2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 11:07 PM May 31, 2025
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๐Ÿ  House
GOP-held 58-42
๐Ÿ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
๐Ÿ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 316: Constitutional amendment to define person

โœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 27
โœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 6
โŒ House
Failed in House
May 22
โšช๏ธ Senate

Sponsor: | Requester: Lee Deming
๐Ÿ“ƒ Bill text
๐Ÿ’ต Fiscal note
None on file
๐Ÿ› Legal note
None on file
๐Ÿ– Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.
Passage requires supermajority, 2/3 of Entire Legislature.

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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 27
Introduced
Jan 27
Referred to Committee
Jan 27
First Reading
Feb 3
Hearing
๐Ÿ‘ฅ House Judiciary
Feb 6
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
๐Ÿ‘ฅ House Judiciary
โœ… 12-8
R12-0
D0-8
Feb 6
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 25
2nd Reading Passed
โœ… 57-43
R57-1
D0-42
Mar 26
3rd Reading Passed
โœ… 58-41
R58-0
D0-41
Mar 26
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 27
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
Hearing
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
Apr 8
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
โœ… 5-3
R5-0
D0-3
Apr 17
2nd Reading Concurred
โœ… 30-19
R30-1
D0-18
Apr 18
3rd Reading Failed; 2nd House Vote Required
โœ… 33-17
R32-0
D1-17
May 22
Died in Process
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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