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Montana House Appropriations Committee
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committee members
Eric Albus (R)
Brad Barker (R)
Vice Chair
Dave Bedey (R)
Vice Chair
Mary Caferro (D)
Thedis Crowe (D)
Terry Falk (R)
John Fitzpatrick (R)
Mike Fox (D)
Jane Gillette (R)
Donavon Hawk (D)
Chair
Llew Jones (R)
Connie Keogh (D)
Eric Matthews (D)
Vice Chair
Bill Mercer (R)
Luke Muszkiewicz (D)
Fiona Nave (R)
Anthony Nicastro (R)
Debo Powers (D)
Scott Rosenzweig (D)
Jerry Schillinger (R)
Paul Tuss (D)
Mike Vinton (R)
Kenneth Walsh (R)
| Bill | Bill Name | Progress | Referral Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB1 | Feed bill to fund 69th legislative session and prepare for 2027 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB2 | General Appropriations Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB3 | Supplemental Appropriations Bill | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB4 | Appropriations by budget amendment | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB5 | Long-range building appropriations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB6 | Renewable resource grants | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB7 | Reclamation and development grants | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB8 | Renewable resource bonds and loans | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB9 | Cultural and aesthetic grants | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB10 | Long-range information technology appropriations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB11 | Providing grants and appropriations through the Montana coal endowment program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB12 | Montana historic preservation grants | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB13 | State Employee Pay Plan | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 12/20/2024 |
| HB15 | Implement K-12 Inflation | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| HB18 | Deposit non-levy revenue in school equalization and property tax relief account | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/10/2025 |
| HB21 | Establish a Montana workforce housing tax credit | Dead | 01/16/2025 |
| HB34 | Revise law to establish permanent disaster resilience fund | Dead | 01/17/2025 |
| HB40 | Revise public water supply fee accounts | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/24/2025 |
| HB56 | Establish ambulance provider assessment fee program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/24/2025 |
| HB58 | Revise distributions mine remediation | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
| HB82 | Generally revise laws related to crimes against children | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/15/2025 |
| HB85 | Reinstating former employer contributions for JRS, HPORS, SRS, GWPORS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/22/2025 |
| HB87 | Revising taxation of lands owned by department of fish, wildlife, and parks | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/06/2025 |
| HB93 | Establish compensation for wrongful conviction | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB103 | Creating a railroad track inspection program | Dead | 01/23/2025 |
| HB117 | Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
| HB119 | Establish the Montana Cattle Committee | Dead | 01/28/2025 |
| HB129 | Provide income tax benefit to support emergency response volunteers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/28/2025 |
| HB131 | Revising the duration of unemployment insurance benefits | Dead | 02/05/2025 |
| HB145 | Revise fee for nonresident base hunting license | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/12/2025 |
| HB148 | Repeal state tax on social security income | Dead | 02/03/2025 |
| HB154 | Establish a housing fairness tax credit | Dead | 01/30/2025 |
| HB155 | Revise class four residential and commercial property taxes | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| HB168 | Provide state funding for preschool children with disabilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/30/2025 |
| HB182 | Provide grant funding for senior citizen centers | Vetoed | 02/03/2025 |
| HB185 | Provide for continuous healthy Montana kids plan eligibility for children under 6 | Dead | 01/29/2025 |
| HB191 | Revise crime of endangering welfare of child | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/28/2025 |
| HB210 | Revise laws relating to unemployment insurance program collection rates and uses | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/29/2025 |
| HB220 | Provide for a child tax credit | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HB228 | Revised requirements for the reporting of actual costs for legislation with projected fiscal impacts | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/16/2025 |
| HB231 | Revise property tax rates for certain property | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/06/2025 |
| HB234 | Extend the use of funding for lead-in-schools appropriated in 2023 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/17/2025 |
| HB252 | Create the student and teacher advancement for results and success act (STARS) | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/10/2025 |
| HB256 | Creation of Montana water trust and special revenue accounts | Dead | 02/06/2025 |
| HB266 | Establish education inflation reconciliation process | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| HB267 | Revise DUI laws related to enacting Bobby's law | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/06/2025 |
| HB274 | Provide medicaid coverage for medical respite care for homeless people | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB281 | Provide statutory appropriation of reinsurance program assessments | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/23/2025 |
