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Senate passes a string of bills on third reading; roll calls recorded on the floor
Summary
The Montana Senate completed third‑reading action on multiple bills, recording vote tallies on the floor. The measures passed included bills on constitutional amendments, agency reporting, service‑animal protections and several policy changes; vote counts are taken from the public floor record.
The Montana Senate completed third reading and recorded final floor votes on a series of bills during the session. The clerk and presiding officers announced vote tallies on each bill as they were taken on the floor.
Nut graf: The bills carried varied subjects — from constitutional amendments and administrative requirements to protections for service animals — and passed with recorded tallies stated on the Senate floor. Below are the bills and the vote tallies announced during the floor proceedings in the provided transcript excerpt.
Votes at a glance
- Senate Bill 422: Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 32 aye, 17 no.
- Senate Bill 185 (constitutional amendment regarding qualified elector/citizenship requirement): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 33 aye, 16 no.
- Senate Bill 226 (require petitions submittals to be dropped off within a specific time frame): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 31 aye, 18 no.
- Senate Bill 231 (DPHHS reporting requirement referenced on the floor): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 34 aye, 15 no.
- Senate Bill 300 (protections for service dogs and handlers): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 47 aye, 2 no.
- Senate Bill 303 (agency reporting on financial vote): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 47 aye, 2 no.
- Senate Bill 310 (TEVIL stewardship grant program revision): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 32 aye, 17 no.
- Senate Bill 317 (prohibit certain insurer prior authorization for psychiatric drugs): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 49 aye, 1 no.
- Senate Bill 330 (create Montana Blockchain and Digital Innovation Task Force): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 40 aye, 10 no.
- Senate Bill 336 (revisions related to short‑term rentals): Passed the Senate. Announced tally: 36 aye, 14 no.
What the tally lines mean
The tallies above are drawn from the clerk’s announcements and the presiding officer’s statements in the floor transcript. The excerpt does not include named roll‑call lists for every vote; it records the announced totals as read on the Senate floor.
Context
Before the roll calls, the chamber proceeded through committee reports and messages from the House listing numerous House bills on first reading or referred to committees. The Senate also recessed into committee of the whole for second‑reading business later in the day.
Speakers and attributions
Vote tallies and bill titles were announced by clerks and presiding officers as recorded in the transcript; the excerpt does not provide individual senator roll‑call votes attached to each name within this excerpt.
