Montana 2021 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 588 — Revise personal staff limits for executive branch

Last action — Died in Process

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Process

  2. 3rd Reading Failed

  3. Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  4. Printed - New Version Available

  5. 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended

  6. 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried

  7. Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  8. Printed - New Version Available

  9. Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration

  10. Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration

  11. Hearing - (S) State Administration

  12. Amendments Available

  13. Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration

  14. First Reading

  15. Transmitted to Senate

  16. 3rd Reading Passed

  17. Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  18. 2nd Reading Passed

  19. Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  20. Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration

  21. Fiscal Note Printed

  22. Fiscal Note Signed

  23. Fiscal Note Received

  24. Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration

  25. Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically

  26. Hearing - (H) State Administration

  27. First Reading

  28. Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration

  29. Fiscal Note Requested

  30. Introduced

  31. Draft Delivered to Requester

  32. Draft Ready for Delivery

  33. Executive Director Final Review

  34. Draft Ready for Delivery

  35. Draft in Assembly

  36. Executive Director Review

  37. Bill Draft Text Available Electronically

  38. Draft in Final Drafter Review

  39. Draft in Input/Proofing

  40. Draft to Drafter - Edit Review

  41. Draft in Edit

  42. Draft in Legal Review

  43. Draft to Requester for Review

  44. Draft On Hold

  45. Draft Request Received

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 205 not signed on · 65 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (205)

205 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Do Concur

Failed 19 Yea · 30 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 193001
Total 193001
% of votes cast 38%60%0%2%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Sales, Walt — Nay
Sweeney, Mark — Nay
Ankney, Duane — Nay
Bennett, Bryce — Nay
Blasdel, Mark — Yea
Bob Brown — Not Voting
Boland, Carlie — Nay
Bruce "Butch" Gillespie — Yea
Carl Glimm — Yea
Christopher Pope — Nay
Edie McClafferty — Nay
Ellie Boldman — Nay
Friedel, Chris — Yea
Gauthier, Terry — Nay
Greg Hertz — Yea
Gross, Jen — Nay
Hinebauch, Steve — Yea
Hoven, Brian — Nay
Howard, David — Yea
Jacobson, Tom — Nay
Janet Ellis — Nay
Jason Ellsworth — Yea
Jill Cohenour — Nay
John Esp — Nay
Kary, Douglas (Doug) — Yea
Keenan, Bob — Nay
Kenneth Bogner — Yea
Lang, Mike — Yea
Lynch, Ryan — Nay
McNally, Mary — Nay
Mike Cuffe — Yea
Mike Fox — Nay
Molnar, Brad — Nay
O'Brien, Shannon — Nay
Osmundson, Ryan — Yea
Pat Flowers — Nay
Pomnichowski, JP — Nay
Regier, Keith — Yea
Russ Tempel — Nay
Salomon, Daniel R. — Nay
Sands, Diane — Nay
Shane Morigeau — Nay
Small, Jason D. — Nay
Smith, Cary — Yea
Steve Fitzpatrick — Yea
Susan Webber — Nay
Theresa Manzella — Yea
Tom McGillvray — Yea
Vance, Gordon — Yea
Welborn, Jeffrey — Nay

