2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:44 AM Apr 15, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 59: Revise board of water well contractors laws

Proposed
Introduced
Dec 11
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 22
House
Passed House
Jan 29
Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 27
✴️ Reconcil.
Pending
Apr 11
⚪️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
📃 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
Dec 11
Introduced
Dec 20
Referred to Committee
Jan 6
First Reading
Jan 13
Hearing
👥 House Natural Resources
Jan 22
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Natural Resources
13-0
R7-0
D6-0
Jan 28
2nd Reading Passed
99-1
R57-1
D42-0
Jan 29
3rd Reading Passed
99-1
R57-1
D42-0
Jan 29
Transmitted to Senate
Jan 30
First Reading
Feb 18
Referred to Committee
Mar 7
Hearing
👥 Senate Natural Resources
Mar 21
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Natural Resources
10-1
R6-1
D4-0
Mar 26
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
35-13
R19-13
D16-0
Mar 26
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Mar 27
3rd Reading Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Mar 28
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 11
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
99-1
R58-0
D41-1
Apr 11
Conference Committee Appointed
Apr 14
Conference Committee Appointed
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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