2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 12:46 AM Aug 29, 2023
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๐Ÿ› House
GOP-held 68-32
๐Ÿ› Senate
GOP-held 34-16
๐Ÿ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 372: Constitutional amendment to revise selection of certain judges and justices

Probably Dead
โœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 15
โŒ 1st Cmte.
Tabled
Feb 27
โšช๏ธ Senate
โšช๏ธ House

Sponsor:
๐Ÿ“ƒ Bill text
๐Ÿ’ต Fiscal note
None on file
๐Ÿ› Legal note
None on file
๐Ÿ– Proposed amendments
None on file
See also: The official bill page.
Passage requires supermajority, 2/3 of Entire Legislature.

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MTFP stories involving the bill
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 15
Introduced
Feb 16
Referred to Committee
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
Feb 16
First Reading
Feb 23
Hearing
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
Feb 27
Tabled in Committee
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
โŒ 11-0
Apr 6
Missed Deadline for Referendum Proposal Transmittal
May 2
Died in Standing Committee
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 Legislatureโ€™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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