SB 344 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise process for governor's veto receipt and delivery to the legislature

SB 344 revises the process for how a governor's vetoed bill and message are officially delivered to the legislature when it is in session. The bill specifies that delivery must be made to either the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate. Delivery is considered complete when these officials physically receive the bill and message, and a time-stamped, dated receipt is attached. This change aims to clarify and formalize the record of veto receipt for legislative action.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting and punctuation adjustments rather than substantive policy changes. The main differences involve the removal of certain line breaks and the deletion of a period at the end of the effective date clause in one section, while keeping the core legislative language intact.
TECHNICAL

Removed line breaks and formatting artifacts at the end of the document.

Removed a period at the end of the effective date clause in one section, though the meaning remains unchanged.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 6, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

482
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 2 Nay
88% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
38
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 8, 2025
Introduced
(S) Filed with Secretary of State
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-9-1)
house
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Legislative Administration
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Legislative Administration
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-2)
senate
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Mar 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Greg Hertz
Greg Hertz
RRepublican
MT
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