SB 377 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws regarding the banking commission and the state auditor

SB 377 moves oversight of Montana's banking and financial institutions from a separate commissioner to the state auditor's office. It updates the title of the banking role to "Commissioner of Securities, Insurance, and Banking and Financial Institutions" and clarifies that the state auditor supervises this position. The bill changes how related agencies (like the Division of Banking) are monitored by legislative committees, including listing the new commissioner under the state auditor's oversight. These changes streamline regulatory structure and align agency titles with current responsibilities.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0674.pdf SB0377_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 0674 to SB 377, indicating a shift from a committee or legislative council draft to a formal Senate bill. The changes are primarily technical, involving the addition of sponsors' names and updating the document headers to reflect the new bill number.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 0674.1 to SB 377.1, and the bill title was updated to include the Senate Bill number.

The names of the bill sponsors, M. Noland and C. Hinkle, were added to the introduction line.

Page headers were updated to replace the generic LC 0674.1 identifier with the specific SB 377.1 identifier.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2025

How they voted

2921
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 5, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
11 Yea 21 Nay
65% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 5, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-21)
senate
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mark Noland
Mark Noland
RRepublican
MT
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