All Roll Calls
Yes: 170 • No: 124
MontanaHB 14269th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)House
Revise laws relating to interim committees
Sponsored By: Lukas Schubert (Republican)
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Bill Overview
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
Stronger oversight by interim committees
The law strengthens oversight by Montana’s interim legislative committees. Committees review agency rules, do assigned studies, and watch their agencies for problems and citizen concerns. If any member asks, they review advisory councils and required reports and can recommend keeping or ending them. Committees review agency-proposed bills, collect and share information for their work, and review statewide initiatives in their field. They vote to support or not support placing the initiative text on the ballot. The Legislative Services Division keeps accurate records of each committee.
More bipartisan drafts, new partisan rule
Each interim committee prepares bills and resolutions for the next session. A committee can request unlimited bill drafts when members from more than one party vote yes (bipartisan). It can request up to 5 drafts when only majority‑party members vote yes (partisan), up from 4. “Bipartisan” means support from more than one party. “Partisan” means only majority‑party members vote yes.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Lukas Schubert
Republican • House
Cosponsors
John Fuller
Republican • Senate
Steve Fitzpatrick
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 3/28/2025
Do Concur
Yes: 32 • No: 16
House vote • 3/27/2025
Do Concur
Yes: 32 • No: 18
House vote • 1/27/2025
Do Pass
Yes: 54 • No: 44
House vote • 1/24/2025
Do Pass
Yes: 52 • No: 46
Actions Timeline
Chapter Number Assigned
4/17/2025HouseSigned by Governor
4/16/2025HouseTransmitted to Governor
4/9/2025HouseSigned by President
4/9/2025SenateSigned by Speaker
4/7/2025HouseReturned from Enrolling
3/30/2025HouseSent to Enrolling
3/28/2025House3rd Reading Concurred
3/28/2025Senate2nd Reading Concurred
3/27/2025SenateCommittee Report--Bill Concurred
2/19/2025SenateCommittee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
2/19/2025SenateHearing
2/19/2025SenateReferred to Committee
2/11/2025SenateFirst Reading
1/28/2025SenateTransmitted to Senate
1/27/2025House3rd Reading Passed
1/27/2025House2nd Reading Passed
1/24/2025HouseCommittee Report--Bill Passed
1/20/2025HouseCommittee Executive Action--Bill Passed
1/20/2025HouseCommittee Executive Action--Bill Passed
1/20/2025HouseHearing
1/9/2025HouseFirst Reading
1/9/2025HouseReferred to Committee
1/9/2025HouseIntroduced
1/8/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled
4/15/2025
As Amended (Version 2)
3/29/2025
Introduced
1/8/2025