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Votes at a glance: March 31 Montana Senate actions and committee reports
Summary
On March 31 the Montana Senate advanced a large slate of bills on second reading and concurred in many House measures; several bills were sent to relevant fiscal and subject committees for further review.
The Montana Senate on March 31 moved a number of measures through second-reading action, concurred in multiple House bills, and referred executive appointments to subject committees. The following is a concise summary of key actions taken on the Senate floor during that day's session (noted outcomes correspond to the March 31 transcript):
Major committee reports and second-reading actions (selected): Senate joint resolutions 13, 17 and 19 were reported and advanced on second reading; Senate Bill 203 was moved to the top of the board and referred to finance and claims for fiscal work; several bills were concurred in after House amendments. The clerk’s committee report read to the body listed the following second-reading actions: concurrence in House amendments to SB 101 and SB 124; Senate joint resolutions 17 and 19; Senate Bills 203 and 434 reported do pass; and concurrence in a list of House bills including HB 67, HB 128, HB 218, HB 227, HB 233, HB 244, HB 248, HB 260, HB 278, HB 279 and HB 357.
Third-reading/final-passage highlights from the day's session (selected outcomes recorded on the floor at the time of third reading): House bills that passed the Senate on third reading that day included HB 158, HB 174, HB 186, HB 198, HB 206, HB 228, HB 238, HB 241, HB 253, HB 254, SB 11, HB 176 (failed), HB 258, HB 259, HB 261, HB 261, HB 261 etc. (the Senate clerk recorded roll-call tallies and pass/fail results on third reading for numerous House bills; refer to the full roll-call record for each bill for details).
Executive appointments: The Senate referred numerous gubernatorial appointments to subject committees (examples from the floor include: director of Department of Transportation to Highways and Transportation; director of Department of Revenue to Taxation; director of Department of Corrections to Judiciary; director of Department of Environmental Quality to Natural Resources; director of Department of Agriculture to Agriculture; director of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to the Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee; director of Department of Public Health and Human Services to Public Health). Committee chairs and membership for conference committees were also appointed on the floor.
The Senate announced committee meeting times for several committees the following day and set its next floor session for April 1 at 1 p.m. The floor excerpted here provides the committee report read to the Senate and the roll-call outcomes for multiple bills; for full vote tallies and bill texts consult the official legislative journal and fiscal notes.
