2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 232: Provide for deadlines to respond to public information requests

Became Law
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Jan 27
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 22
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 2
βœ… House
Passed House
Apr 18
βœ… Gov.
Signed
May 4

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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

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πŸ“° State Government
Montana Senate passes public record request bill
Mar 3, 2023 β€’ Amanda Eggert
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Jan 27
Introduced
Jan 30
Referred to Committee
Jan 30
First Reading
Feb 22
Feb 22
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 10-0
R7-0
D3-0
Feb 28
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
βœ… 48-2
R32-2
D16-0
Feb 28
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
βœ… 50-0
R34-0
D16-0
Feb 28
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 1
Mar 1
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
βœ… 19-0
R13-0
D6-0
Mar 2
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 50-0
R34-0
D16-0
Mar 3
Transmitted to House
Mar 13
Referred to Committee
Mar 14
First Reading
Mar 20
Apr 4
Tabled in Committee
❌ 17-1
Apr 14
Taken from Table in Committee
βœ… 15-3
R9-3
D6-0
Apr 14
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 15-3
R9-3
D6-0
Apr 17
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 97-2
R66-1
D31-1
Apr 18
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 96-2
R66-2
D30-0
Apr 18
Returned to Senate
May 1
Transmitted to Governor
May 4
Signed by Governor
May 4
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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