2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 2:30 PM Mar 31, 2023
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GOP-held 68-32
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GOP-held 34-16
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 201: Revise judicial recusal laws when parties made campaign contributions

Requires judges to recuse themselves from a case when parties or lawyers involved have donated a certain amount to their campaigns.
In Second House Committee β€” Nontabled
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 19
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 3
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Feb 10
✴️ House
Pending
βšͺ️ Gov.

Sponsor:
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
None on file
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 19
Introduced
Jan 20
First Reading
Jan 23
Referred to Committee
Jan 26
Hearing
πŸ“ΊπŸŽ™ Official recording 1.
Feb 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
❌ 5-6
R5-2
D0-4
Feb 8
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed
❌ 16-34
R0-34
D16-0
Feb 8
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
βœ… 50-0
R34-0
D16-0
Feb 8
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
βœ… 35-15
R34-0
D1-15
πŸ“ΊπŸŽ™ Official recording 1.
Feb 10
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 33-14
R32-0
D1-14
Feb 13
Transmitted to House
Mar 10
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
Mar 10
First Reading
Mar 17
Hearing
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
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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