2025 Capitol Tracker

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

Senate Bill 435: Generally revise laws related to mentally ill individuals

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Feb 24
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 1
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 6
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 11
✅ Gov.
Signed
May 12
Sponsor:
John Esp RBig Timber / SD 29
| Requester: Steve Fitzpatrick
📃 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
Feb 24
Introduced
Feb 24
First Reading
Feb 24
Referred to Committee
Feb 25
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
✅ 10-1
R6-1
D4-0
Mar 1
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Mar 5
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Mar 6
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Mar 6
Transmitted to House
Mar 7
Referred to Committee
Mar 17
First Reading
Mar 19
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Mar 26
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Human Services
✅ 13-8
R12-0
D1-8
Apr 10
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
✅ 84-15
R42-15
D42-0
Apr 10
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
✅ 98-2
R56-2
D42-0
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 98-1
R56-1
D42-0
Apr 11
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 16
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
✅ 49-0
R32-0
D17-0
Apr 17
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
✅ 49-1
R32-0
D17-1
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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