2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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Last update: 3:31 PM Mar 31, 2023
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๐Ÿ› House
GOP-held 68-32
๐Ÿ› Senate
GOP-held 34-16
๐Ÿ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 490: Generally revising the legislature's investigative powers

Broadens the Legislatureโ€™s subpoena and investigative powers.
In Second House Committee โ€” Nontabled
โœ… Proposed
Introduced
Feb 23
โœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Feb 28
โœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Mar 2
โœด๏ธ House
Pending
โšช๏ธ Gov.

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.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
๐Ÿ“ฐ Courts
Tracking changes to the court system at the Legislatureโ€™s midpointย 
Mar 8, 2023 โ€ข Arren Kimbel-Sannit
๐Ÿ“ฐ Courts
Montana Senate endorses legislative subpoena powers billย 
Mar 2, 2023 โ€ข Arren Kimbel-Sannit
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Feb 23
Introduced
Feb 23
First Reading
Feb 24
Referred to Committee
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
Feb 28
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
โœ… 7-4
R7-0
D0-4
Feb 28
Hearing
๐Ÿ‘ฅ Senate Judiciary
๐Ÿ“บ๐ŸŽ™ Official recording 1.
Mar 2
2nd Reading Passed
โœ… 34-16
R34-0
D0-16
๐Ÿ“บ๐ŸŽ™ Official recording 1.
Mar 2
3rd Reading Passed
โœ… 34-16
R34-0
D0-16
Mar 3
Transmitted to House
Mar 15
Referred to Committee
๐Ÿ‘ฅ House Judiciary
Mar 15
First Reading
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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