2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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

Senate Bill 319: Generally revise health care laws related to doulas

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 14
1st Cmte.
Blasted to floor
Mar 4
Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 26
House
Passed House
Apr 11
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Derek Harvey
📃 Bill text
💵 Fiscal note
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 14
Introduced
Feb 14
First Reading
Feb 14
Referred to Committee
Feb 21
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 28
Tabled in Committee
11-0
R7-0
D4-0
Mar 4
Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading
32-18
R14-18
D18-0
Mar 5
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
22-28
R6-26
D16-2
Mar 5
2nd Reading Passed
32-18
R14-18
D18-0
Mar 5
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 14
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Mar 21
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
12-10
R4-10
D8-0
Mar 25
2nd Reading Passed
30-20
R12-20
D18-0
Mar 26
3rd Reading Passed
31-19
R13-19
D18-0
Mar 26
Transmitted to House
Mar 27
Referred to Committee
Mar 27
First Reading
Mar 29
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Apr 3
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Apr 9
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Human Services
14-7
R5-7
D9-0
Apr 11
2nd Reading Concurred
51-47
R9-47
D42-0
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
56-43
R14-43
D42-0
Apr 11
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 14
2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred
33-17
R15-17
D18-0
Apr 24
Hearing
Apr 24
Conference Committee Appointed
Apr 25
Conference Committee Appointed
Apr 25
Hearing
Apr 28
Conference Committee Report Received
Apr 29
2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
29-21
R11-21
D18-0
Apr 29
2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
86-14
R44-14
D42-0
Apr 30
3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
54-46
R12-46
D42-0
Apr 30
3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
28-22
R10-22
D18-0
May 6
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.

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