# Montana SB 120: Provide for article V commissioner selection and oversight

Montana SB 120, Provide for article V commissioner selection and oversight, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Tom McGillvray (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-05-23 (Died in Process); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 120
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Provide for article V commissioner selection and oversight
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-09
- Last action: 2025-05-23, Died in Process
- Sponsor: Tom McGillvray (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Federal Government
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (98 yes, 101 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tom McGillvray (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Gary Parry (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-19 | House | Do Concur | fail | 41 | 59 |   |
| 2025-01-30 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 28 | 21 |   |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 29 | 21 |   |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-05-23: Died in Process (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-06: Fiscal Note Signed (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Revised Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-12: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-07: Rereferred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-31: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-31: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-30: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-01-15: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-09: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-25: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f915c7b2-f96f-4dda-83d2-75f1cb2333a6)
- Introduced, 2025-01-09: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c5142a84-5268-491b-91d8-3f83e1c867a5)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)

## Sources
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f915c7b2-f96f-4dda-83d2-75f1cb2333a6)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=c5142a84-5268-491b-91d8-3f83e1c867a5)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB120-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).