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 834: Create a government evidence and impact commission

Proposed
Introduced
Mar 17
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 28
House
Passed House
Apr 1
✴️ Senate
Pending
⚪️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: John Esp
📃 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
Mar 17
Introduced
Mar 18
Referred to Committee
Mar 18
First Reading
Mar 20
Hearing
👥 House State Administration
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House State Administration
11-8
R11-0
D0-8
Mar 31
2nd Reading Passed
65-34
R57-0
D8-34
Apr 1
3rd Reading Passed
59-40
R57-0
D2-40
Apr 1
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 2
First Reading
Apr 2
Referred to Committee
Apr 12
Hearing
👥 Senate State Administration
Apr 14
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 Senate State Administration
7-2
R6-0
D1-2
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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