HB 81 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise law to change supervision of veterans' affairs division administrator

HB 81 amends Montana law to move supervision of the Veterans' Affairs Division Administrator from the Board of Veterans' Affairs to the Adjutant General. This directly affects the administrator role, who implements veterans' services like claim assistance and benefit advocacy. The bill changes Section 10-2-102, MCA, to require the Adjutant General (part of the Department of Military Affairs) to hire and oversee the administrator, aligning veterans' affairs with military oversight. The Department of Military Affairs requested this change to streamline administrative responsibility.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Dec 12, 2024 Signed Apr 3, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Mar 15, 2025 · House Jan 17, 2025

How they voted

3514
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 15, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1 Nay
94% Yea
R Republican32
18 Yea 13 Nay 1
56% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 3, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-14-1)
senate
Feb 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 17, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-0-2)
house
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Dec 12, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
MB
Marta Bertoglio
RRepublican
MT
75