| Monday, Mar 3
🏠 House
🏛 Senate
🏠 House
Committee Hearings
Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.
Morning Policy Committees
👥 House Business and Labor
| 📋 HB 543: Repeal termination date on reporting and disclosure of violence against health care employees | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 781: Requiring advance notice to certain motor vehicle dealers relating to unfair or deceptive practices before filing a lawsuit | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 787: Generally revise gaming laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 792: Generally revise laws related to cannabis labeling and education | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 794: Revise pharmacy laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 797: Generally revise occupational licensing laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 805: Generally revise workers' compensation laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Judiciary
| 📋 HB 743: Create reporting requirements for elder exploitation | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 752: Prohibit access to child pornography in Montana | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 761: Revise laws regarding residential covenants | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 775: Repeal sunset on Water Court actions | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 House Appropriations
| 📋 HB 368: Generally revise water supply requirements for coal-fired generating units | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 514: Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 552: Revise worker's compensation law to cover PTSD for first responders and others | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 585: Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 601: Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 687: Revise age of expanded Medicaid participants required to engage in community engagement activities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 HB 93: Establish compensation for wrongful conviction | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 274: Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 396: Generally revise bail laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 399: Revise prior authorization laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 432: Revise water laws concerning exceptions to change in appropriation right process | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 433: Preserve right to keep and bear arms via a presumption of innocence | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 466: Provide categorical exclusions from MEPA | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 500: Generally revise laws related to chiropractic practitioners | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 514: Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 534: Allow county water and/or sewer districts to connect to a system beyond capacity | ✅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 364: Generally revise laws related to immunizations | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 441: Align provisional water rights with final decrees | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 443: Repeal county licensing of transient retail merchants | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 450: Generally revise bird dog training licensing laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 465: Generally revise lien laws and foreclosure | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 493: Establish the crime of possession of stolen firearm or ammunition | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 496: Amend laws related to the retrocession of jurisdiction over federal lands | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 497: Revise apprenticeship program laws relating to the state electrical board | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 538: Revise 911 emergency telephone system laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 541: Revise DUI laws to include controlled substances | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
🏛 Senate
Committee Hearings
Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.
Morning Policy Committees
👥 Senate Judiciary
| 📋 SR 6: Confirm speaker appointee to judicial standards commission | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 7: Confirm governor's appointee for district court judge in 7th | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SJ 15: Resolution on Obergefell | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House |
| 📋 SB 444: Generally revise criminal procedure laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 450: Provide friend of the court authorization for legislative officers | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 457: Revise laws regarding legislative subpoenas | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 487: Revising laws related to the Montana end of watch trust | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 488: Generally revise consumer protection laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 Senate State Administration
| 📋 SB 254: Prohibit direct or indirect expenditure of public money to hire lobbyist | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 399: Revise times for holding primary elections | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 401: Prohibit definitions in administrative rules | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 419: Revising pension laws related to service credit for legislative members | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 492: Generally revise business disclosure statement requirements for elected officials and department directors | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 496: Providing a use policy for the executive residence when the governor has an alternate residence | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 529: Revise campaign finance laws to limit certain tax-exempt organization contributions | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
👥 Senate Natural Resources
| 📋 SB 436: Generally revise laws relating to exempt wells | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 460: Generally revise gravel pit laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 472: Revise penalties for violations under 310 permit process | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ❌Gov. |
| 📋 SB 473: Prohibit weather modification. | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 500: Establish the Montana family legacy home act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 520: Revise laws regarding mining leases on state lands | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
👥 Senate Local Government
| 📋 SB 477: Revise subdivision family transfer laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 510: Revise urban transportation district laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
| 📋 SB 462: Generally revise department of motor vehicles laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 508: Generally revise driving under the influence laws for THC levels in drivers under 21 | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 SB 67: Provide for the use of autonomous vehicles | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 80: Provide cash lease-only bidding for agriculture leases | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 265: Revise cryptocurrency laws to create Financial Freedom and Innovation Act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 299: Revise laws related to enhancing transparency in education | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 315: Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 318: Generally revise child custody laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 355: Generally revise energy laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 395: Revise legal requirement of standing to maintain a lawsuit | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 411: Allow recordings to be treated as wills | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
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