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 566: Require top two primary for U.S. Senate races

โ€˜Jungle primaryโ€™ bill.
Probably Dead
โœ… Proposed
Introduced
Mar 28
โœ… 1st Cmte.
Advanced
Apr 3
โœ… Senate
Passed Senate
Apr 4
โŒ House
Voted down
Apr 19
โšช๏ธ Gov.

Sponsor:
๐Ÿ“ƒ Bill text
๐Ÿ’ต Fiscal note
๐Ÿ› Legal note
None on file
๐Ÿ– Proposed amendments
See also: The official bill page.

Montana Free Press coverage

MTFP stories involving the bill
๐Ÿ“ฐ 2023 Legislature
Attempt to revive controversial top-two primary proposal stalls in Senate committeeย ย 
Apr 24, 2023 โ€ข Arren Kimbel-Sannit
๐Ÿ“ฐ 2023 Legislature
Bills targeting third parties ahead of Montanaโ€™s 2024 U.S. Senate raceย tabled in committeeย 
Apr 19, 2023 โ€ข Arren Kimbel-Sannit
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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
Mar 31
Tabled in Committee
โŒ 8-2
Apr 3
Taken from Table in Committee
Apr 3
Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
โœ… 6-4
R6-1
D0-3
Apr 3
2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
โœ… 27-23
R27-7
D0-16
Apr 3
2nd Reading Passed as Amended
โœ… 27-23
R27-7
D0-16
Apr 4
3rd Reading Passed
โœ… 27-23
R27-7
D0-16
Apr 4
Transmitted to House
Apr 5
Referred to Committee
Apr 5
First Reading
Apr 14
Apr 19
Tabled in Committee
โŒ 17-1
May 8
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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