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

Senate Bill 191: Provide for the licensure of residential treatment centers

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 21
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 6
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 7
✅ House
Passed House
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 5
Sponsor:
Mike Cuffe REureka / SD 1
| Requester: Mike Cuffe
📃 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 21
Introduced
Jan 22
First Reading
Jan 22
Referred to Committee
Jan 23
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
✅ 10-1
R6-1
D4-0
Feb 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 6
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Feb 11
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 42-8
R31-1
D11-7
Feb 12
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 46-4
R32-0
D14-4
Feb 13
Transmitted to House
Feb 13
Referred to Committee
Feb 13
First Reading
Mar 5
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Mar 25
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Human Services
✅ 20-1
R12-0
D8-1
Apr 1
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 93-7
R52-6
D41-1
Apr 2
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 90-4
R51-3
D39-1
Apr 3
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 7
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 8
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
✅ 48-0
R31-0
D17-0
Apr 25
Transmitted to Governor
May 5
Signed by Governor
May 8
Chapter Number Assigned
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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