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House clears a slate of bills on third reading and concurs on several Senate measures
Summary
On the March floor session the House passed multiple bills on third reading and concurred in several Senate bills on second reading; measures covered renewable resources, hunting fees, employee holidays, stream gauges and administrative housekeeping.
The Montana House passed a package of bills on third reading and concurred with multiple Senate measures during the March floor session. Several bills passed with recorded roll-call votes; other measures were concurred in on second reading by the Committee of the Whole and adopted by the House.
Why it matters: The floor action advances multiple policy items to final steps (transmission to the other chamber or enrollment) and completes second-reading concurrence on several Senate-origin bills that affect state operations, employee leave, public safety data and administrative processes.
Selected roll-call outcomes and key details (votes recorded in the House journal):
- House Bill 6 (Renewable Resource Grants): Passed third reading, recorded approximately 96–2 in favor (journal entry reports the clerk’s tally at conclusion of roll call).
- House Bill 12: Passed third reading, recorded 70–28 in favor.
- House Bill 560 (Establish the Montana Hunters and Anglers Community): Passed third reading, recorded 75–23 in favor.
- House Joint Resolution 9 (in support of Israel): Passed third reading, recorded 82–16 in favor.
- House Joint Resolution 15 (supporting increased transmission capacity in Montana): Passed third reading unanimously, recorded 98–0.
- Senate Bill 73 (protective care revisions): Passed third reading in the House, recorded 98–0.
- Senate Bill 75 (sunset amendment process): Passed third reading in the House, recorded 98–0.
Second-reading concurrences and committee votes (selected):
- Senate amendments to House Bill 190: Committee of the Whole recommended concurrence; recorded committee vote 97–2 in favor.
- Senate amendments to House Bill 197: Committee recommended concurrence; recorded 60–40 in favor.
- House Bill 398 (prior authorization/utilization review changes): Passed second reading on the floor with a recorded vote of 91–9.
- House Bill 372 (Upland Game Bird Enhancement funding fee revisions): Passed second reading in committee 88–12 on the floor (committee report sent to Appropriations for review after motion to re-refer).
- Senate Bill 87 (floating holiday for legislative employees): Committee recommended concurrence and the House concurred, recorded 78–22 in favor on second reading.
- Senate Bill 82 (blindness program expansion): Committee recommended concurrence and the House concurred, recorded 79–21 in favor on second reading.
- Senate Bill 23 (reporting for railroads to PSC): Concurred on second reading, recorded 98–2 in favor.
- Senate Bill 64 (legislator compensation/admin changes): Concurred on second reading, recorded 99–1 in favor.
- Senate Bill 55 (stream flow information legislative intent): Concurred and passed second reading, recorded 89–11 in favor.
What this means: The House action advances a range of bills — from natural resource and hunting-fee adjustments to legislative-administration housekeeping and public-safety data support — and reflects typical mid-session throughput as the chamber finishes second- and third-reading business. Bills that passed third reading will move to enrollment and transmittal or to the Senate as required.
A note on procedure: Several items were handled by the Committee of the Whole and then adopted by the full House; the journal records show recorded tallies for many roll-call votes as summarized above.
