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Official Legislature Calendar

🏠 House

Committee Hearings

Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.

No House committee hearings scheduled for this date.

Floor Debates

Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.

📋 HB 8: Renewable resource bonds and loans John Fitzpatrick (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 336: Provide for apprenticeship programs for certain license types Curtis Schomer (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 441: Align provisional water rights with final decrees Russ Miner (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 454: Revise visit frequency required of supervisory physical therapists Morgan Thiel (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 462: Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials David Bedey (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note 📰 2 MTFP stories	✅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 Steve Fitzpatrick (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Reconcil. ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 474: Revise date for annual supplemental medicaid payment to hospitals Jane Gillette (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 493: Establish the crime of possession of stolen firearm or ammunition Steven Kelly (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 495: Repeal federal mandates act Braxton Mitchell (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Reconcil. ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 516: Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch Ken Walsh (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Reconcil. ✴️Gov.

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 Jill Cohenour (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 423: Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists Kathy Love (R)📃 Bill text 🏛 Legal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 458: Generally revise laws related to physician assistants Jodee Etchart (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov.
📋 HB 479: Require candidates for office to disclose foreign citizenship Lukas Schubert (R)📃 Bill text	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 485: Revise residential home construction contract laws John Fitzpatrick (R)📃 Bill text	❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov.
📋 HB 488: Allowing a disabled voter to electronically return a ballot Julie Darling (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Gov.

🏛 Senate

Committee Hearings

Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.

No Senate committee hearings scheduled for this date.

Floor Debates

Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.

📋 SB 21: Allowing legislative and executive leadership to vacate a writ of mandamus Barry Usher (R)📃 Bill text 🏛 Legal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 127: Providing for attorney fees and costs in certain justifiable use of force cases Theresa Manzella (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	❌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 Susan Webber (D)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 212: Creating the Right to Compute Act and requiring shutdowns of AI controlled critical infrastructure Daniel Zolnikov (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov.
📋 SB 227: Revise laws related to board seals and responsibilities Wendy McKamey (R)📃 Bill text 📰 1 MTFP story	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✴️Gov.
📋 SB 242: Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity Wendy McKamey (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov.
📋 SB 245: Provide for human trafficking awareness training for school bus drivers Mike Yakawich (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✴️Gov.
📋 SB 312: Generally revise laws for crime victims Shane Morigeau (D)📃 Bill text	✅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 Daniel Emrich (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 90: Redistribute certain state tax revenue to primary residence property tax relief Carl Glimm (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note 📰 6 MTFP stories	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✴️House ⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 104: Expanding access to low-cost capital to certain eligible projects and entities Gayle Lammers (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov.
📋 SB 263: Revise state ownership of water rights on state lands Becky Beard (R)📃 Bill text	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Gov.
📋 SB 270: Revise laws related to antlerless elk licenses Denley Loge (R)📃 Bill text 💵 Fiscal note	✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Gov.

2025 Capitol Tracker

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

Friday, Feb 28

February 2025

🏠 House

Committee Hearings

Floor Debates

Final Votes

🏛 Senate

Committee Hearings

Floor Debates

Final Votes

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Committee Hearings