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 49: Generally revise laws related to synthetic cannabinoids

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Dec 9
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 20
✅ House
Passed House
Jan 23
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 19
✅ Gov.
Signed
Apr 7
Sponsor:
Ron Marshall RHamilton / HD 87
| Requester: Economic Affairs Interim Committee
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 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
Dec 9
Introduced
Dec 20
Referred to Committee
Jan 6
First Reading
Jan 6
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Jan 20
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Judiciary
✅ 20-0
R12-0
D8-0
Jan 22
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 97-3
R58-0
D39-3
Jan 23
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 96-4
R58-0
D38-4
Jan 23
Transmitted to Senate
Jan 24
First Reading
Jan 27
Referred to Committee
Jan 28
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Feb 5
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Mar 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Judiciary
✅ 5-3
R5-0
D0-3
Mar 18
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 47-3
R30-2
D17-1
Mar 19
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 47-3
R30-2
D17-1
Apr 1
Transmitted to Governor
Apr 7
Signed by Governor
Apr 7
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.

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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