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

Senate Bill 393: Provide funding for enforcement of PL 280

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 20
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 27
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 15
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 23
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 12
Sponsor:
Greg Hertz RPolson / SD 7
| Requester: Greg Hertz
📃 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 20
Introduced
Feb 21
First Reading
Feb 21
Referred to Committee
Feb 26
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Feb 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 16-6
R13-1
D3-5
Feb 27
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 14
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 44-6
R28-4
D16-2
Mar 15
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 44-6
R28-4
D16-2
Mar 17
Transmitted to House
Mar 17
Referred to Committee
Mar 17
First Reading
Mar 21
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 8
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 21-2
R11-2
D10-0
Apr 22
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 98-2
R56-2
D42-0
Apr 23
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 96-3
R55-3
D41-0
Apr 23
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 25
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
✅ 34-16
R21-11
D13-5
Apr 28
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
✅ 39-10
R25-6
D14-4
May 5
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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