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

House Bill 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 21
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 28
✅ House
Passed House
Mar 5
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 10
✴️ Reconcil.
Pending
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Melissa Nikolakakos RGreat Falls / HD 20
| Requester: Melissa Nikolakakos
📃 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 21
Introduced
Feb 22
Referred to Committee
Feb 22
First Reading
Feb 24
Hearing
👥 House Education
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Education
✅ 15-0
R9-0
D6-0
Mar 3
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 74-25
R32-25
D42-0
Mar 3
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 3
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Mar 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 17-6
R7-6
D10-0
Mar 5
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 77-21
R36-21
D41-0
Mar 5
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 6
First Reading
Mar 6
Referred to Committee
Mar 10
Hearing
👥 Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Mar 25
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate Education and Cultural Resources
✅ 8-6
R3-6
D5-0
Apr 5
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 33-17
R15-17
D18-0
Apr 5
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 7
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 13-9
R5-9
D8-0
Apr 10
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 35-13
R17-13
D18-0
Apr 10
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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