2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 1:36 AM Jun 13, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 863: Generally revise state finance laws

Proposed
Introduced
Mar 25
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 27
House
Passed House
Mar 31
Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 25
Gov.
Signed
May 13

Sponsor: | Requester: Llew Jones
📃 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
Mar 25
Introduced
Mar 26
Referred to Committee
Mar 26
First Reading
Mar 26
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Mar 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
19-4
R13-0
D6-4
Mar 27
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 29
2nd Reading Passed
79-21
R53-5
D26-16
Mar 31
3rd Reading Passed
78-21
R53-4
D25-17
Mar 31
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 1
Referred to Committee
Apr 1
First Reading
Apr 2
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 17
Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading
26-24
R9-23
D17-1
Apr 23
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
19-31
R14-18
D5-13
Apr 23
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
18-32
R16-16
D2-16
Apr 23
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 23
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
29-21
R11-21
D18-0
Apr 23
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
28-22
R10-22
D18-0
Apr 23
Motion Failed
Apr 25
3rd Reading Concurred
28-21
R10-21
D18-0
Apr 25
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 29
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
38-62
R14-44
D24-18
Apr 29
Reconsidered Previous Action; Placed on 2nd Reading
58-39
R17-38
D41-1
Apr 30
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred
59-41
R19-39
D40-2
Apr 30
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
55-45
R19-39
D36-6
May 7
Transmitted to Governor
May 13
Signed by Governor
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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