2025 Capitol Tracker

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Last update: 5:09 AM Jun 20, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Bill 565: Creating the Montana endowment for early childhood and related structure

βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Mar 31
❌ 1st Cmte.
Tabled
Apr 2
βšͺ️ Senate
βšͺ️ House
βšͺ️ Reconcil.
βšͺ️ Gov.

Sponsor: | Requester: Laura Smith
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– 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 31
Introduced
Apr 1
First Reading
Apr 1
Referred to Committee
Apr 2
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Apr 2
Tabled in Committee
❌ 11-0
R7-0
D4-0
Apr 3
Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading
βœ… 28-21
R10-21
D18-0
Apr 4
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 30-20
R12-20
D18-0
Apr 4
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 4
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ Senate Finance and Claims
Apr 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
πŸ‘₯ Senate Finance and Claims
βœ… 12-10
R4-10
D8-0
Apr 5
Committee Report--Bill Passed
Apr 5
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 26-20
R10-20
D16-0
Apr 5
Transmitted to House
Apr 7
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
First Reading
Apr 7
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Human Services
Apr 17
Tabled in Committee
❌ 8-7
R8-0
D0-7
May 23
Died in Standing Committee
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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