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 694: Revise laws related to child abuse and neglect

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 24
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 1
House
Passed House
Mar 7
Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 10
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Bill Mercer
📃 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 24
Introduced
Feb 24
Referred to Committee
Feb 24
First Reading
Feb 24
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Feb 25
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 27
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Mar 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Human Services
12-9
R12-0
D0-9
Mar 5
2nd Reading Passed
57-42
R57-0
D0-42
Mar 7
3rd Reading Passed
57-42
R57-0
D0-42
Mar 7
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 14
First Reading
Mar 17
Referred to Committee
Apr 2
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Apr 7
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
10-1
R6-1
D4-0
Apr 9
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
4-44
R3-29
D1-15
Apr 9
2nd Reading Concurred
36-14
R32-0
D4-14
Apr 10
3rd Reading Concurred
30-18
R29-1
D1-17
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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