| Thursday, Apr 3
🏠 House
🏛 Senate
🏠 House
Committee Hearings
Bill hearings allow the sponsor to explain a bill and enable public testimony.
Morning Policy Committees
👥 House Judiciary
| 📋 SB 38: Generally revise laws relating to attorney fees and prevailing parties for veto overrides | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 39: Generally revise attorney fee awards | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 40: Revise supreme court public records laws by opening deliberations and files to the public | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 925: Generally revise social media laws for minors | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 927: Generally revise laws related to illegal aliens | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 948: Generally revise insurance laws to provide that the Commissioner of Insurance's office is not a criminal justice agency | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 House Business and Labor
| 📋 HB 898: Generally revise laws related to LLC operating agreements | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 899: Establish Montana state shooting center task force | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 947: Revise insurance laws relating to continuous glucose monitors and supplies | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 950: Establishing a Montana trade office in Israel | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 House Human Services
| 📋 SB 95: Provide funding for suicide prevention | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 319: Generally revise health care laws related to doulas | ❌1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 943: Establish the Montana rare disease advisory council | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 949: Require fee schedule and report for certain commitments | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 953: Revise medicaid laws related to direct primary care | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Other Committees
👥 House Appropriations
| 📋 HB 407: Create the kratom consumer protection act | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 511: Provide grant funding for firefighting training facilities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 783: Generally revise health insurance laws relating to certain conditions | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 844: Revise the taxation of class eight business equipment | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 851: Create department of health services | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 860: Provide for veterinary training loan program | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 881: Revise medicaid buy-in program to include children with disabilities | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ❌Gov. |
| 📋 HB 885: Generally revise Medicaid laws to improve customer service | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 893: Revise lottery state finance laws related to property tax relief | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 902: Generally revise Montana SNAP program laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌House ⚪️Senate ⚪️Gov. |
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Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
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Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 HB 220: Provide for a child tax credit | ✅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
| 📋 SR 8: Confirm governor's appointees for board of architects and landscape architects | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 28: Confirm governor's appointees for board of professional engineers and professional land surveyors | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 41: Confirm governor's appointees for the state electrical board | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 44: Confirm governor's appointment for board of realty | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 SR 52: Confirm governor's appointees for board of plumbers | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
| 📋 HB 502: Establish board of facility health care professionals | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 555: Generally revise gambling laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 556: Create board of passenger ropeway safety | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate Legislative Administration
| 📋 SJ 22: Joint resolution to repeal the 17th amendment to the US constitution | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House |
| 📋 HB 126: Revise legislative oversight of administrative rules and encourage public comment | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 674: Revise code commissioner duties to include repealing unconstitutional policies from Montana code | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
👥 Senate Judiciary
| 📋 SB 537: Generally revise marijuana tax laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ❌Gov. |
| 📋 SB 543: Revise judiciary laws | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 552: Generally revise criminal justice laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 775: Repeal sunset on Water Court actions | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 801: Provide for the Montana Firearms Liability Clarification Act | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
Afternoon Policy Committees
👥 Senate Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
| 📋 SJ 23: Interim study on market-sensitive crops and ag technology | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House |
| 📋 SJ 25: Joint resolution urging Congress to support MCOOL | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
| 📋 SJ 27: Joint resolution urging Congress to act on brucellosis vaccines for livestock | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
Other Committees
👥 Senate Finance and Claims
| 📋 SB 71: Revise natural resource operations fee policy laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 324: Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime | ✅1st Cmte. ❌Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 326: Generally revise laws related to MEDIA Act film tax credits | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
Floor Debates
Debates are followed by Second Reading votes.
| 📋 HJ 4: Interim study of artificial intelligence | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate |
| 📋 SJ 20: Joint resolution recognizing the military service of Montanans in World War II | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
| 📋 HB 55: Revising public utility resource planning laws | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 105: Generally revise election laws related to electioneering at polling locations | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 111: Revising laws related to green lights on snow removal equipment | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 153: Revise video gambling machine laws | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 156: Revise education funding laws by replacing school district BASE levies with countywide BASE levies | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 161: Provide for regulation and sale of aquaculture | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 162: Revise definition of infrastructure for resort tax | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 166: Revising certified public accountant education requirements | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
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Final Votes
Final votes determine if a bill advances to the next chamber or to the governor.
| 📋 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 |
| 📋 SB 163: Generally revise privacy laws related to biometric, genetic, and neural data | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SB 203: Revise income tax brackets to lower income taxes | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 327: Revise motor vehicle registration fees | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 343: Revert revenue from coal tax to coal trust | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 352: Revise child support guideline laws and establish a committee | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅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. |
| 📋 SB 405: Provide additional funding for the housing Montana fund | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ❌House ⚪️Reconcil. ⚪️Gov. |
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