2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 7:26 PM Apr 25, 2025

Senate Bill 263: Revise state ownership of water rights on state lands

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 4
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 17
Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 28
House
Voted down
Apr 16
⚪️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Becky Beard
📃 Bill text
💵 Fiscal note
None on file
🏛 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
Feb 4
Introduced
Feb 5
First Reading
Feb 5
Referred to Committee
Feb 7
Hearing
👥 Senate Natural Resources
Feb 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Natural Resources
6-5
R6-1
D0-4
Feb 27
2nd Reading Passed
29-21
R29-3
D0-18
Feb 28
3rd Reading Passed
26-23
R26-5
D0-18
Feb 28
Transmitted to House
Mar 1
Referred to Committee
Mar 1
First Reading
Mar 21
Hearing
👥 House Natural Resources
Apr 16
Tabled in Committee
12-2
R6-2
D6-0
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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