Committee
Montana House State Administration Committee
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committee members
Lyn Bennett (R)
Vice Chair
Marta Bertoglio (R)
Ed Byrne (R)
Curtis Cochran (R)
Chair
Julie Darling (R)
Becky Edwards (D)
Shelly Fyant (D)
Vice Chair
Kelly Kortum (D)
Marc Lee (D)
Kathy Love (R)
Gary Parry (R)
Linda Reksten (R)
Tyson Running Wolf (D)
Lukas Schubert (R)
Frank Smith (D)
Jade Sooktis (D)
Peter Strand (D)
Eric Tilleman (R)
Zachary Wirth (R)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB33 | Revise law related to petitions to initiate agency rulemaking | Dead | 12/20/2024 |
| HB39 | Repeal law disallowing parties from contributing to judicial candidates | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB47 | Revise state building energy conservation program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB54 | Repeal DLI commissioner signature requirement | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB61 | Revise inter-entity loan process | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB62 | Generally revise laws related to the administration of MPERA | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB63 | Extend application of bond validating act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB66 | Adopt most recent federal military codes and regulations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB72 | Revise enlisted militia compensation for SAD | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB81 | Revise law to change supervision of veterans' affairs division administrator | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB85 | Reinstating former employer contributions for JRS, HPORS, SRS, GWPORS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB88 | Allow for automatic return of certain unclaimed property | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB91 | Allow taxpayers to elect to receive electronic correspondence from the department of revenue | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB100 | Generally revise public record laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB111 | Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/30/2024 |
| HB112 | Code commissioner bill | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/30/2024 |
| HB113 | Revise resident preferences for public contracts and contract term limits | Dead | 12/30/2024 |
| HB115 | Revise Montana code annotated publishing laws related to code commissioner duties | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/30/2024 |
| HB120 | Revise commercial property assessed clean energy laws | Dead | 01/07/2025 |
| HB125 | Revise laws related to the conduct of school district elections | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| HB126 | Revise legislative oversight of administrative rules and encourage public comment | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/08/2025 |
| HB152 | Revise election laws related to county attorney elections | Dead | 01/09/2025 |
| HB166 | Revise Montana historical society laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/10/2025 |
| HB167 | Generally revise election laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/10/2025 |
| HB170 | Require legislative review of federal financial assistance | Dead | 01/10/2025 |
| HB179 | Revise election laws related to inactive voter status | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB181 | Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/13/2025 |
| HB187 | Revise election laws to remove continuous tabulation requirement | Dead | 01/14/2025 |
| HB189 | Revise the petroleum storage tank cleanup eligibility requirements | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB190 | Establish American rodeo the official state sport of Montana | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB192 | Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB193 | Require signature for voter registration cancellation | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/14/2025 |
| HB201 | Require disclosure of paid signature gatherers for initiatives | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB203 | Establish Montana mining day | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB207 | Revise candidate filing and write-in candidate laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB217 | Transfer the state building energy conservation program to the Dept. of Administration A&E division | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| HB221 | Revise election laws to require certain local elections to take place in even-numbered years | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB224 | Generally revise criminal law Prohibiting judges from seeking, accepting, or using political party endorsement | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB248 | Revise election laws related to voter cancellation | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
| HB271 | Provide that there is a limited executive privilege to the public records act | Vetoed | 01/22/2025 |
| HB272 | Provide that legislative bill drafting files are public records | Dead | 01/22/2025 |
| HB279 | Revise districts for certain appointments | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| HB280 | Repeal interagency coordinating council for state prevention programs | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| HB286 | Revise election laws to provide for verification of an elector’s citizenship. | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| HB293 | Revise election administrator laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| HB298 | Revise local election laws on approval of marijuana businesses | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| HB309 | Clarifying term of office of a precinct committee representative | Dead | 01/27/2025 |
| HB334 | Generally revise disaster and emergency laws | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| HB349 | Revise TRS laws related to reemployment | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB358 | Generally revise pension laws related to the Volunteer Firefighters' Compensation Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/31/2025 |
| HB359 | Generally revise TRS laws on when retired teachers can return to work after retirement | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/31/2025 |
