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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
Jan. 25, 2007 MT SB 15 Funeral Picketing Ban Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
Feb. 8, 2007 MT SB 290 Presidential Election by Popular Vote Bill Failed - Senate (20 - 30)
Feb. 17, 2007 MT HB 204 Revise State Expenditure Limit Bill Passed - House (51 - 49)
Feb. 24, 2007 MT HB 712 Authority of the United Nations Bill Passed - House (50 - 49)
Feb. 24, 2007 MT SB 306 Eliminate Death Penalty Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
Feb. 28, 2007 MT SB 500 CHIP Contraception Coverage Bill Failed - Senate (25 - 25)
March 29, 2007 MT HB 343 Removal of Wolves from the Endangered Species List Bill Passed - House (63 - 37)
April 3, 2007 MT SB 558 Montana Electric and Gas Authority Act Bill Failed - Senate (25 - 25)
Feb. 23, 2007 MT SB 300 Seat Belt Requirement Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
May 15, 2007 MT HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 37)
May 15, 2007 MT HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
Sept. 5, 2007 MT SB 1 Extending Fire Related State of Emergencies Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
Jan. 21, 2009 MT SB 31 Revising Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission Membership Qualifications Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 20)
Jan. 20, 2009 MT HB 62 Mandatory Trapper Education Course Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
Jan. 26, 2009 MT SB 131 Wildland-Urban Interface Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
Jan. 28, 2009 MT HB 13 State Employee Compensation Amendments Bill Passed - House (62 - 36)
Jan. 29, 2009 MT HB 147 Revising Campaign Expenditure Reporting Requirements Bill Passed - House (63 - 36)
Feb. 3, 2009 MT HB 157 Children's Health Insurance Program Appropriations and Amendments Bill Passed - House (60 - 40)
Feb. 2, 2009 MT SB 81 Board of Public Education Elections Bill Failed - Senate (21 - 29)
Feb. 2, 2009 MT SB 80 Board of Regents Elections Bill Failed - Senate (20 - 30)
Feb. 2, 2009 MT SJ 7 Statement of Opposition to Expansion of EPA Jurisdiction (H.R. 2421) Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (32 - 18)
Feb. 5, 2009 MT SB 237 Primary Seatbelt Enforcement Bill Failed - Senate (25 - 25)
Feb. 3, 2009 MT SB 253 Allowing Employers to Count Tips as Credit Against Minimum Wage Motion Rejected - Senate (21 - 29)
Feb. 10, 2009 MT HB 228 Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes Bill Passed - House (60 - 40)
Feb. 6, 2009 MT SB 187 Limitations on Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 23)
Date No. Title Outcome
1/25 SB 15 Funeral Picketing Ban Bill Passed - Senate (34 - 14)
2/08 SB 290 Presidential Election by Popular Vote Bill Failed - Senate (20 - 30)
2/17 HB 204 Revise State Expenditure Limit Bill Passed - House (51 - 49)
2/24 HB 712 Authority of the United Nations Bill Passed - House (50 - 49)
2/24 SB 306 Eliminate Death Penalty Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 22)
2/28 SB 500 CHIP Contraception Coverage Bill Failed - Senate (25 - 25)
3/29 HB 343 Removal of Wolves from the Endangered Species List Bill Passed - House (63 - 37)
4/03 SB 558 Montana Electric and Gas Authority Act Bill Failed - Senate (25 - 25)
2/23 SB 300 Seat Belt Requirement Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
5/15 HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Concurrence Vote Passed - House (57 - 37)
5/15 HB 2 2007-2009 Biennium Budget Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
9/05 SB 1 Extending Fire Related State of Emergencies Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 20)
1/21 SB 31 Revising Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission Membership Qualifications Bill Passed - Senate (28 - 20)
1/20 HB 62 Mandatory Trapper Education Course Bill Passed - House (51 - 48)
1/26 SB 131 Wildland-Urban Interface Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 21)
1/28 HB 13 State Employee Compensation Amendments Bill Passed - House (62 - 36)
1/29 HB 147 Revising Campaign Expenditure Reporting Requirements Bill Passed - House (63 - 36)
2/03 HB 157 Children's Health Insurance Program Appropriations and Amendments Bill Passed - House (60 - 40)
2/02 SB 81 Board of Public Education Elections Bill Failed - Senate (21 - 29)
2/02 SB 80 Board of Regents Elections Bill Failed - Senate (20 - 30)
2/02 SJ 7 Statement of Opposition to Expansion of EPA Jurisdiction (H.R. 2421) Joint Resolution Passed - Senate (32 - 18)
2/05 SB 237 Primary Seatbelt Enforcement Bill Failed - Senate (25 - 25)
2/03 SB 253 Allowing Employers to Count Tips as Credit Against Minimum Wage Motion Rejected - Senate (21 - 29)
2/10 HB 228 Amending Concealed Weapons and Self-Defense Statutes Bill Passed - House (60 - 40)
2/06 SB 187 Limitations on Redistricting Bill Passed - Senate (27 - 23)

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