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Votes at a glance: several bills advance, one Medicaid rewrite indefinitely postponed
Summary
On Feb. 13 the Montana Senate advanced multiple bills on second and third reading and indefinitely postponed Senate Bill 199. Tallies below reflect roll‑call results recorded on the floor.
The Montana Senate recorded roll‑call votes on multiple bills during the legislative day. Tallies below are drawn from floor announcements and the committee report read into the record.
Key second‑reading and committee outcomes
- Senate Bill 198 (private security licensing): Committee recommended do pass; recorded vote 43 aye, 7 nay. Sponsor explained the bill clarifies definitions and lowers barriers for individual private‑security guard licensing.
- Senate Bill 134 (Safeguarding Endowment Gifts Act): An amendment to SB 134 passed 48–1; the bill was recommended do pass on second reading with a final recorded vote of 45 aye, 5 nay.
- Senate Bill 221 (MEPA greenhouse‑gas analysis): Committee recommended do pass on second reading, 37–13 (covered in separate article).
- Senate Bill 199 (Medicaid expansion revisions): Committee/floor do‑pass recommendation failed 23–27; the Senate later voted to indefinitely postpone the bill 28–22. SB 199 will not proceed this session unless reconsidered.
- Senate Bill 184 (precinct committee elections): Recommended do pass on second reading, recorded vote 48–2.
- Senate Bill 233 (Massage Therapy Interstate Compact): Recommended do pass on second reading, recorded vote 43–7 (covered in separate article).
- House Bill 17 (Forest Lands Taxation Advisory Committee terms): Concurred in on second reading, recorded vote 47–3.
Third‑reading and final passage votes announced on the floor
- House Bill 83 (Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force account): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 47–3.
- House Bill 203 (establish Montana Mining Day): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 41–9.
- Senate Bill 70 (probation supervision law changes): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 48–2.
- Senate Bill 172 (resort tax eligibility/workforce housing): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 38–12.
- Senate Bill 191 (licensure of residential treatment centers): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 46–4.
- Senate Bill 193 (attorneys examining board appointments): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 31–19.
- Senate Bill 211 (emergency epinephrine nasal spray in schools): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 50–0.
- Senate Bill 217 (work‑time credit for probationers and parolees): Passed by the Senate, recorded vote 49–1.
The committee report read into the record summarized additional committee actions and second‑reading outcomes. Items that lacked a roll‑call tally in the transcript were omitted here; motions and tallies are listed only where the floor or clerk announced results. This roundup does not attempt to summarize floor debate; separate articles cover bills that drew substantial discussion.
