2025 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 69th Montana Legislature

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Last update: 12:12 PM May 30, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 848: Provide funding for regional rail authorities

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Mar 19
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 28
❌ House
Failed in House
May 22
⚪️ Senate
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Denise Baum DBillings / HD 45
| Requester: Denise Baum
📃 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
Mar 19
Introduced
Mar 20
Referred to Committee
Mar 20
First Reading
Mar 21
Hearing
👥 House Transportation
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Transportation
✅ 8-6
R2-6
D6-0
Mar 31
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 31
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 12-11
R2-11
D10-0
Apr 4
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 61-39
R19-39
D42-0
Apr 5
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 63-35
R22-34
D41-1
Apr 5
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 7
First Reading
Apr 7
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
Hearing
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
Apr 8
Hearing
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
Apr 11
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
✅ 6-2
R3-2
D3-0
Apr 15
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 24-26
R24-8
D0-18
Apr 15
2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed
❌ 23-27
R5-27
D18-0
Apr 15
2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
Apr 16
Motion Failed
❌ 23-27
R5-27
D18-0
May 22
Died in Process
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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