| Friday, Feb 28
🏠 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 566: Generally revise decennial veteran study laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 688: Generally revise marijuana laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 698: Generally revise laws related to local government and marijuana dispensaries | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 725: Require that individuals may not be a precinct committee representative of more than one political party | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 728: Revise campaign finance laws to prohibit contributions from public entities | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 759: Revise campaign finance laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 769: Revise labor law relating to computation of meal allowances | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 770: Revise candidate campaign finance reporting laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 780: Revise statewide ballot issue laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 786: Revise Montana arts council chair responsibilities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
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👥 House Business and Labor
| 📋 HB 558: Establish a nurse health corps | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 585: Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 610: Revise preauthorization laws relating to healthcare | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 721: Revise laws relating to apprenticeship programs | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 735: Generally revising alcohol laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 758: Revise health care laws relating to out-of-network services | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 768: Revise civil liability laws relating to equine activities and waivers | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 House Transportation
| 📋 HB 672: Generally revise Montana department of transportation’s utility relocation process | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 708: Allow all persons serving in the reserves to be eligible for certain CDL waiver | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 739: Revise laws for agricultural vehicles on the highway | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 773: Revise laws related to metropolitan planning orgs and transportation planning | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 824: Provide for county number decals on personalized license plates | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Education
| 📋 HB 631: Revise student online protection laws related to postsecondary opportunities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 663: Revise education laws related to diversity, equity, and inclusion | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 734: Prohibit dispensing of menstrual products in school male-designated restrooms | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 745: Require background checks for certain school employees and volunteers | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 771: Revise university system laws to remove barriers to freshmen living off campus | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 778: Generally revise laws related to homeschooling | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 814: Require plans for school district reorganization | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 823: Revise laws relating to the state plan committee | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
👥 House Human Services
| 📋 HB 732: Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 749: Revise procurement laws to provide priority criteria for certain public assistance and human services contractors | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate |
| 📋 HB 750: Provide for annual increase of Medicaid provider reimbursement rates | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
| 📋 HB 623: Revise laws relating to nuclear energy | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 650: Revise bonding laws to include broadband projects | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 670: Require a public utility to transfer unused customer-generated kilowatt-hour credits to low-income energy assistance programs | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 696: Revise laws relating to nuclear energy | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 House Taxation
| 📋 HB 644: Allow a county to employ a property appraiser for property tax purposes | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 652: Eliminate state taxes on veterans retirement | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 671: Revise ABLE Act definitions to conform to Montana individual income tax code | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 785: Revise laws related to manufactured homes | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 799: Allow property owners to vote in voted levy elections | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Appropriations
| 📋 HB 441: Align provisional water rights with final decrees | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 462: Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 493: Establish the crime of possession of stolen firearm or ammunition | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 516: Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 HB 8: Renewable resource bonds and loans | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 336: Provide for apprenticeship programs for certain license types | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 441: Align provisional water rights with final decrees | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 454: Revise visit frequency required of supervisory physical therapists | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 462: Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 464: Revise insurance laws relating to interest of a named insured and change of interest by transfer on death | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 474: Revise date for annual supplemental medicaid payment to hospitals | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 493: Establish the crime of possession of stolen firearm or ammunition | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 495: Repeal federal mandates act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 516: Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
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Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 HB 354: Revise penalties for criminal trespass while fishing, trapping, hunting, or collecting antlers/sheds/horns | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 423: Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 458: Generally revise laws related to physician assistants | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 479: Require candidates for office to disclose foreign citizenship | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 485: Revise residential home construction contract laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 488: Allowing a disabled voter to electronically return a ballot | ✅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 Judiciary
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Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
👥 Senate State Administration
| 📋 SB 298: Revise duties of the secretary of state | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 360: Revise election laws related to definitions | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 439: Generally revise laws related to voter list maintenance | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 440: Revising election laws related to reporting election results | ❌1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 494: Revise voting system auditing in election laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
| 📋 SB 380: Generally revise laws related to motor vehicle laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 423: Generally revise the route of the Lewis and Clark Highway | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 433: Revise right-of-way laws for roundabouts | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 454: Revise tow truck regulation laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 455: Revise highway and roadside service laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 471: Generally revise vehicular traffic laws related to pedestrian crossings | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
👥 Senate Local Government
| 📋 SB 404: Require reporting of building permits for appraisal information | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 418: Generally revise laws relating to home based businesses | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 420: Limit local government fees for children's use of parks | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 428: Generally revise county speed limits | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 Senate Taxation
| 📋 SB 512: Provide disclosure of certain corporate property tax settlements | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 519: Prohibit tax assessor entry to private property without permission | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 SB 21: Allowing legislative and executive leadership to vacate a writ of mandamus | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 127: Providing for attorney fees and costs in certain justifiable use of force cases | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 180: Generally revise laws related to the determination of the best interests of the child in custody and adoption proceedings | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 212: Creating the Right to Compute Act and requiring shutdowns of AI controlled critical infrastructure | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 227: Revise laws related to board seals and responsibilities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 242: Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 245: Provide for human trafficking awareness training for school bus drivers | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 312: Generally revise laws for crime victims | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 SB 50: Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect investigations | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 90: Redistribute certain state tax revenue to primary residence property tax relief | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 104: Expanding access to low-cost capital to certain eligible projects and entities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 263: Revise state ownership of water rights on state lands | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 270: Revise laws related to antlerless elk licenses | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |