2023 Capitol Tracker

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

A digital guide by | Support this work
Last update: 10:36 PM May 10, 2024
πŸ“‘ Key billsπŸ—‚ All billsπŸ”Ž Find a billπŸ”Ž Find a lawmaker🏑 Your districtπŸ—“ CalendarπŸ“ What's happenedπŸ™‹ How to participate
πŸ› House
GOP-held 68-32
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 34-16
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

HB 556: Revise definitions related to day-care facilities and family day-care homes

Became Law
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 15
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 24
βœ… House
Passed House
Mar 2
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 11
βœ… Reconcil.
Reconciled
Apr 17
βœ… Gov.
Signed
May 18

Sponsor:
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
None on file
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
Childcare is scarce and spendy. Here’s what Montana lawmakers are doing about it
Jun 14, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
Capitolized newsletter
Sign up for CAPITOLIZED
Expert reporting and insight from the Montana Capitol, emailed Tuesdays and Fridays.

Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 15
Introduced
Feb 16
Referred to Committee
Feb 16
First Reading
Feb 22
Hearing
Feb 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
βœ… 11-10
R11-3
D0-7
Mar 1
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
βœ… 68-32
R63-5
D5-27
Mar 1
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
βœ… 68-32
R63-5
D5-27
Mar 2
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 68-31
R68-0
D0-31
Mar 3
Transmitted to Senate
Mar 9
First Reading
Mar 14
Referred to Committee
Mar 20
Mar 29
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
βœ… 6-3
R6-0
D0-3
Apr 7
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 35-15
R34-0
D1-15
Apr 11
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 35-15
R34-0
D1-15
Apr 12
Returned to House with Amendments
Apr 14
2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred
βœ… 99-1
R68-0
D31-1
Apr 17
3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate
βœ… 79-18
R65-1
D14-17
May 8
Transmitted to Governor
May 18
Signed by Governor
May 19
Chapter Number Assigned
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.

Think there's a potential news story to be done about a bill or lawmaker you see here? Tell us at tips@montanafreepress.org.

Projects

About

Join

Β© 2024 Montana Free Press. Privacy PolicyMTFP logo