2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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GOP-held 34-16
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Greg Gianforte (R)

HB 546: Authorize additional funding for coal trust loan program for housing

Puts $15 million into coal trust-backed loans to subsidizes price-restricted housing projects.
Probably Dead
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 14
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 27
βœ… House
Passed House
Mar 20
❌ Senate
Voted down
Apr 19
βšͺ️ Gov.

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πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
πŸ› Legal note
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πŸ– Proposed amendments
See also: The official bill page.

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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 14
Introduced
Feb 16
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Taxation
Feb 16
First Reading
Feb 24
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Taxation
Feb 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Taxation
βœ… 21-0
R14-0
D7-0
Mar 1
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 91-9
R59-9
D32-0
Mar 1
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 15
Mar 15
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 18-0
R13-0
D5-0
Mar 17
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 75-24
R43-24
D32-0
Mar 20
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 65-33
R35-33
D30-0
Mar 21
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 21
Referred to Committee
Mar 21
First Reading
Apr 4
Apr 19
❌ 10-0
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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