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  • Week Nineteen Update

    Steve Fitzpatrick, Montana State Senator|May 4, 2023

    This week is the nineteenth week of the 2023 Montana Legislature. This week will be the last week of the session. Last week, the Senate passed a series of key bills which are the final pieces of legislation necessary to bring the 2023 Legislative Session to a close. The first key piece of legislation to advance was House Bill 2. House Bill 2 is the main budget bill for the State of Montana. The bill passed on a mostly party line vote with Republicans voting to pass it and Democrats voting against it. On Thursday, the Senate passed House Bill...

  • Week Eighteen Legislative Update

    Steve Fitzpatrick, Montana State Senator|Apr 27, 2023

    This week is the eighteenth week of the 2023 Montana Legislature. As of last Friday, we have completed seventy-nine out of a possible ninety days. Depending on how things proceed, this could be the last week of the 2023 Legislative Session. As we approach the end of the session, the focus shifts from general bills to the state budget and bills which have a fiscal impact on state government. General bills are bills which are primarily policy oriented in nature. At this point, most of the general bills have passed through the legislative process...