| HB308 | Maintain the county distribution level of metal mines license tax | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/24/2025 |
| HB310 | Establish grant program to increase community shelter capacity for homeless population | Dead | 02/22/2025 |
| HB313 | Establish a grant program for aquatic recreational facilities | Dead | 02/13/2025 |
| HB314 | Create a state energy authority | Dead | 02/26/2025 |
| HB320 | Establish the Montana's academic prosperity program for scholars act | Dead | 02/10/2025 |
| HB334 | Generally revise disaster and emergency laws | Dead | 02/22/2025 |
| HB337 | Revise income tax laws to lower income taxes | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/20/2025 |
| HB339 | Fund 6th graders in middle school at high school ANB rates along with 7th and 8th graders | Dead | 02/25/2025 |
| HB340 | Establish Montana's BEST program to bolster educator support and training | Vetoed | 03/26/2025 |
| HB341 | Revise laws relating to brain injuries | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/22/2025 |
| HB358 | Generally revise pension laws related to the Volunteer Firefighters' Compensation Act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/18/2025 |
| HB361 | Provide funding to school districts for English language learners | Dead | 03/18/2025 |
| HB366 | Provide appropriation to DOJ for Lake County reimbursement related to PL 280 | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB368 | Generally revise water supply requirements for coal-fired generating units | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/01/2025 |
| HB372 | Revise license fees used for funding of upland game bird enhancement program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/19/2025 |
| HB385 | Establishing the school mental health promotion pilot program | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB386 | Revising laws related to continuous medicaid eligibility | Dead | 02/22/2025 |
| HB405 | Increase on-schedule reimbursement rates for school transportation | Dead | 02/20/2025 |
| HB407 | Create the kratom consumer protection act | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB419 | Implementing cost reporting for certain Medicaid service provider types | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB421 | Increase DNRC fire assessment fees | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/19/2025 |
| HB440 | Providing tax incentives to put Montana-produced food first | Dead | 02/24/2025 |
| HB441 | Align provisional water rights with final decrees | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| HB456 | Provide best beginnings scholarships to child care workers | Vetoed | 03/21/2025 |
| HB462 | Encourage academic excellence through high-quality instructional materials | Vetoed | 02/28/2025 |
| HB474 | Revise date for annual supplemental medicaid payment to hospitals | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/13/2025 |
| HB483 | Revise laws to reduce property taxes while preserving the current 95 school equalization mills | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/01/2025 |
| HB493 | Establish the crime of possession of stolen firearm or ammunition | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| HB499 | Extend the grow your own grant program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB500 | Generally revise laws related to chiropractic practitioners | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB505 | Allow Montana housing infrastructure revolving loan fund to retain its interest and income and provide for fund transfers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/14/2025 |
| HB511 | Provide grant funding for firefighting training facilities | Vetoed | 04/02/2025 |
| HB514 | Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB515 | Generally revise laws relating to school facilities consolidating two existing state special revenue accounts | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/26/2025 |
| HB516 | Move workers' compensation court to judicial branch | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/28/2025 |
| HB525 | Generally revise laws relating to nicotine and vapor products | Dead | 03/19/2025 |
| HB528 | Revise property tax rates for agricultural, residential, and commercial property | Dead | 03/21/2025 |
| HB537 | Provide for a birth day tax credit for the birth of a child | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB551 | Eliminate reduced-price copayments for school lunch and breakfast | Vetoed | 03/29/2025 |
| HB552 | Revise worker's compensation law to cover PTSD for first responders and others | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB567 | Revise education laws related to multidistrict agreements | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/04/2025 |
| HB572 | Revise MCE prison industries training program laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/21/2025 |
| HB574 | Authorizing implementation of the certified community behavioral health clinic model | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB585 | Revise provider rate laws for physical therapists, speech-language pathologists, and occupational therapists | Vetoed | 03/03/2025 |
| HB601 | Create online portal for community assisters related to Medicaid | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB607 | Provide for the hearing aid coverage act | Vetoed | 03/03/2025 |
| HB610 | Revise preauthorization laws relating to healthcare | Vetoed | 03/06/2025 |
| HB628 | Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws | Vetoed | 03/03/2025 |
| HB640 | Revising membership in FURS to include airport authority public safety employees | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB643 | Revise reimbursement costs to detention centers holding inmates in state custody | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB676 | Generally revise state land and water laws | Vetoed | 03/05/2025 |
