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Votes at a glance: multiple bills and concurrence motions on the House floor
Summary
The Montana House completed a series of second‑ and third‑reading actions, including concurrence on several Senate bills, multiple third‑reading passage votes, and floor motions to rerefer key bills to Appropriations.
During the floor session the House recorded outcomes on a package of bills and motions. Several measures were read and passed on third reading or concurred with the Senate; others were sent to Appropriations for fiscal review by a floor motion entered without objection. The floor also recorded a number of unanimous or near‑unanimous votes on concurrences.
Notable outcomes recorded on the floor:
- Referred to Appropriations by floor motion (entered without objection): House Bill 762 (river‑use report), House Bill 361 (ELL funding), House Bill 419 (Medicaid cost reporting).
- Second/third reading passage (floor‑recorded tallies): House Bill 10 (Long Range IT Appropriations) passed the House (82 ayes, 16 noes); House Bill 11 (Coal Endowment Program grants) passed unanimously on the floor (98–0); House Bill 476 (newborn safety devices grant program) passed (74–24); Senate Bill 1 (revised definition of blighted area) passed (98–0); Senate Bill 3 (TIF advisory committee) passed (96–2); Senate Bill 17 (post‑emergency removal hearings) passed (98–0); Senate Bill 18 (revised child abuse/neglect definition) passed (91–7); Senate Bill 22 (Class D motor carrier deadline adjustment) passed (97–1); Senate Bill 26 (update legislative mileage reimbursement) passed (96–2).
- Committee of the Whole report adoption: Committee report was adopted (91 ayes, 5 noes).
- Concurrences: The House concurred in Senate Bill 75 (sunset/termination date drafting efficiency) (98–1) and concurred in Senate Bill 73 (pre‑hearing conference before emergency protective services hearing) (99–0). Senate Bill 86 (DPHHS rule changes re: enforcement/remedies) was concurred in (99–0).
Floor clerks recorded individual absentee votes in several roll calls (examples: Representative Sukhtas, Representative Souctiss, Representative Zukitos recorded as absentee votes where noted in the transcript). Several bills passed with wide bipartisan margins and will move to final steps in the legislative process or to the governor as required.
This summary reflects the recorded floor tallies and the floor motion record; individual bill texts and fiscal notes contain implementation and appropriation details not repeated here.
