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

House Bill 516: Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 14
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 25
✅ House
Passed House
Mar 3
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 12
✴️ Reconcil.
Pending
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Ken Walsh RTwin Bridges / HD 69
| Requester: Andrea Olsen
📃 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
Feb 14
Introduced
Feb 17
Referred to Committee
Feb 17
First Reading
Feb 19
Hearing
👥 House Business and Labor
Feb 24
Hearing
👥 House Business and Labor
Feb 25
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Business and Labor
✅ 20-0
R12-0
D8-0
Feb 28
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 97-2
R56-2
D41-0
Feb 28
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 28
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 18-0
R12-0
D6-0
Mar 3
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 95-2
R54-2
D41-0
Mar 3
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 4
First Reading
Mar 4
Referred to Committee
Mar 15
Hearing
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
Mar 20
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
✅ 8-4
R4-4
D4-0
Apr 9
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
✅ 49-1
R31-1
D18-0
Apr 9
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
✅ 31-19
R13-19
D18-0
Apr 9
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 10
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 11
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 22-0
R14-0
D8-0
Apr 12
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 39-11
R21-11
D18-0
Apr 12
Returned to House with Amendments
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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