2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 3:47 PM May 28, 2024
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GOP-held 68-32
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 34-16
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

HB 5: Long-range building appropriations

Major infrastructure bill, generally funding state facility and university projects.
Became Law
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Dec 12
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 24
βœ… House
Passed House
Mar 31
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 28
βœ… Reconcil.
Reconciled
May 2
❌ Gov.
Vetoed
Jul 4

Sponsor: | Requestor: Office of Budget and Program Planning
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
Veto politics set up standoffs between Gianforte and lawmakers
May 26, 2023 β€’ Arren Kimbel-Sannit
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
Gianforte takes veto scalpel to infrastructure bill
May 25, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
Senate majority leader falls short in anti-pork crusade
Apr 28, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
The Senate’s infrastructure spending spree
Apr 24, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
Infrastructure bills advance with overwhelming bipartisan support
Mar 29, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
πŸ“° Education
Lawmakers advance funding for Gallatin College
Mar 27, 2023 β€’ Alex Sakariassen
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Dec 12
Introduced
Dec 20
Referred to Committee
Jan 2
First Reading
Jan 25
Jan 26
Jan 27
Jan 30
Jan 31
Feb 1
Feb 2
Feb 3
Feb 14
Feb 16
Mar 1
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 15
Mar 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 22-1
R15-1
D7-0
Mar 29
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 34-66
R33-35
D1-31
Mar 29
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
❌ 34-66
R33-35
D1-31
Mar 29
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
βœ… 96-4
R64-4
D32-0
Mar 31
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 98-0
R67-0
D31-0
Apr 3
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 3
Referred to Committee
Apr 3
First Reading
Apr 14
Apr 21
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
βœ… 15-4
R9-4
D6-0
Apr 27
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
βœ… 43-6
R27-6
D16-0
Apr 27
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
βœ… 43-6
R27-6
D16-0
Apr 27
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
βœ… 43-6
R27-6
D16-0
Apr 27
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
βœ… 46-3
R30-3
D16-0
Apr 27
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 21-28
R21-12
D0-16
Apr 27
2nd Reading Concurred as Amended
❌ 17-33
R16-18
D1-15
Apr 28
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 30-20
R16-18
D14-2
Apr 28
Returned to House with Amendments
May 2
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred
βœ… 65-33
R34-33
D31-0
May 2
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
βœ… 68-28
R38-28
D30-0
May 17
Transmitted to Governor
May 24
Returned with Governor's Line-item Veto
Veto memo
Jun 1
Chapter Number Assigned
Jun 13
Veto Override Vote Mail Poll in Progress
Jul 4
Line-item Veto Override Failed
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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