2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 12:12 PM May 30, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 513: Revise laws related to use of name, voice, and likeness of individuals and penalties for unauthorized use

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 14
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 24
House
Passed House
Feb 28
Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 12
Gov.
Signed
May 13

Sponsor: | Requester: Jill Cohenour
📃 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
Feb 14
Introduced
Feb 17
Referred to Committee
Feb 17
First Reading
Feb 18
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Feb 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Judiciary
20-0
R12-0
D8-0
Feb 24
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Feb 27
2nd Reading Passed
100-0
R58-0
D42-0
Feb 28
3rd Reading Passed
97-1
R57-1
D40-0
Feb 28
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 2
First Reading
Mar 3
Referred to Committee
Apr 1
Hearing
👥 Senate Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
Apr 8
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
10-0
R5-0
D5-0
Apr 10
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 10
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 12
3rd Reading Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 12
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 16
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred
94-6
R52-6
D42-0
Apr 17
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
99-0
R58-0
D41-0
Apr 25
Transmitted to Governor
Apr 28
Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
Apr 29
2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted
100-0
R58-0
D42-0
Apr 29
2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted
48-0
R30-0
D18-0
Apr 30
3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted
100-0
R58-0
D42-0
Apr 30
Transmitted to Senate for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
Apr 30
3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
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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