| HB681 | Revise subdivision regulation laws involving determination of water availability | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB687 | Revise age of expanded Medicaid participants required to engage in community engagement activities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/03/2025 |
| HB702 | Generally revise laws relating to criminal acts | Dead | 03/03/2025 |
| HB718 | Generally revise laws relating to incarceration | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/04/2025 |
| HB756 | Revise criteria for historic grant preservation program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| HB757 | Revise criteria for cultural and arts grant program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/25/2025 |
| HB762 | Require the department of fish, wildlife, and parks to publish a report on river usage | Vetoed | 03/18/2025 |
| HB783 | Generally revise health insurance laws relating to certain conditions | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB816 | Generally revise DUI penalties | Dead | 03/06/2025 |
| HB826 | Generally revise tobacco tax laws | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB827 | Revise social security income taxation | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB831 | Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit | Vetoed | 03/25/2025 |
| HB832 | Establish PTSD nonmedication therapy training grant program | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB833 | Provide funding to increase correctional capacity | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/18/2025 |
| HB836 | Provide for a property tax deferral loan program | Dead | 03/28/2025 |
| HB844 | Revise the taxation of class eight business equipment | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB848 | Provide funding for regional rail authorities | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HB849 | Provide for special motorcycle plates promoting motorcycle safety | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB850 | Provide licensing and regulation of community health workers | Vetoed | 04/01/2025 |
| HB851 | Create department of health services | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB853 | Revise fees for licensed establishments | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/02/2025 |
| HB858 | Revise coal severance tax coal washing credit | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB860 | Provide for veterinary training loan program | Vetoed | 04/02/2025 |
| HB861 | Provide statewide access to a K-12 digital toolkit | Vetoed | 03/25/2025 |
| HB862 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section C | Dead | 03/26/2025 |
| HB863 | Generally revise state finance laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/26/2025 |
| HB864 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section E | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/27/2025 |
| HB868 | Revise taxation of net long-term capital gains | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB870 | Revise laws related to surplus revenue | Dead | 03/26/2025 |
| HB874 | Provide property tax rebate for entity that did not receive past rebates | Dead | 03/26/2025 |
| HB876 | Sawmill revitalization act | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/26/2025 |
| HB880 | Establish a stabilization fund for medicaid | Vetoed | 03/27/2025 |
| HB881 | Revise medicaid buy-in program to include children with disabilities | Vetoed | 04/02/2025 |
| HB883 | Reduce supreme court budget | Dead | 03/27/2025 |
| HB885 | Generally revise Medicaid laws to improve customer service | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB893 | Revise lottery state finance laws related to property tax relief | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB894 | Revising property appraisal to use an average value | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB902 | Generally revise Montana SNAP program laws | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB908 | Generally revise employee tax credit laws to include apprentices | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB910 | Provide for taxation of vapor products | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB912 | Generally revise behavioral health laws to create a secure forensic facility | Dead | 04/02/2025 |
| HB913 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB2 Section D | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB918 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB 2-Section B | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| HB919 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measure to implement HB 2 section A | Dead | 03/29/2025 |
| HB920 | Provide property tax exemption for senior care facilities and housing | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB924 | Generally revise state finance laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| HB929 | Generally revise laws relating to chiropractic practitioners | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB931 | Allow for nonprofit development and management of attainable workforce housing on state lands | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/01/2025 |
| HB932 | Generally revise conservation financing laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB936 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB 2-Section B | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/31/2025 |
| HB941 | Revise state finance laws related to ARPA interest and the coal trust fund | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HB942 | Establish a child income tax credit | Dead | 04/01/2025 |
