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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.
Tabled
Feb 28
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
✅ House
Passed House
⚪️ Gov.

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

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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
Motion Carried
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
May 12
Signed by Governor
May 16
Chapter Number Assigned
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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