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

House Bill 267: Revise DUI laws related to enacting Bobby's law

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 21
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 29
✅ House
Passed House
Feb 19
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 15
✅ Gov.
Signed
Apr 25
Sponsor:
Braxton Mitchell RColumbia Falls / HD 5
| Requester: Braxton Mitchell
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 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 21
Introduced
Jan 22
Referred to Committee
Jan 22
First Reading
Jan 29
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Judiciary
Feb 6
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 92-8
R58-0
D34-8
Feb 6
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 7
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Feb 10
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Feb 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 21-0
R11-0
D10-0
Feb 18
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Feb 19
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 94-6
R58-0
D36-6
Feb 19
Transmitted to Senate
Feb 20
First Reading
Mar 1
Referred to Committee
Mar 14
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Mar 24
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Apr 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate Judiciary
✅ 6-2
R4-1
D2-1
Apr 9
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 45-5
R32-0
D13-5
Apr 9
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 11
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 12
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 14
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 22-0
R14-0
D8-0
Apr 15
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 45-4
R31-0
D14-4
Apr 15
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 18
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred
✅ 99-1
R58-0
D41-1
Apr 22
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
✅ 95-3
R57-0
D38-3
Apr 23
Transmitted to Governor
Apr 25
Signed by Governor
Apr 25
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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