan 20
First Reading
Jan 22
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Education
Feb 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Education
βœ… 15-0
R9-0
D6-0
Feb 10
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 93-7
R51-7
D42-0
Feb 10
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 10
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Appropriations
Feb 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Appropriations
βœ… 20-2
R10-2
D10-0
Feb 21
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 92-8
R50-8
D42-0
Feb 22
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 88-9
R47-9
D41-0
Feb 24
Transmitted to Senate
Feb 25
First Reading
Mar 3
Referred to Committee
Mar 17
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Apr 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
πŸ‘₯ Senate Education and Cultural Resources
βœ… 10-4
R5-4
D5-0
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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