| HB944 | Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB2 Section A | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HB950 | Establishing a Montana trade office in Israel | Dead | 04/03/2025 |
| HB951 | Transferring funds to local road and bridge account | Dead | 03/31/2025 |
| HB954 | Extend PL280 termination date | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/17/2025 |
| SB6 | Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 01/20/2025 |
| SB19 | Revise sentencing laws related to theft | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB27 | Generally revise marijuana licensing laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/26/2025 |
| SB45 | Create a judicial performance evaluation commission and system | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/08/2025 |
| SB50 | Generally revise laws related to child abuse and neglect investigations | Dead | 04/09/2025 |
| SB56 | Supplemental employer contribution for PERS, HPORS, SRS, GWPORS | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/29/2025 |
| SB60 | Revise insurance premium taxes for certain captive insurers | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/25/2025 |
| SB67 | Provide for the use of autonomous vehicles | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB71 | Revise natural resource operations fee policy laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/17/2025 |
| SB72 | Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services | Vetoed | 03/26/2025 |
| SB74 | Generally revise marijuana laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/15/2025 |
| SB84 | Generally revise laws related to presentence investigations | Dead | 04/10/2025 |
| SB93 | Revise income taxes related to retired military members | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/22/2025 |
| SB95 | Provide funding for suicide prevention | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/14/2025 |
| SB104 | Expanding access to low-cost capital to certain eligible projects and entities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/25/2025 |
| SB118 | Generally revise student data laws to enhance privacy | Dead | 04/08/2025 |
| SB147 | Generally revise Montana Indian child welfare laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB151 | Direct the director of the public defender's office to create units for family defense and children's representation | Dead | 04/09/2025 |
| SB165 | Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/28/2025 |
| SB167 | Provide funding for noxious weed trust | Vetoed | 02/17/2025 |
| SB171 | Transfer a portion of ending fund balance into the coal trust fund | Dead | 02/12/2025 |
| SB217 | Establish work time credit for probationers and parolees | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/10/2025 |
| SB223 | Allow interest earned on workforce housing appropriations to be retained | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 02/11/2025 |
| SB244 | Revise laws related to health insurance coverage of behavioral health screening | Vetoed | 04/01/2025 |
| SB253 | Revise administrative and certification processes for student scholarship organizations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/15/2025 |
| SB278 | Revise education laws to support advanced opportunities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB287 | Generally revise state finance laws | Dead | 04/16/2025 |
| SB296 | Enhance penalty for crime against vulnerable person | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/08/2025 |
| SB311 | Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB315 | Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/26/2025 |
| SB321 | Provide tax credits for children and child care | Dead | 04/18/2025 |
| SB322 | Increase business equipment tax exemption | Dead | 04/22/2025 |
| SB324 | Revise vehicle registration fees and allocate revenue for bridges and victims of crime | Dead | 04/22/2025 |
| SB326 | Generally revise laws related to MEDIA Act film tax credits | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/22/2025 |
| SB333 | Repeal sunset on coal washing credit | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/22/2025 |
| SB337 | Provide a 5 year prepaid property tax exemption during subdivision development | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/14/2025 |
| SB348 | Revise laws on sexual assault | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB370 | Generally revise laws related to jury duty | Dead | 04/18/2025 |
| SB393 | Provide funding for enforcement of PL 280 | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 03/17/2025 |
| SB394 | Provide for workers' compensation coverage of PTSD for first responders | Vetoed | 04/23/2025 |
| SB409 | Generally revise laws related to the department of commerce | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/14/2025 |
| SB422 | Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer | Vetoed | 04/10/2025 |
| SB424 | Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program | Vetoed | 04/23/2025 |
| SB429 | Generally revise laws related to determination and restoration of fitness in criminal proceedings | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/18/2025 |
| SB474 | Require acceptance of religious and personal medical exemptions to required immunizations | Dead | 04/10/2025 |
| SB491 | Generally revise laws related to sexual assault kits | Dead | 04/17/2025 |
| SB524 | Revise laws relating to category D assisted living facilities | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/09/2025 |
| SB534 | Provide property tax exemption for wireless infrastructure | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/22/2025 |
| SB536 | Revise contractor gross receipts tax | Vetoed | 04/18/2025 |
| SB537 | Generally revise marijuana tax laws | Vetoed | 04/22/2025 |
| SB553 | Generally revise state policy laws | Signed/Enacted/Adopted | 04/23/2025 |