# Montana HB 142: Revise laws relating to interim committees

Montana HB 142, Revise laws relating to interim committees, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Lukas Schubert (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-17 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 142
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise laws relating to interim committees
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-08
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Lukas Schubert (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Legislature
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (171 yes, 125 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Stronger oversight by interim committees: benefit, low. 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…
- More bipartisan drafts, new partisan rule: mixed, low. 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 su…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Lukas Schubert (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Fuller (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-28 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 16 |   |
| 2025-03-27 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 |   |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Do Pass | pass | 54 | 44 |   |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Do Pass | pass | 53 | 47 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2025-04-17: Chapter Number Assigned (House)
- 2025-04-16: Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-04-09: Transmitted to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-09: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-03-30: Returned from Enrolling (House)
- 2025-03-28: Sent to Enrolling (House)
- 2025-03-28: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-01-27: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-01-24: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-01-20: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-01-20: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-01-20: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-01-09: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-09: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-09: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-08: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0f7a6002-ed87-46ed-8816-3f4809dcece8)
- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-29: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c5a657fd-eb42-496b-83e0-6779550acf35)
- Introduced, 2025-01-08: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9bcc3762-48be-4fe3-9e41-9a67e31ae173)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0f7a6002-ed87-46ed-8816-3f4809dcece8)
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c5a657fd-eb42-496b-83e0-6779550acf35)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9bcc3762-48be-4fe3-9e41-9a67e31ae173)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB142-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).