2025 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 3:08 PM May 9, 2025
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🏠 House
GOP-held 58-42
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 32-18
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Local Government Committee

91 bills considered
11 (12%) voted down
77 (85%) voted forward

Members (11)


Committee Bills (91)

πŸ—“ Awaiting hearing (1)

Unscheduled

πŸ“‹ SB 96: Establish working animal protection act
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
❌House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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βŒ›οΈ Heard, awaiting vote (3)

πŸ“‹ SR 48: Confirm governor's appointee for board of real estate appraisers
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ SR 91: Confirm governor's appointees for the board of housing
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ HB 225: Revising laws related to home inspections
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
✴️Gov.
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🚫 Withdrawn (1)

πŸ“‹ SB 431: Revise laws regarding residential covenants
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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🚫 Voted down (11)

πŸ“‹ SB 102: Revise calculation of state education levies
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 204: Sunset or reapprove existing voter approved property tax levies
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 205: Revise laws related to voter approval for property tax levies and bonds
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ HB 221: Revise election laws to require certain local elections to take place in even-numbered years
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
❌Senate
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 477: Revise subdivision family transfer laws
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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βœ… Voted forward (77)

πŸ“‹ SB 5: Revise compensation for county tax appeal board members
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 10: Extending onsite inspection timelines during state of emergency
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 11: Revise local government ballot issue laws
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ HJ 30: Study resolution on incentivizing housing density and affordability
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ SB 32: Generally revise property taxes
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
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🧨 Blasted from committee

Blast motions on the House or Senate floor pull bills from committee for debate there.
πŸ“‹ SB 204: Sunset or reapprove existing voter approved property tax levies
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Reconcil.
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 205: Revise laws related to voter approval for property tax levies and bonds
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
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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