2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 5:07 PM May 9, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

House Judiciary Committee

289 bills considered
42 (15%) voted down
236 (82%) voted forward

Members (20)


Committee Bills (289)

πŸ—“ Awaiting hearing (5)

Unscheduled

πŸ“‹ SJ 43: Study of the criminal justice data warehouse
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
πŸ“‹ SB 101: Revise laws related to squatting
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 120: Provide for article V commissioner selection and oversight
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ HB 267: Revise DUI laws related to enacting Bobby's law
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 373: Revise laws related to enforcement of liens
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
✴️Gov.
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βŒ›οΈ Heard, awaiting vote (7)

πŸ“‹ HR 4: Resolution to censure Bozeman Municipal Judges J. Colleen Herrington and Karolina Tierney
βœ…1st Cmte.
❌House
πŸ“‹ HR 5: Resolution recognizing the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
πŸ“‹ HR 9: Resolution urging President Trump and Governor Walz to pardon Derek Chauvin
βœ…1st Cmte.
❌House
πŸ“‹ HB 572: Revise MCE prison industries training program laws
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
✴️Gov.
πŸ“‹ HB 694: Revise laws related to child abuse and neglect
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
βœ…Gov.
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🚫 Withdrawn (1)

πŸ“‹ HB 425: Generally revise victim damages when apprehending perpetrators
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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🚫 Voted down (42)

πŸ“‹ SB 20: Prohibit retired judges from hearing constitutional cases
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ HJ 22: Joint resolution acknowledging that Christ is King
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Senate
πŸ“‹ SJ 39: Study specialty courts
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
πŸ“‹ HJ 41: Study resolution on the landlord tenant act and mobile home lot rental act
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Senate
πŸ“‹ HB 237: Prohibit placement of sentenced defendants in the state forensic mental health facility
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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βœ… Voted forward (236)

πŸ“‹ HJ 6: Joint resolution recognizing the 250th birthday of the United States of America
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ HJ 9: Joint resolution in support of Israel
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ HJ 10: Resolution on sports laws
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ SB 13: Remove Supreme Court original jurisdiction for ballot review
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 14: Audit Office of Disciplinary Council
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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About the 2025 Montana Free Press Capitol Tracker

This guide is an effort to make the quantifiable aspects of the Montana Legislature more accessible to the public by compiling information about lawmakers, proposed bills and the legislative process. This is a project of Montana Free Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit newsroom that aims to provide Montanans with in-depth, nonpartisan news coverage.

The information presented here is collected from a variety of sources including the Montana Legislature's public roster and its official bill-tracking system. Reporting and web design were done by Jacob Olness and Eric Dietrich. Please contact them at jolness@montanafreepress.org and edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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