2025 Capitol Tracker

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

Senate Bill 244: Revise laws related to health insurance coverage of behavioral health screening

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Jan 30
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 14
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 19
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 8
✅ Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 12
✴️ Gov.
Pending
Sponsor:
Mike Yakawich RBillings / SD 24
| Requester: Mike Yakawich
📃 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 30
Introduced
Jan 31
First Reading
Feb 3
Referred to Committee
Feb 4
Hearing
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
Feb 14
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
✅ 11-0
R7-0
D4-0
Feb 18
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 43-7
R25-7
D18-0
Feb 19
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 40-8
R22-8
D18-0
Feb 19
Transmitted to House
Feb 20
Referred to Committee
Feb 20
First Reading
Mar 6
Hearing
👥 House Business and Labor
Mar 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Business and Labor
✅ 14-6
R6-6
D8-0
Apr 1
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 73-27
R31-27
D42-0
Apr 1
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 3
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 21-1
R11-1
D10-0
Apr 8
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 72-25
R32-25
D40-0
Apr 8
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 10
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
✅ 44-5
R29-2
D15-3
Apr 12
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
✅ 44-6
R26-6
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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