| Wednesday, Feb 26
🏠 House
🏛 Senate
🏠 House
Committee Hearings
Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.
Morning Policy Committees
👥 House State Administration
| 📋 HB 640: Revising membership in FURS to include airport authority public safety employees | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 645: Require ballot issue signature gatherers to be Montana citizens and registered voters | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 673: Revise donor privacy laws for certain political contributions | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Business and Labor
| 📋 HB 497: Revise apprenticeship program laws relating to the state electrical board | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 634: Repeal motion picture fair trade practices act | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Judiciary
| 📋 HB 582: Generally revise criminal law | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 593: Generally revise sexual abuse reporting laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
| 📋 HJ 17: Resolution regarding energy | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate |
| 📋 HB 404: Require official action to release Montana national guard to active duty combat | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Transportation
| 📋 HB 571: Revise aeronautics laws related to the use of ADS–B information | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 588: Defining and regulating motorized scooters | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 731: Revise laws related to airports and light aircraft | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 House Taxation
| 📋 HB 615: Revise allocations of coal trust revenue | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 HB 149: Generally revise alternative nicotine and vapor products laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 154: Establish a housing fairness tax credit | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 155: Revise class four residential and commercial property taxes | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 314: Create a state energy authority | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 377: Generally revise access by parent to child patient health care information | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 408: Revise laws to protect children from obscene content through electronic devices | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 413: Revise election laws regarding residency | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 HB 341: Revise laws relating to brain injuries | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 416: Require homeowners' associations to seek permission for entry on real property | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 437: Provide for dismissal of certain criminal charges against health care provider | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 469: Revise the exemption for out-of-state driver's licenses | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 473: Allow for automatic CMS medicare fee schedule updates | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
🏛 Senate
Committee Hearings
Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.
Morning Policy Committees
👥 Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
| 📋 SB 335: Generally revise laws related to dental insurance | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 338: Revise workers' compensation insurance related to who may receive payments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 341: Revise laws related to recreational vehicle sales | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 356: Revise insurance laws relating to automobile body repair | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 373: Revise laws related to enforcement of liens | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
👥 Senate Judiciary
| 📋 SB 312: Generally revise laws for crime victims | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
| 📋 SB 324: Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 359: Revise traffic laws related to distracted driving | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 387: Generally revise electric bicycle laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 392: Establish Laverne Parrish memorial highway | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
| 📋 SB 378: Create a tribal relations management team at DPHHS | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate State Administration
| 📋 SB 366: Revise central committees notification process laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
| 📋 HB 82: Generally revise laws related to crimes against children | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 100: Revise funding for assisted living services | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 216: Creating the Montana physicians' workforce investment act | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 268: A bill to renew the dependency and neglect court system task force | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 HB 20: Require voted levies to be in dollars rather than mills | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 32: Generally revise property taxes | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 42: Provide for the partisan election of judges and justices | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 90: Redistribute certain state tax revenue to primary residence property tax relief | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 214: Revise zoning laws to clarify decisions regarding prior nonconforming use of property | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 279: Adopt the dietitian licensure compact | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 295: Restoring the right for injured worker to choose their own doctor. | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 305: Revise funeral trust laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 SB 53: Revise income tax laws to provide conforming changes for prior legislation | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 150: Generally revise alcohol and tobacco laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 222: Revise laws related to lobbying prohibitions for public employees | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 224: Create indigenous peoples day | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 251: Establish confidentiality for child and family ombudsman | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 257: Generally revise Smith River permit laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |