HB 786 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise Montana arts council chair responsibilities

HB 786 revises the responsibilities of the presiding officer of the Montana Arts Council. The bill specifically removes the title of "chief executive officer" from the presiding officer position. This change means the individual serving as the council's presiding officer will no longer hold the additional designation of chief executive.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was cleaned up by removing redundant closing quotation marks and extra spacing at the end of the document. The effective date provision remains unchanged, stating the bill takes effect immediately upon passage and approval. These are purely formatting corrections with no impact on the bill's substantive policy or legal effect.
TECHNICAL

Removed redundant closing quotation marks and extra blank lines at the end of the document text.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

473
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2 Nay
88% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (47-3)
senate
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Julie Darling
Julie Darling
RRepublican
MT
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