2025 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 69th Montana Legislature

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Last update: 12:17 PM Mar 14, 2025
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GOP-held 57-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 525: Authorize use of school chaplains in school districts and public charter schools

βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 26
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 4
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 6
✴️ House
Pending
βšͺ️ Gov.

Sponsor:
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
None on file
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
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 26
Introduced
Feb 26
Referred to Committee
Feb 27
First Reading
Mar 4
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ Senate Education and Cultural Resources
Mar 4
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
πŸ‘₯ Senate Education and Cultural Resources
βœ… 8-6
R8-1
D0-5
Mar 6
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 32-18
R31-1
D1-17
Mar 6
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 32-17
R31-1
D1-16
Mar 7
Transmitted to House
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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