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

Senate Bill 40: Revise supreme court public records laws by opening deliberations and files to the public

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Dec 12
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 24
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Jan 29
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 11
✴️ Reconcil.
Pending
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Greg Hertz RPolson / SD 7
| Requester: Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight and Reform
📃 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
Dec 12
Introduced
Jan 6
First Reading
Jan 7
Referred to Committee
Jan 22
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Jan 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Judiciary
✅ 6-3
R6-0
D0-3
Jan 28
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 32-18
R32-0
D0-18
Jan 29
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 32-17
R32-0
D0-17
Jan 29
Transmitted to House
Jan 30
Referred to Committee
Jan 30
First Reading
Mar 19
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Mar 24
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Apr 3
Hearing
👥 House Judiciary
Apr 8
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Judiciary
✅ 17-3
R11-1
D6-2
Apr 10
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 67-32
R55-2
D12-30
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 61-38
R55-2
D6-36
Apr 11
Returned to Senate with Amendments
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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