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 253: Mandate disclosure of certain information in public health emergency

Proposed
Introduced
Jan 17
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 4
House
Passed House
Feb 11
Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 31
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Bill Mercer
📃 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 17
Introduced
Jan 20
Referred to Committee
Jan 20
First Reading
Jan 20
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Feb 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Human Services
15-6
R12-0
D3-6
Feb 10
2nd Reading Passed
91-8
R57-0
D34-8
Feb 11
3rd Reading Passed
92-7
R58-0
D34-7
Feb 11
Transmitted to Senate
Feb 12
First Reading
Feb 17
Referred to Committee
Mar 3
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Mar 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
11-0
R7-0
D4-0
Mar 28
2nd Reading Concurred
48-0
R31-0
D17-0
Mar 31
3rd Reading Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 9
Transmitted to 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.

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