2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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

Senate Bill 76: Revise laws related to preliminary determinations for water right permits or changes in appropriations

Proposed
Introduced
Dec 27
1st Cmte.
Advanced
Jan 15
Senate
Passed Senate
Jan 20
House
Passed House
Feb 18
Gov.
Signed
Feb 28

Sponsor: | Requester: Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
📃 Bill text
💵 Fiscal note
None on file
🏛 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 Natural Resources
Jan 15
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
👥 Senate Natural Resources
Jan 17
2nd Reading Passed
48-2
R30-2
D18-0
Jan 20
3rd Reading Passed
48-1
R30-1
D18-0
Jan 21
Transmitted to House
Jan 21
Referred to Committee
Jan 21
First Reading
Jan 31
Hearing
👥 House Natural Resources
Feb 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
👥 House Natural Resources
14-0
R8-0
D6-0
Feb 14
2nd Reading Concurred
99-1
R58-0
D41-1
Feb 18
3rd Reading Concurred
98-1
R58-0
D40-1
Feb 21
Transmitted to Governor
Feb 27
Chapter Number Assigned
Feb 28
Signed by 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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