2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 1:16 PM May 30, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
🏛 Senate
GOP-held 32-18
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 540: Revise taxation of class 17 property

Proposed
Introduced
Mar 25
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 31
Senate
Failed in Senate
May 23
⚪️ House
⚪️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Becky Beard
📃 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
Mar 25
Introduced
Mar 26
First Reading
Mar 26
Referred to Committee
Mar 27
Hearing
👥 Senate Taxation
Mar 31
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Taxation
6-2
R5-0
D1-2
Apr 2
2nd Reading Passed
42-7
R32-0
D10-7
Apr 3
3rd Reading Passed
41-9
R31-1
D10-8
Apr 3
Transmitted to House
Apr 4
Referred to Committee
Apr 4
First Reading
Apr 6
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 7
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 9
Hearing
👥 House Taxation
Apr 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Taxation
12-9
R12-0
D0-9
Apr 22
2nd Reading Not Concurred
37-63
R35-23
D2-40
May 23
Died in Process
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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