| Wednesday, Apr 2
🏠 House
🏛 Senate
🏠 House
Committee Hearings
Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.
Other Committees
👥 House Taxation
| 📋 HB 946: Revise selective sales taxes to provide ongoing property tax relief | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Appropriations
| 📋 HB 407: Create the kratom consumer protection act | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 827: Revise social security income taxation | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 853: Revise fees for licensed establishments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 HB 2: General Appropriations Act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✴️Gov. |
Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 HJ 31: Joint resolution honoring educational support professionals | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate |
| 📋 SB 167: Provide funding for noxious weed trust | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ❌Gov. |
| 📋 SB 191: Provide for the licensure of residential treatment centers | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 200: Generally revise cooperative laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 246: Provide for Montana First Procurement laws and establish reporting requirements | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 252: Revise land use laws related to manufactured and factory built homes | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 337: Revise income tax laws to lower income taxes | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 832: Establish PTSD nonmedication therapy training grant program | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 845: Increase IRC 529 education savings income tax deduction | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 855: Establish FWP wildlife highway crossings and accommodation account | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
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🏛 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
| 📋 SR 60: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of investments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 64: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of investments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 65: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of investments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 66: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of investments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 67: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of investments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 75: Confirm governor's appointee for the board of investments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 Senate Natural Resources
| 📋 SR 25: Confirm governor's appointees for the hard-rock mining impact board | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SB 559: Provide for appeals of various DEQ permit decisions | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate State Administration
| 📋 HJ 19: Resolution to provide for frontotemporal degeneration awareness week | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate |
| 📋 SJ 24: Joint resolution supporting the national popular vote initiative | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House |
| 📋 SB 557: Generally revise laws relating to campaign mailings | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 562: Require top two primary for certain offices | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 564: Revise government transparency laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 627: Revise reporting requirements related to public contracts | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 680: Generally revise trade and commerce laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 692: Generally revise the SMART Act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 819: Revise laws relating to flag displays in and on state buildings and grounds | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
👥 Senate Public Health, Welfare and Safety
| 📋 HB 476: Establish grant program for newborn safety devices | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 560: Provide for a hospital community benefit fee | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 563: Creating the Montana Bridge to Medical Residency Act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 565: Creating the Montana endowment for early childhood and related structure | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 566: Provide for the regulation of secure youth transportation companies | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 610: Revise preauthorization laws relating to healthcare | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 694: Revise laws related to child abuse and neglect | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 732: Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 765: Reestablish the working interdisciplinary network of guardianship stakeholders | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate Highways and Transportation
| 📋 SB 545: Establish the Danny L. Radish Highway in Lincoln County | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
| 📋 SB 203: Revise income tax brackets to lower income taxes | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 322: Increase business equipment tax exemption | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 327: Revise motor vehicle registration fees | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ❌Gov. |
| 📋 SB 434: Provide property tax rebate on principal residence based on taxes paid | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 534: Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 757: Revise criteria for cultural and arts grant program | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 SJ 6: Joint resolution for legislature's consent and approval long-range legislative branch capitol development plan | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
| 📋 SJ 16: Joint resolution on automated vehicles | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
| 📋 HB 40: Revise public water supply fee accounts | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 71: Revise natural resource operations fee policy laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 163: Generally revise privacy laws related to biometric, genetic, and neural data | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 352: Revise child support guideline laws and establish a committee | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 358: Revise exempt water right laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 397: Revise laws related to privacy in mental health digital service | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 399: Revise prior authorization laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 455: Revise election laws related to COPP deadlines for municipal candidates | ✅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 127: Revise laws related to the fire suppression account | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 247: Modify tax classification of shooting ranges | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 250: Generally revise education laws related to out-of-district attendance. | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 266: Establish education inflation reconciliation process | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 292: Establish the uniform public expression protection act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 339: Revise oil and gas production damage mitigation account | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 344: Revise criminal laws. | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 392: Generally revise laws related to creation of profitable family video content featuring minor children | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |