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Votes at a glance: House third‑reading and committee recommendations (Feb. 5, 2025)
Summary
The House recorded committee recommendations and third‑reading floor votes on a package of bills and resolutions ranging from hunting rules and professional licensing to critical minerals and digital ID standards.
The Montana House recorded committee recommendations and third‑reading votes on several bills and one resolution on Wednesday. Below are the items recorded in the transcript, the action noted, and the vote tallies as announced on the record.
Votes recorded in committee of the whole or on second reading
- House Bill 300 (discrimination in education — athletics and access to intimate facilities): Committee recommended do pass, 58‑42 (committee of the whole; more detail in separate article).
- House Bill 202 (unlawful use of aircraft for hunting; drone ban; extended waiting period): Committee recommended do pass. The clerk recorded 100 representatives voted aye; the bill was reported as passed at second reading.
- House Bill 228 (reporting of actual costs for legislation; reporting twice yearly; lower fiscal trigger): Committee recommended do pass; the clerk recorded 100 representatives voted aye on committee report.
- House Bill 131 (unemployment insurance benefit duration): Committee recommended do pass as amended, 56‑44; amendment passed earlier in committee 69‑31. Leadership later moved to re‑refer HB 131 to the Appropriations Committee for fiscal review.
Third‑reading floor votes (as announced on the record)
- House Bill 217 (transfer of state building energy conservation program): Passed, 100‑0.
- House Joint Resolution 7 (congratulatory resolution): Passed, 53‑47.
- House Bill 129 (income tax benefit for emergency response volunteers): Passed, 96‑4.
- House Bill 210 (revisions to unemployment insurance program collection rates and uses): Passed, 100‑0.
- House Bill 146 (hunting license fees — cranes and swans): Passed, 96‑4.
- House Bill 175: Passed, 97‑3.
- House Bill 196 (digital ID certification laws revision): Passed, 84‑16.
- House Bill 219 (criminal hunting contest/prize revisions): Passed, 57‑43.
- House Bill 247 (damages for injuries and death arising from dueling — statutory revision): Passed, 84‑16.
- House Bill 254 (eliminate fingerprint background checks for professional employer organizations): Passed, 100‑0.
- House Bill 257 (critical infrastructure protection revisions): Passed, 90‑10.
- House Bill 279 (revising appointment districts): Passed, 100‑0.
Other committee reported bills (second reading committee recommendations recorded as passed)
- House Bill 321 (supervised practice of dental hygienists): Committee recommended do pass; committee vote recorded 99‑1 in favor.
- House Bill 225 (home inspection licensure): Committee recommended do pass; recorded 100‑0 in favor.
- House Bill 268 (sexual offender registry notice cleanup): Committee recommended do pass; recorded 60‑40 in favor.
- House Bill 235 (voluntary cancellation or suspension of a vehicle’s registration): Committee recommended do pass; recorded 98‑2 in favor.
- House Resolution 2 (support for critical minerals development in Montana): Committee recommended do pass; recorded 93‑7 in favor.
What the record shows and what it does not
The transcript records committee recommendations, second‑reading committee votes and multiple third‑reading floor tallies as announced by the clerk. Where recorded, vote counts are included above. The transcript does not always record full roll‑call vote sheets with individual member names; the transcript entries include totals announced by the clerk. Several items that were recommended by committee are subject to further floor action and possible amendments in later House proceedings.
