2023 Capitol Tracker

The lawmakers, bills and votes of the 68th Montana Legislature

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HB 288: Revise laws related to tuition waivers for American Indian students

Probably Dead
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 18
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 24
βœ… House
Passed House
Apr 3
❌ Senate
Voted down
Apr 26
βšͺ️ Gov.

Sponsor:
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
American Indian Caucus reflects on the 68th session
May 10, 2023 β€’ JoVonne Wagner
πŸ“° Education
Expansion of Indian tuition waiver fails in Senate
Apr 21, 2023 β€’ JoVonne Wagner
πŸ“° Education
Bill would expand access to Native tuition waiver
Mar 2, 2023 β€’ Brad Tyer
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 18
Introduced
Jan 20
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Education
Jan 20
First Reading
Jan 27
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Education
Feb 1
Tabled in Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Education
❌ 13-0
Feb 24
Taken from Table in Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Education
Feb 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Education
βœ… 9-4
R5-4
D4-0
Mar 1
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 62-37
R31-37
D31-0
Mar 1
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 15
Mar 29
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 17-6
R10-6
D7-0
Mar 31
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 58-41
R26-41
D32-0
Apr 3
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 50-47
R19-47
D31-0
Apr 4
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 4
First Reading
Apr 4
Referred to Committee
Apr 19
Apr 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 10-1
R6-1
D4-0
Apr 21
2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed
❌ 25-25
R9-25
D16-0
Apr 21
2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
βœ… 25-24
R25-9
D0-15
Apr 24
Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process
βœ… 26-23
R10-23
D16-0
Apr 24
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 29-21
R13-21
D16-0
Apr 24
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 26
Apr 26
Tabled in Committee
❌ 10-9
May 8
Died in Standing Committee
Showing major bill actions only.
This table may omit bill actions recorded since this guide's last update. See the bill page in LAWS for an official reference.

About the 2023 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, the Legislative Automated Workflow System, or LAWS. Reporting and web design was done primarily by MTFP Deputy Editor Eric Dietrich. Please contact him at edietrich@montanafreepress.org with bug reports, questions or suggestions.

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