SB 158 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Require judicial standards committee to send investigation referral to House of Representatives

SB 158 requires Montana's Judicial Standards Commission to send investigation reports and evidence about judicial officers to the House of Representatives. The bill limits public disclosure of these reports, allowing release only if used in impeachment proceedings. It amends existing law to mandate this reporting process while restricting when the House can make such findings public. The bill directly affects judicial officers under investigation, the commission, and the House of Representatives. This is a procedural change to oversight of judicial conduct, not a substantive policy shift.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0058.pdf SB0158_1.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renamed from LC 0058 to SB 158 and the sponsor was added as D. Emrich. These changes are technical and administrative, converting a local or committee draft into a formal Senate bill for legislative action.
TECHNICAL

The bill title was changed from LC 0058 to SB 158, and the sponsor line was updated to include D. Emrich.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2025

How they voted

2822
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 3, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
28 Yea 4 Nay
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 3, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (28-22)
senate
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 15, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Party
State
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Photo of Daniel Emrich
Daniel Emrich
RRepublican
MT
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