2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Greg Gianforte (R)

HB 915: Constitutional amendment to change process to select supreme court justices

Proposes switching state supreme court justice selection from statewide elections to appointments made by the governor.
Probably Dead
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Mar 24
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 30
βœ… House
Passed House
Apr 4
❌ Senate
Voted down
Apr 21

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.
Passage requires supermajority, 2/3 of Entire Legislature.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
πŸ“° 2023 Legislature
Proposals to amend Constitution struggle to garner needed support
Apr 5, 2023 β€’ Arren Kimbel-Sannit
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Mar 24
Introduced
Mar 25
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
Mar 25
First Reading
Mar 29
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
Mar 30
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
βœ… 13-6
R13-0
D0-6
Apr 3
Motion Carried
βœ… 97-1
R68-0
D29-1
Apr 3
2nd Reading Passed
Supermajority required - 2/3 entire legislature
64-36
R64-4
D0-32
Apr 4
3rd Reading Passed
Supermajority required - 2/3 entire legislature
59-39
R59-9
D0-30
Apr 4
Transmitted to Senate
Apr 5
First Reading
Apr 5
Referred to Committee
Apr 12
Apr 13
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 7-4
R7-0
D0-4
Apr 20
2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed; 3rd Reading Vote Required
Supermajority required - 2/3 entire legislature
❌ 24-25
R24-9
D0-16
Apr 21
3rd Reading Failed
Supermajority required - 2/3 entire legislature
❌ 23-27
R23-11
D0-16
May 8
Died in Process
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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