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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Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 485: Raising hourly rate of legislator compensation

Probably Dead
βœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 23
βœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 10
βœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 16
βœ… House
Passed House
Apr 18
❌ Gov.
Vetoed
May 11

Sponsor:
πŸ“ƒ Bill text
πŸ’΅ Fiscal note
πŸ› Legal note
None on file
πŸ– Proposed amendments
🚫 Veto memo
See also: The official bill page.

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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 23
Introduced
Feb 23
Referred to Committee
Feb 23
First Reading
Feb 24
Rereferred to Committee
Feb 28
Hearing
Mar 10
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
βœ… 17-2
R11-2
D6-0
Mar 15
2nd Reading Passed
βœ… 37-13
R24-10
D13-3
Mar 16
3rd Reading Passed
βœ… 33-17
R24-10
D9-7
Mar 17
Transmitted to House
Mar 21
Referred to Committee
Mar 22
First Reading
Apr 5
Apr 5
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 12-4
R9-2
D3-2
Apr 13
2nd Reading Concurred
βœ… 56-44
R38-30
D18-14
Apr 13
Rereferred to Committee
Apr 13
Hearing
Apr 17
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
βœ… 14-9
R7-9
D7-0
Apr 18
3rd Reading Concurred
βœ… 56-43
R39-29
D17-14
Apr 18
Returned to Senate
May 1
Transmitted to Governor
May 11
Vetoed by Governor
Veto memo
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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