Senate Judiciary Committee
Members (11)
Commitee bills (234)
🗓 Awaiting hearing (1)
Unscheduled
| 📋 HB 317: Provide for the Montana Indian Child Welfare Act Codifies federal protections for Native American children, families and tribal nations in state law. | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Reconcil. ✅Gov. |
⌛️ Heard, awaiting vote (1)
| 📋 SB 286: Revise probate law regarding collection of personal property by affidavit | ✴️1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
🚫 Withdrawn (4)
| 📋 SB 157: Generally revise laws relating to legislative exempt staff | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 257: Generally revise laws regarding the judiciary | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 272: Constitutional amendment to secure the office of county sheriff | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✴️House |
| 📋 SB 438: Revise laws relating to the judiciary to require audit of state bar of Montana | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
🚫 Voted down (27)
| 📋 SB 2: Revise criminal intelligence information advisory council | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 44: Revise laws pertaining to court administration of certain civil cases | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 79: Revise laws relating to peace officer status | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 SB 92: Eliminate jail penalties for driving while suspended/revoked | ❌1st Cmte. ⚪️Senate ⚪️House ⚪️Gov. |
| 📋 HB 193: Revise law for driving without insurance | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ❌Senate ⚪️Gov. |
✅ Voted forward (200)
| 📋 HJ 1: Request interim study on missing youth | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate |
| 📋 SJ 3: Joint resolution related to the Justice Counts Initiative | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
| 📋 SJ 5: Resolution urging Congress to fully fund law enforcement in Indian Country | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House |
| 📋 SB 6: Gen. revise laws related to conditional release of crim. commitment defendant | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Reconcil. ✅Gov. |
| 📋 SR 6: Confirm governor's appointees for the judicial standards commission | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate |
🧨 Blasted from committee
| 📋 SB 464: Revise laws related to eyewitness lineups | ✅1st Cmte. ✅Senate ✅House ✅Gov. |
| 📋 HB 742: Restrict use of restraints on youth | ✅1st Cmte. ✅House ✅Senate ✅Gov. |
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