2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:08 AM May 9, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 287: Generally revise state finance laws

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 7
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Apr 2
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 4
❌ House
Voted down
Apr 24
⚪️ Reconcil.
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Wendy McKamey RGreat Falls / SD 12
| Requester: Steve Fitzpatrick
📃 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
Feb 7
Introduced
Feb 10
First Reading
Feb 10
Referred to Committee
Feb 22
Hearing
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
✅ 5-4
R2-4
D3-0
Mar 1
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 6
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 12
Hearing
Mar 24
Hearing
Apr 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
✅ 12-10
R4-10
D8-0
Apr 2
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 3
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 24-26
R23-9
D1-17
Apr 3
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 23-27
R23-9
D0-18
Apr 3
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 25-25
R23-9
D2-16
Apr 3
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 27-23
R9-23
D18-0
Apr 4
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 27-22
R9-22
D18-0
Apr 4
Transmitted to House
Apr 7
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
First Reading
Apr 7
Hearing
Apr 15
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
✅ 16-3
R8-3
D8-0
Apr 16
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 16
Hearing
Apr 17
Hearing
Apr 22
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
✅ 16-7
R6-7
D10-0
Apr 24
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 35-65
R34-24
D1-41
Apr 24
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 44-56
R43-15
D1-41
Apr 24
2nd Reading Not Concurred
❌ 50-50
R15-43
D35-7
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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