2023 Capitol Tracker

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

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GOP-held 34-16
🖋 Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

SB 565: Generally revise primary election and nomination laws

Raises the number of signatures non-major party candidates must gather to qualify for the ballot.
Probably Dead
✅ Proposed
Introduced
Mar 28
✅ 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Mar 31
✅ Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 4
❌ House
Voted down
Apr 27
⚪️ Gov.
Sponsor:
Greg Hertz RPolson / SD 6
📃 Bill text
Available here
💵 Fiscal note
Available here
🏛 Legal note
None on file
🖍 Proposed amendments
Available here
See also: The official bill page.
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Legislative actions

How bills move through the Legislature
Showing major bill actions only.
DateAction
Mar 28
Introduced
Mar 28
Referred to Committee
Mar 28
First Reading
Mar 31
Hearing
📺🎙 Official recording 1. Official recording 2.
via Open Montana and Council Data Project
Mar 31
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
✅ 7-3
R7-0
D0-3
Apr 3
2nd Reading Passed
✅ 28-22
R28-6
D0-16
📺🎙 Official recording 1. Official recording 2.
via Open Montana and Council Data Project
Apr 4
3rd Reading Passed
✅ 26-24
R26-8
D0-16
Apr 4
Transmitted to House
Apr 5
Referred to Committee
Apr 5
First Reading
Apr 14
Hearing
📺🎙 Official recording 1. Official recording 2.
via Open Montana and Council Data Project
Apr 17
Tabled in Committee
❌ 18-0
Apr 27
Taken from Table in Committee
Apr 27
Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
✅ 10-8
R10-2
D0-6
Apr 27
2nd Reading Not Concurred
❌ 39-60
R39-28
D0-32
📺🎙 Official recording 1. Official recording 2.
via Open Montana and Council Data Project
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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