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 464: Revise laws related to appointment of special advocates in abuse and neglect cases

Proposed
Introduced
Feb 25
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 28
Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 6
House
Passed House
Apr 11
✴️ Reconcil.
Pending
Apr 14
⚪️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Dennis Lenz
📃 Bill text
💵 Fiscal note
🏛 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 25
Introduced
Feb 25
First Reading
Feb 25
Referred to Committee
Feb 27
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
6-5
R6-1
D0-4
Mar 5
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Mar 5
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
47-3
R32-0
D15-3
Mar 6
3rd Reading Passed
40-9
R32-0
D8-9
Mar 7
Transmitted to House
Mar 17
Referred to Committee
Mar 17
First Reading
Mar 19
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Human Services
18-3
R12-0
D6-3
Apr 10
2nd Reading Concurred
89-11
R58-0
D31-11
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
90-9
R56-1
D34-8
Apr 11
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 14
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
48-1
R31-1
D17-0
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.

The information presented here is collected from a variety of sources including the Montana Legislature's public roster and its official bill-tracking system. Reporting and web design were done by Jacob Olness and Eric Dietrich. Please contact them at jolness@montanafreepress.org and edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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