2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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

House Bill 329: Make the Montana ammunition act permanent

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 28
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 19
✅ House
Passed House
Mar 28
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 14
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 13
Sponsor:
Ed Byrne RBigfork / HD 11
| Requester: Ed Byrne
📃 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 28
Introduced
Jan 29
Referred to Committee
Jan 29
First Reading
Jan 31
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Feb 12
Tabled in Committee
❌ 21-0
R12-0
D9-0
Mar 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Taxation
✅ 11-10
R11-1
D0-9
Mar 27
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 52-48
R52-6
D0-42
Mar 28
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 51-48
R50-8
D1-40
Mar 28
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 31
Referred to Committee
Mar 31
First Reading
Apr 4
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate Taxation
✅ 6-2
R5-0
D1-2
Apr 12
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 39-11
R32-0
D7-11
Apr 14
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 34-14
R31-0
D3-14
Apr 14
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 17
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
❌ 44-56
R44-14
D0-42
Apr 22
Conference Committee Appointed
Apr 24
Conference Committee Appointed
Apr 25
Hearing
Apr 28
Conference Committee Report Received
Apr 29
2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 46-3
R31-0
D15-3
Apr 29
2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 60-40
R57-1
D3-39
Apr 30
3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 55-45
R55-3
D0-42
Apr 30
3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
✅ 41-9
R32-0
D9-9
May 7
Transmitted to Governor
May 13
Signed by 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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