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 648: Provide for the best beginnings scholarship program

Expands child care subsidy program.
Became Law
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 17
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 17
βœ… House
Passed House
Apr 4
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 28
βœ… Gov.
Signed
Jun 13

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
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Jun 14, 2023 β€’ Eric Dietrich
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 17
Introduced
Feb 20
Referred to Committee
Feb 21
First Reading
Mar 14
Hearing
Mar 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 13-8
R6-8
D7-0
Mar 27
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 55-45
R23-45
D32-0
Mar 27
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 28
Mar 31
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 12-11
R5-11
D7-0
Apr 3
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 51-49
R19-49
D32-0
Apr 4
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 65-34
R34-34
D31-0
Apr 4
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 5
First Reading
Apr 5
Referred to Committee
Apr 7
Apr 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 9-1
R6-1
D3-0
Apr 19
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 20
Apr 21
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 10-9
R4-9
D6-0
Apr 27
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 27-23
R11-23
D16-0
Apr 28
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 29-20
R14-20
D15-0
Apr 28
Returned to House
Jun 13
Transmitted to Governor
Jun 13
Signed by Governor
Jun 14
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.

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