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Senate floor: quick roundup of bills concurred or passed March 21
Summary
On March 21 the Montana Senate handled numerous committee reports, second-reading committee actions, rule amendments and third-reading final passage votes. Several bills were concurred in or passed on final reading with recorded tallies; this roundup lists those measures and their floor outcomes.
The Montana Senate on March 21 considered committee reports and moved many bills through second and third reading. Below are the floor outcomes recorded during the session; descriptions are taken from the clerk’s readouts and floor remarks.
Votes at a glance (selected items recorded on March 21):
- House Bill 16 (infrastructure loan program and tax credit): Passed third reading in the Senate, 49 aye, 1 nay.
- House Bill 18 (deposit of non-levy revenue and school equalization/property tax relief): Passed third reading, 42 aye, 8 nay.
- House Bill 15 (K–12 inflation implementation): Passed third reading, 33 aye, 17 nay.
- House Bill 24 (kindergarten laws): Passed third reading, 49 aye, 1 nay.
- House Bill 46 (change of attorney laws for public defenders): Passed third reading, 49 aye, 1 nay.
- House Bill 28 (charter school timelines/opening procedures): Passed third reading, 42 aye, 8 nay.
- House Bill 109 (professional licensing errata): Passed third reading, 50 aye, 0 nay.
- House Bill 151 (recruitment/retention MSDB education laws): Passed third reading, 47 aye, 3 nay.
- Senate Bill 95 (suicide prevention funding): Passed third reading, 39 aye, 11 nay.
- Senate Bill 253 (administrative/certification processes for student scholarship organizations): Passed third reading, 45 aye, 5 nay.
- Senate Bill 345 (workers' compensation evidentiary standards): Passed third reading, 32 aye, 18 nay.
- Senate Bill 471 (vehicle traffic and pedestrian crossing revisions): Passed third reading, 34 aye, 16 nay.
Also on the floor, a number of committee reports were read and adopted; the Senate committee of the whole recommended concurrence for numerous bills and resolutions (for example, Senate Resolution 9 and several bills listed in the committee report). The Senate also approved temporary operating rule amendments to allow expedited director confirmations and other scheduling changes.
This roundup is limited to the measures for which the clerk recorded final tallies on March 21; several other bills were read and referred to committees earlier in the day. For full bill texts, fiscal notes and committee reports, consult the official legislative records.
