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Votes at a glance: Selected Montana Senate actions from the March legislative day
Summary
Summary of votes and outcomes for multiple bills taken during the recorded Senate session, including several third‑reading approvals and committee concurrence actions recorded in the transcript.
This session day’s transcript records multiple recorded votes on second and third readings. Below are selected items and outcomes as recorded on the Senate floor. Where the transcript did not provide a numeric tally for an item, the outcome is reported as stated in the record.
- Senate Bill 301: Passed as amended in committee and by the Senate (amendment adopted 50‑0; bill passed 50‑0 on second reading, as recorded in the transcript).
- House Bill 59: Concurred in on second reading (committee recommended concurrence after amendment; final recorded concurrence vote 50‑0; amendment passed 35‑13 earlier in the discussion).
- House Bill 135 (statute of repose for appraisers): Committee recommended concurrence; recorded committee vote 43‑7 to concur in second reading as reported in the committee tally.
- House Bill 143 (treating physician/PAs): Concurred in on second reading, recorded vote 44‑6.
- House Bill 173 (youth court victim definition): Committee recommended concurrence; the Senate concurred on second reading as recorded in the transcript (vote tally not specified in every line but reflected as concurred in the transcript).
- House Bill 178 (government use of AI): Committee recommended concurrence; concurrence recorded 46‑4.
- House Bill 179 (inactive voters / petition signing): Concurred in on second reading, recorded vote 50‑0.
- Senate Bill 319 (doulas / health care laws): Passed third reading, recorded vote 31‑19.
- House Bill 92 (alcohol regulation revisions): Passed third reading, recorded as passed with 50‑0 in the transcript.
- House Bill 165 (notary not required for vehicle title transfer): Passed third reading, recorded vote 37‑13.
- House Bill 235 (voluntary cancellation/suspension of vehicle registration): Passed third reading, recorded vote 48‑2.
- House Bill 223 (motor vehicle insurance coverage for tow recovery): Failed to be concurred in on second reading (15‑33) and subsequently was indefinitely postponed by the Senate (43‑6).
Note: The transcript also lists additional bills that were moved by the committee and adopted as part of the committee report later in the day. For several items the audio transcript records the outcome ("concurred in" or "passed") without giving a numeric roll call at every instance; when a tally was given in the transcript that tally is reported above.