| HB370 | Provide appropriation to the highway patrol pension fund | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| HB375 | Revise statewide ballot issue laws | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| HB376 | Require state agencies to provide timely information to legislators | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| HB379 | Revising laws related to state land leases for commercial purposes and the sale of state land. | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| HB380 | Revise meeting date for presidential electors to align with federal law | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| HB383 | Generally revise campaign finance laws to increase transparency | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB395 | Generally revise voting laws related to individuals of unsound mind | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| HB402 | Move the cowboy hall of fame and western heritage center to Wolf Point, Montana | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| HB406 | Revise election laws related to school election deadlines | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/06/2025 |
| HB410 | Revise laws for approval of bond elections and mill levy elections | Dead | 02/07/2025 |
| HB413 | Revise election laws regarding residency | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| HB423 | Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| HB455 | Revise election laws related to COPP deadlines for municipal candidates | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/12/2025 |
| HB479 | Require candidates for office to disclose foreign citizenship | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB482 | Provide that local government elections be partisan | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB488 | Allowing a disabled voter to electronically return a ballot | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB496 | Amend laws related to the retrocession of jurisdiction over federal lands | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| HB527 | Revising the process for written plans of conduct for mail elections | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/18/2025 |
| HB539 | Revise laws related to veto override polls | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| HB557 | Revise education laws related to PIR days and meetings of teacher organizations | Dead | 02/19/2025 |
| HB562 | Eliminate certain agency reports | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| HB566 | Generally revise decennial veteran study laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| HB592 | Generally revise agency rulemaking under MAPA | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| HB597 | Prohibit inactive electors from signing petitions | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB598 | Require ballot issue signers to be active registered voters | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB613 | Revise laws related to state aid to public libraries | Dead | 02/21/2025 |
| HB618 | Provide for a Montana individual freedom act | Dead | 02/21/2025 |
| HB627 | Revise reporting requirements related to public contracts | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| HB640 | Revising membership in FURS to include airport authority public safety employees | Dead | 02/22/2025 |
| HB645 | Require ballot issue signature gatherers to be Montana citizens and registered voters | Dead | 02/22/2025 |
| HB651 | Allow for temporary door locks during emergency situations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/22/2025 |
| HB656 | Revising the fund structure and use of employment security account | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/22/2025 |
| HB659 | Revising marijuana election requirements in certain municipalities | Dead | 02/22/2025 |
| HB673 | Revise donor privacy laws for certain political contributions | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB674 | Revise code commissioner duties to include repealing unconstitutional policies from Montana code | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB678 | Revise statement of purpose and implication for ballot issues | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB679 | Generally revised use of public equipment | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| HB680 | Generally revise trade and commerce laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| HB688 | Generally revise marijuana laws | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB692 | Generally revise the SMART Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/24/2025 |
| HB698 | Generally revise laws related to local government and marijuana dispensaries | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB700 | Changing the amortization period for statewide DB retirement systems to 25 years | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB705 | Generally revise laws related to county and city central committees | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| HB719 | Revise election laws related to an elector's date of birth | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| HB722 | Provide a retention period for electronic communications after a public employee's employment ends | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| HB724 | Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| HB725 | Require that individuals may not be a precinct committee representative of more than one political party | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| HB728 | Revise campaign finance laws to prohibit contributions from public entities | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| HB741 | Generally revise procurement laws | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| HB759 | Revise campaign finance laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| HB769 | Revise labor law relating to computation of meal allowances | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| HB770 | Revise candidate campaign finance reporting laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| HB780 | Revise statewide ballot issue laws | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| HB786 | Revise Montana arts council chair responsibilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| HB788 | Require disclosure of certain election contributions by attorneys of record | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| HB789 | Generally revise surplus campaign funds laws | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| HB799 | Allow property owners to vote in voted levy elections | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| HB804 | Revise laws for lobbyist payment threshold | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| HB812 | Generally revise unemployment laws relating to non-professional employees of educational institutions | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB815 | Creating a process and timeline to transfer school elections to county election administrators | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB818 | Ban foreign funding for ballot measures | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| HB821 | Revise vote requirement to enact constitutional amendment by initiative | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB822 | Revise vote requirement to enact constitutional amendment by legislative referendum | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| HB834 | Create a government evidence and impact commission | Passed | 03/18/2025 |
