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

Senate Bill 19: Revise sentencing laws related to theft

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Dec 18
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 31
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 27
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 11
✴️ Reconcil.
Pending
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Barry Usher RLaurel / SD 19
| Requester: Law and Justice Interim Committee
📃 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
Dec 18
Introduced
Jan 6
First Reading
Jan 7
Referred to Committee
Jan 25
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Jan 31
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Judiciary
Jan 31
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Judiciary
Feb 5
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 32-18
R31-1
D1-17
Feb 5
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 7
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Feb 25
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 14-8
R14-0
D0-8
Feb 27
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 34-16
R31-1
D3-15
Feb 27
Transmitted to House
Feb 28
Referred to Committee
Feb 28
First Reading
Mar 17
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Apr 8
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Judiciary
✅ 13-7
R12-0
D1-7
Apr 9
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 9
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 15-8
R13-0
D2-8
Apr 11
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 63-37
R58-0
D5-37
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 61-38
R57-0
D4-38
Apr 11
Returned to Senate with Amendments
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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