2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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GOP-held 58-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 188: Revising solar energy policy laws

βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 21
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 25
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 28
βœ… House
Passed House
Apr 9
βœ… Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 12
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Christopher Pope
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
None on file
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 21
Introduced
Jan 22
First Reading
Jan 22
Referred to Committee
Jan 24
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ Senate Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
Feb 25
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
πŸ‘₯ Senate Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
βœ… 12-1
R7-1
D5-0
Feb 27
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 40-10
R22-10
D18-0
Feb 28
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 38-11
R21-10
D17-1
Feb 28
Transmitted to House
Mar 1
Referred to Committee
Mar 1
First Reading
Mar 24
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
Apr 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
βœ… 10-4
R4-4
D6-0
Apr 8
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 57-41
R16-41
D41-0
Apr 9
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 54-43
R16-40
D38-3
Apr 9
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 11
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
βœ… 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 12
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
βœ… 46-4
R28-4
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.

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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