Cultural and aesthetic grants
HB 9 appropriates funds for cultural and aesthetic projects across Montana for the biennium ending June 30, 2027. It allocates $30,000 from the cultural and aesthetic projects trust fund to the Montana Historical Society for capitol complex artwork care. Additionally, it appropriates $953,500 from the same fund to the Montana Arts Council, which will award grants to numerous listed cultural and artistic organizations. Grant recipients are required to acknowledge that the funding originates from coal tax placed into Montana's Cultural and Aesthetic Projects Trust Fund. Any unspent grant money will revert to the trust fund after June 30, 2027.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Dec 11, 2024
Signed May 19, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was amended to remove the original two-column budget format and consolidate funding amounts into a single column for each line item. This change simplifies the financial presentation by eliminating the previous display of separate initial and revised funding figures, while retaining the total appropriation amounts for the Zootown Arts Community Center, Fort Peck Fine Arts Council, and Red Lodge Area Community Foundation.
FISCAL
The budget line items for three arts organizations were reformatted to display only the final funding amount ($19,660 for Zootown Arts Community Center; $20,160 for Fort Peck Fine Arts Council and Red Lodge Area Community Foundation), removing the previous display of initial budget figures.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 23, 2025 · House Apr 28, 2025
How they voted
32–18
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 23, 2025
D
Democratic18
88% Yea
R
Republican32
50% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
43
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
1
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 28, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (68-32)
house
Apr 23, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-18)
senate
Apr 23, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Jan 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Hearing - Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long Range Planning (F)
lower
Jan 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Hearing - Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long Range Planning (F)
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Dec 11, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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