2025 Capitol Tracker

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Last update: 3:47 PM Apr 22, 2025

House Bill 651: Allow for temporary door locks during emergency situations

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 21
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 27
House
Passed House
Mar 7
Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 15
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Amy Regier
📃 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 21
Introduced
Feb 22
Referred to Committee
Feb 22
First Reading
Feb 22
Hearing
👥 House State Administration
Feb 26
Hearing
👥 House State Administration
Feb 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House State Administration
19-0
R11-0
D8-0
Mar 6
2nd Reading Passed
97-2
R57-0
D40-2
Mar 7
3rd Reading Passed
96-3
R57-0
D39-3
Mar 7
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 14
First Reading
Mar 17
Referred to Committee
Mar 18
Hearing
👥 Senate State Administration
Mar 26
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate State Administration
9-0
R6-0
D3-0
Apr 14
2nd Reading Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 15
3rd Reading Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
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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