HJ 18 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Resolution supporting DC statehood

HJ 18 is a joint resolution from the State of Montana that proclaims support for admitting Washington, D.C., into the Union as a state. The resolution states Montana's opposition to federal efforts that interfere with D.C.'s local self-government and home rule. It calls on Congress and the President to enact federal legislation granting statehood to the people of Washington, D.C.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

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Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC4231.pdf → HJ0018_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 4231 to HJ 18, with the sponsor name added as B. Carter. The resolution text remains substantively unchanged, continuing to call for federal legislation to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., with Montana included as a supporting state. These are primarily administrative and formatting updates rather than policy changes.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 4231 to HJ 18, and the sponsor name was added as B. Carter.

Header text updated from 'LC 4231' to 'HJ 18.1' and 'Authorized Print Version - HJ 18' added.

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Mar 4, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations

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Feb 20, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations

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Feb 19, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

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