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 726: Generally revise bail bonds laws

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 25
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 1
House
Passed House
Mar 7
Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 7
Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 11
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Nelly Nicol
📃 Bill text
💵 Fiscal note
🏛 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 25
Introduced
Feb 25
Referred to Committee
Feb 25
First Reading
Feb 28
Hearing
👥 House Business and Labor
Mar 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Business and Labor
18-2
R12-0
D6-2
Mar 5
2nd Reading Passed
79-20
R57-0
D22-20
Mar 7
3rd Reading Passed
62-37
R49-8
D13-29
Mar 7
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 14
First Reading
Mar 18
Referred to Committee
Mar 24
Hearing
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
Apr 2
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
10-1
R7-0
D3-1
Apr 5
2nd Reading Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 7
3rd Reading Concurred
47-2
R32-0
D15-2
Apr 7
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 11
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concur Motion Failed
41-58
R40-17
D1-41
Apr 11
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
56-43
R54-3
D2-40
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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