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Votes at a glance: Key second-reading actions from the Montana Senate
Summary
A compact roundup of recorded roll-call outcomes and committee actions taken by the Montana Senate during the session covered in the transcript.
Here are the substantive bills and formal actions recorded on the Senate floor during the session, with vote tallies and brief notes. The list includes second-reading outcomes, concurrence actions, and committee referrals recorded in the transcript.
- SJ 16 (urging federal guidance on automated vehicles): Adopted, 47 yeas, 2 nays. Sponsor: Senator Logie. Note: Floor discussion emphasized Montana-specific issues such as wildlife and winter weather.
- House amendments to SJ 6: Adopted by committee (recorded earlier in proceedings). Committee vote reflected in the committee report.
- SB 71 (extending a natural resources operations fund sunset): Passed on second reading, 48 yeas, 2 nays. Sponsor: Senator Kuzmaier. Note: Sponsor said extension preserves funding for mining-related programs without raising fees.
- SB 326 (media/film tax credits): Advanced on second reading, 27 yeas, 23 nays (see dedicated article). Sponsor: Senator Greg Hertz. Action later referred to Finance and Claims for fiscal follow-up.
- SB 358 (groundwater revisions): Failed on second reading, 14 yeas, 36 nays; subsequently indefinitely postponed, 35 yeas, 15 nays.
- HB 352 (Montana child support guidelines & review committee): Concurred in, 35 yeas, 13 nays. Sponsor carried on the floor by Senator Newman.
- HB 399 (prior authorization reform for certain prescription drugs): Concurred in, 43 yeas, 7 nays. Sponsor: Senator Kurdi spoke to the bill on the floor.
- HB 533 (insurer transparency on wildfire risk scoring): Concurred in, 50 yeas, 0 nays. Sponsor: Senator Curti.
- HB 585 (Medicaid conversion factor for PT/SLP/OT reimbursements): Concurred in on second reading, 31 yeas, 19 nays. Sponsor: Senator Novak.
- HB 586 (child safety restraint system updates): Concurred in, 28 yeas, 22 nays.
- Multiple bills were adopted or concurred in as listed in the committee report read into the record; committee report adopted by voice vote with recorded clerk tally (committee report adoption recorded 48 yeas, 1 no on the subsequent floor action).
Committee and floor motions recorded:
- Several bills were re-referred to Finance and Claims or to committee for further work (for example, SB 326 was later re-referred to Finance and Claims for additional fiscal review; HB 585 and HB 40 were also sent to Finance and Claims or placed for future consideration as recorded). The transcript records specific re-referral motions and subsequent clerks92 tallies where noted above.
Why this matters: The roll-call outcomes show which proposals the Senate advanced toward final passage or sent back for additional fiscal work. Several measures with budgetary or regulatory effects were either advanced for further fiscal analysis or stopped on the floor.
