HJ 14 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Resolution on Marbury v. Madison

HJ 14 is a joint resolution declaring that the Montana Legislature, Governor, and Judicial Branch all share equal responsibility for interpreting and upholding the state and federal constitutions. It asserts that no single branch has exclusive power to interpret the law or bind the decisions of the other branches. The resolution specifically states that the 1803 U.S. Supreme Court case *Marbury v. Madison* does not establish the courts as the sole or final authority on constitutional interpretation. It directs the Secretary of State to distribute copies of this resolution to various state and federal officials.
Bill status died 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0895.pdf HJ0014_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill number was changed from LC0895 to HJ 14, and the bill type was updated from a generic Joint Resolution to a House Joint Resolution. The text of the resolution itself remains unchanged, with only the header and footer metadata reflecting the new numbering and sponsor information.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC0895 to HJ 14.

Bill type updated from generic Joint Resolution to House Joint Resolution.

Sponsor names (L. Deming, B. Ler) were added to the introduction line.

Floor votes · House Mar 20, 2025

How they voted

4555
Failed
Total votes 100
Mar 20, 2025
D Democratic42
42 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican58
45 Yea 13 Nay
77% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 20, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (45-55)
house
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Lee Deming
Lee Deming
RRepublican
MT
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