2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:44 AM Apr 15, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 288: Expedite seized property after law investigation

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 11
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 21
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 25
✴️ House
Passed preliminary vote
Mar 29
✴️ Gov.
Pending
Sponsor:
Denley Loge RSt Regis / SD 45
| Requester: Denley Loge
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 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 11
Introduced
Feb 11
First Reading
Feb 11
Referred to Committee
Feb 19
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Feb 21
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Judiciary
✅ 8-0
R5-0
D3-0
Feb 24
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Feb 25
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 49-0
R32-0
D17-0
Feb 25
Transmitted to House
Feb 26
Referred to Committee
Feb 26
First Reading
Mar 17
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Mar 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Judiciary
✅ 20-0
R12-0
D8-0
Mar 29
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 100-0
R58-0
D42-0
Apr 8
Transmitted to Governor
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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