# Montana HB 9: Cultural and aesthetic grants Montana HB 9, Cultural and aesthetic grants, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by John Fitzpatrick (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB9-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 9 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Cultural and aesthetic grants - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-11 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: John Fitzpatrick (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Appropriations, Arts - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 7 (356 yes, 241 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Arts Council grants for 2025–2027: benefit, low. The law gives $953,500 from the Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Trust Fund to the Montana Arts Council. The council awards this money to the projects and organizations named in the law. The funding covers the biennium ending June 30, 2027. - Capitol artwork care gets $30,000: benefit, low. The law gives $30,000 from the Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Trust Fund to the Montana Historical Society. The money is for care and conservation of capitol complex artwork. This covers the biennium ending June 30, 2027. - Grant limits and public credit rule: cost, low. The Montana Arts Council can only award grants authorized in this law and only up to the set amounts. Grantee contracts must include this public credit: "Additional support from coal tax placed into Montana's Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Trust Fund." Grantees must display it on their website, ad… - Shortfall cuts and unspent funds return: cost, low. If the trust fund does not have enough money, projects with awards over $2,000 get proportional cuts. The $30,000 for capitol artwork care is not cut. On July 1, 2027, any unencumbered grant money returns to the trust fund. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: John Fitzpatrick (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 68 | 32 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 83 | 17 | | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 29 | 21 | | | 2025-04-08 | House | Do Pass | pass | 58 | 39 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 60 | 40 | | | 2025-04-07 | House | AMD-HB0009.002.001 Schubert DO PASS | fail | 26 | 74 | | ## Actions (31) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-29: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-25: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-23: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-23: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-22: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-09: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-09: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-04-08: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-07: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-07: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-03: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-18: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-06: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-06: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-06: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-01-03: Hearing (House) - 2024-12-20: Referred to Committee (House) - 2024-12-11: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=102716fd-36bb-49e9-aea5-bbfe73864e62) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=133afc39-0682-47be-ac39-1cd6cf6ba63f) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-03: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=cfb73fa8-425e-47f2-a921-66b0b9e1502d) - Introduced, 2024-12-11: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e6bb31ab-4220-4823-9b1d-f56905fb855c) ## 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=102716fd-36bb-49e9-aea5-bbfe73864e62) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=133afc39-0682-47be-ac39-1cd6cf6ba63f) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=cfb73fa8-425e-47f2-a921-66b0b9e1502d) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e6bb31ab-4220-4823-9b1d-f56905fb855c) ## 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) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB9-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).