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

Senate Bill 72: Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services

Proposed
Introduced
Dec 27
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 5
Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 24
House
Passed House
Apr 9
Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 12
✴️ Gov.
Pending

Sponsor: | Requester: Children, Families, Health and Human Services Interim Committee
📃 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
Dec 27
Introduced
Jan 6
First Reading
Jan 7
Referred to Committee
Jan 10
Hearing
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Jan 24
Tabled in Committee
11-0
R7-0
D4-0
Feb 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
Feb 10
2nd Reading Passed
44-6
R26-6
D18-0
Feb 10
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 17
Hearing
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Feb 20
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
16-6
R8-6
D8-0
Feb 24
3rd Reading Passed
44-5
R27-5
D17-0
Feb 24
Transmitted to House
Feb 25
Referred to Committee
Feb 25
First Reading
Mar 5
Hearing
👥 House Human Services
Mar 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Human Services
21-0
R12-0
D9-0
Mar 26
2nd Reading Concurred
71-29
R29-29
D42-0
Mar 26
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 26
Hearing
👥 House Appropriations
Mar 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
👥 House Appropriations
22-0
R13-0
D9-0
Apr 8
2nd Reading Concurred
80-18
R39-18
D41-0
Apr 9
3rd Reading Concurred
72-24
R32-24
D40-0
Apr 9
Returned to Senate with Amendments
Apr 11
2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
50-0
R32-0
D18-0
Apr 12
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
45-5
R27-5
D18-0
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.

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