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

Senate Bill 537: Generally revise marijuana tax laws

✅ Proposed
Introduced
Mar 24
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Apr 3
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 5
✅ House
Passed House
Apr 25
✴️ Gov.
Pending
Sponsor:
Daniel Zolnikov RBillings / SD 22
| Requester: Daniel Zolnikov
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
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Governor signs bill to shift marijuana tax revenues
May 16, 2025 • Amanda Eggert
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Mar 24
Introduced
Mar 25
First Reading
Mar 25
Referred to Committee
Mar 28
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Mar 31
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Apr 1
Hearing
👥 Senate Judiciary
Apr 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Judiciary
✅ 8-0
R5-0
D3-0
Apr 3
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 4
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 46-4
R28-4
D18-0
Apr 4
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 4
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
✅ 22-0
R14-0
D8-0
Apr 5
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 5
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 45-0
R30-0
D15-0
Apr 5
Transmitted to House
Apr 7
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
First Reading
Apr 9
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Taxation
✅ 15-6
R6-6
D9-0
Apr 22
2nd Reading Concurred
✅ 79-20
R38-19
D41-1
Apr 22
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 22
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Apr 23
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Appropriations
✅ 17-6
R7-6
D10-0
Apr 25
3rd Reading Concurred
✅ 74-26
R32-26
D42-0
Apr 25
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 28
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
✅ 35-15
R25-7
D10-8
Apr 29
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
✅ 42-8
R24-8
D18-0
May 28
Transmitted to Governor
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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