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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πŸ› House
GOP-held 68-32
πŸ› Senate
GOP-held 34-16
πŸ–‹ Governor
Greg Gianforte (R)

Senate Education and Cultural Resources Committee

87 bills considered
14 (16%) voted down
πŸͺ‘ Chair: Dan Salomon (R-Ronan)

Members (11)

7 Republicans
πŸ‘€ Dan Salomon (R-Ronan) – Chair
πŸ‘€ Russ Tempel (R-Chester) – Vice Chair
4 Democrats
πŸ‘€ Edie McClafferty (D-Butte) – Vice Chair

Commitee bills (87)

πŸ—“ Awaiting hearing (2)

Unscheduled

πŸ“‹ SB 337: Generally revise parental rights laws
Theresa Manzella (R)πŸ“ƒ Bill textπŸ– Proposed amendmentsπŸ“° 1 MTFP story
βœ…1st Cmte.
✴️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ HB 450: Protect physical self-defense in K-12 schools
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
βœ…Reconcil.
βœ…Gov.
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βŒ›οΈ Heard, awaiting vote (0)

None at present

🚫 Withdrawn (2)

🚫 Voted down (14)

πŸ“‹ SB 9: Prohibit school districts operating schools outside district boundaries
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SJ 24: Request study of professional student exchange programs: WICHE, WWAMI, WIMU, etc
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
πŸ“‹ SB 141: Create indigenous people's day
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 212: Revise education requirements for state jobs
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
πŸ“‹ SB 235: Establish requirements for science instruction in public schools
❌1st Cmte.
βšͺ️Senate
βšͺ️House
βšͺ️Gov.
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βœ… Voted forward (71)

πŸ“‹ SB 1: Align payment schedule of school block grants
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ SJ 6: Joint resolution to recognize the Indian boarding school experience
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
πŸ“‹ SB 8: Revise transformational learning program laws
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Reconcil.
βœ…Gov.
πŸ“‹ HJ 9: Joint resolution for MT historical society repository of original 13th Amend
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…House
βœ…Senate
πŸ“‹ SB 10: Clarify school finance laws related to general fund levies
βœ…1st Cmte.
βœ…Senate
βœ…House
βœ…Gov.
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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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