2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 3:47 PM May 28, 2024
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SB 250: Adopt Safety of the Child First Act

Probably Dead
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 1
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 23
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 30
❌ House
Voted down
Apr 24
βšͺ️ Gov.

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πŸ› Legal note
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 1
Introduced
Feb 1
Referred to Committee
Feb 1
First Reading
Feb 7
Hearing
Feb 23
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 7-4
R7-0
D0-4
Feb 27
2nd Reading Pass Motion Failed
❌ 25-25
R25-9
D0-16
Feb 27
2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
❌ 25-25
R25-9
D0-16
Feb 28
Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process
βœ… 37-13
R21-13
D16-0
Mar 1
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
βœ… 49-1
R33-1
D16-0
Mar 1
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
βœ… 29-21
R29-5
D0-16
Mar 1
Rereferred to Committee
Mar 15
Mar 24
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 17-2
R11-2
D6-0
Mar 29
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 37-13
R34-0
D3-13
Mar 30
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 35-13
R32-0
D3-13
Mar 31
Transmitted to House
Apr 3
First Reading
Apr 3
Referred to Committee
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
Apr 18
Apr 19
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
πŸ‘₯ House Judiciary
βœ… 11-8
R11-2
D0-6
Apr 24
Motion Carried
βœ… 91-7
R66-1
D25-6
Apr 24
2nd Reading Not Concurred
❌ 49-51
R49-19
D0-32
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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