2025 Capitol Tracker

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Last update: 5:45 PM Apr 25, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 147: Generally revise Montana Indian child welfare laws

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 14
✅ 1st Cmte.
Blasted to floor
Feb 21
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 25
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 11
✅ Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 17
✴️ Gov.
Pending
Sponsor:
Jonathan Windy Boy DBox Elder / SD 16
| Requester: Jonathan Windy Boy
📃 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
Jan 14
Introduced
Jan 15
First Reading
Jan 16
Referred to Committee
Jan 23
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 14
Committee Executive Action--Bill Not Passed
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
❌ 5-6
R1-6
D4-0
Feb 14
Tabled in Committee
❌ 6-5
R6-1
D0-4
Feb 21
Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading
Feb 24
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 31-19
R13-19
D18-0
Feb 25
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 30-19
R13-19
D17-0
Feb 25
Transmitted to House
Feb 26
Referred to Committee
Feb 26
First Reading
Mar 24
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Apr 7
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Human Services
✅ 21-0
R12-0
D9-0
Apr 9
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 9
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 21-0
R13-0
D8-0
Apr 11
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 95-5
R53-5
D42-0
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 95-4
R53-4
D42-0
Apr 11
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 16
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
✅ 36-14
R18-14
D18-0
Apr 17
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
✅ 31-19
R13-19
D18-0
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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