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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Bill 881: Revise medicaid buy-in program to include children with disabilities

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Mar 26
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Apr 2
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 8
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 23
❌ Gov.
Vetoed
May 13
Sponsor:
Mary Caferro DHelena / HD 81
| Requester: Mary Caferro
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
Available here
🖍 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 26
Introduced
Mar 27
Referred to Committee
Mar 27
First Reading
Mar 28
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Apr 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Human Services
✅ 17-4
R8-4
D9-0
Apr 2
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 2
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 3
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 19-4
R9-4
D10-0
Apr 4
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 7
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 64-36
R22-36
D42-0
Apr 8
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 60-37
R20-37
D40-0
Apr 8
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 9
First Reading
Apr 9
Referred to Committee
Apr 10
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Apr 15
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Apr 16
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
✅ 8-3
R4-3
D4-0
Apr 22
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 32-16
R14-16
D18-0
Apr 23
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 30-20
R12-20
D18-0
May 7
Transmitted to Governor
May 13
Vetoed by Governor
Veto memo
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.

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