| HB851 | Create department of health services | Dead | 03/21/2025 |
| HB856 | Revise incumbent vacancy in office laws | Dead | 03/24/2025 |
| HB879 | Interim study bill on the impacts of federal actions on the state of Montana | Dead | 03/27/2025 |
| HB917 | Revise campaign finance laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| HB938 | Generally revise lobbying laws relating to state and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HJ11 | Resolution supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens' United | Dead | 01/30/2025 |
| HJ38 | Interim study on bolstering public participation in the session/legislature | Dead | 03/29/2025 |
| HJ42 | Interim study on procurement, no-bid contracts, and transparency on no-bid purchases | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HJ48 | Interim study on moving the date of the primary election | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/08/2025 |
| HJ64 | Study election and evaluation of judges | Dead | 04/18/2025 |
| HJ69 | Study resolution on impacts of federal funding changes on Dept. of Military Affairs | Dead | 04/22/2025 |
| HR7 | House resolution for legislators to offset appropriations in introduced bills by identifying the programs from which funds are to be reallocated in the same bill | Dead | 04/16/2025 |
| SB7 | Repeal of retirement criteria change for HPORS and SRS | Vetoed | 02/03/2025 |
| SB9 | Allow agency cash deposits biweekly | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/03/2025 |
| SB11 | Revise local government ballot issue laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/03/2025 |
| SB12 | Eliminate board of county printing and transfer duties to Dept of Administration | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/26/2025 |
| SB25 | Revise election laws regarding disclosure requirements for the use of AI in elections | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| SB29 | Allow electronic submission of bonds for state construction projects | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| SB33 | State buildings subject to state building code review | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| SB56 | Supplemental employer contribution for PERS, HPORS, SRS, GWPORS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| SB57 | Revise county canvassing processes | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/11/2025 |
| SB58 | Revise vote count procedures | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/07/2025 |
| SB105 | Generally revise election laws related to electioneering at polling locations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| SB115 | Revise election laws related to public notices | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/04/2025 |
| SB116 | Revise the Montana heritage preservation and development commission membership | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| SB128 | Revise county clerk and recorder election laws | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| SB129 | Revise voter registration laws to include party preference | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| SB184 | Provide that only contested precinct committee men/women need to be on the primary election ballot | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| SB185 | Constitutional amendment regarding qualified elector to require that only a citizen can vote | Dead | 03/05/2025 |
| SB200 | Generally revise cooperative laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| SB208 | Revise definition of "dependent child" in highway patrol, police, and firefighter retirement systems | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| SB222 | Revise laws related to lobbying prohibitions for public employees | Dead | 02/27/2025 |
| SB224 | Create indigenous peoples day | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/27/2025 |
| SB226 | Require petition submittals be dropped off within a specific timeframe | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| SB242 | Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| SB246 | Provide for Montana First Procurement laws and establish reporting requirements | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| SB276 | Generally revise voter identification laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/07/2025 |
| SB287 | Generally revise state finance laws | Dead | 04/07/2025 |
| SB303 | Require agency reporting on financial assistance to tribes | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/05/2025 |
| SB311 | Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/07/2025 |
| SB314 | Revise election laws to prohibit a political party from nominating a replacement candidate when the original candidate is found to be ineligible | Dead | 03/17/2025 |
| SB316 | Revising disability retirement provisions for MPORS and FURS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| SB360 | Revise election laws related to definitions | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/07/2025 |
| SB366 | Revise central committees notification process laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/04/2025 |
| SB379 | Revise laws related to state-tribal consultation | Dead | 04/07/2025 |
| SB440 | Revising election laws related to reporting election results | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| SB490 | Revise election laws regarding late registration | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| SB492 | Generally revise business disclosure statement requirements for elected officials and department directors | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| SB498 | Revise election laws related to preparation procedures for primary elections | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| SB561 | Revise public service commission membership | Dead | 04/07/2025 |
| SB564 | Revise government transparency laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/07/2025 |
| SJ35 | Interim study of voter list maintenance and integrity | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/28/2025 |
| SJ40 | Interim study on legislative branch procurement and leadership expenditures | Dead | 04/29/2025 |