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Do Concur As Amended

Passed 27 Yea · 23 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 272300
Total 272300
% of votes cast 54%46%0%0%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Sweeney, Mark — Nay
Sales, Walt — Yea
Ankney, Duane — Nay
Bennett, Bryce — Nay
Blasdel, Mark — Yea
Bob Brown — Yea
Boland, Carlie — Nay
Bruce "Butch" Gillespie — Yea
Carl Glimm — Yea
Christopher Pope — Nay
Edie McClafferty — Nay
Ellie Boldman — Nay
Friedel, Chris — Yea
Gauthier, Terry — Yea
Greg Hertz — Yea
Gross, Jen — Nay
Hinebauch, Steve — Yea
Hoven, Brian — Nay
Howard, David — Yea
Jacobson, Tom — Nay
Janet Ellis — Nay
Jason Ellsworth — Yea
Jill Cohenour — Nay
John Esp — Yea
Kary, Douglas (Doug) — Yea
Keenan, Bob — Yea
Kenneth Bogner — Yea
Lang, Mike — Yea
Lynch, Ryan — Nay
McNally, Mary — Nay
Mike Cuffe — Yea
Mike Fox — Nay
Molnar, Brad — Yea
O'Brien, Shannon — Nay
Osmundson, Ryan — Yea
Pat Flowers — Nay
Pomnichowski, JP — Nay
Regier, Keith — Yea
Russ Tempel — Yea
Salomon, Daniel R. — Nay
Sands, Diane — Nay
Shane Morigeau — Nay
Small, Jason D. — Yea
Smith, Cary — Yea
Steve Fitzpatrick — Yea
Susan Webber — Nay
Theresa Manzella — Yea
Tom McGillvray — Yea
Vance, Gordon — Yea
Welborn, Jeffrey — Nay

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AMD-001 Kary D/PASS

Passed 38 Yea · 12 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 381200
Total 381200
% of votes cast 76%24%0%0%
How each member voted (50)
Member Party Vote
Sales, Walt — Yea
Sweeney, Mark — Yea
Ankney, Duane — Yea
Bennett, Bryce — Nay
Blasdel, Mark — Yea
Bob Brown — Yea
Boland, Carlie — Nay
Bruce "Butch" Gillespie — Yea
Carl Glimm — Yea
Christopher Pope — Nay
Edie McClafferty — Nay
Ellie Boldman — Nay
Friedel, Chris — Yea
Gauthier, Terry — Yea
Greg Hertz — Yea
Gross, Jen — Nay
Hinebauch, Steve — Yea
Hoven, Brian — Yea
Howard, David — Yea
Jacobson, Tom — Yea
Janet Ellis — Yea
Jason Ellsworth — Yea
Jill Cohenour — Nay
John Esp — Yea
Kary, Douglas (Doug) — Yea
Keenan, Bob — Yea
Kenneth Bogner — Yea
Lang, Mike — Yea
Lynch, Ryan — Nay
McNally, Mary — Yea
Mike Cuffe — Yea
Mike Fox — Yea
Molnar, Brad — Yea
O'Brien, Shannon — Nay
Osmundson, Ryan — Yea
Pat Flowers — Yea
Pomnichowski, JP — Nay
Regier, Keith — Yea
Russ Tempel — Yea
Salomon, Daniel R. — Yea
Sands, Diane — Yea
Shane Morigeau — Nay
Small, Jason D. — Yea
Smith, Cary — Yea
Steve Fitzpatrick — Yea
Susan Webber — Nay
Theresa Manzella — Yea
Tom McGillvray — Yea
Vance, Gordon — Yea
Welborn, Jeffrey — Yea

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Do Pass

Passed 63 Yea · 37 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 633700
Total 633700
% of votes cast 63%37%0%0%
How each member voted (100)
Member Party Vote
Patelis, Jimmy — Yea
Abbott, Kim — Nay
Amy Regier — Yea
Anderson, Fred — Yea
Andrea Olsen — Nay
Barry Usher — Yea
Bartel, Dan — Yea
Beard, Becky — Yea
Berglee, Seth — Yea
Bertoglio, Marta — Yea
Binkley, Michele — Yea
Bishop, Laurie — Nay
Bob Phalen — Yea
Brandon Ler — Yea
Braxton Mitchell — Yea
Buckley, Alice — Nay
Caleb Hinkle — Yea
Carlson, Jennifer — Yea
Connie Keogh — Nay
Custer, Geraldine — Yea
Dave Fern — Nay
David Bedey — Yea
Denise Hayman — Nay
Denley Loge — Nay
Dennis Lenz — Yea
Derek Harvey — Nay
Donavon Hawk — Nay
Ed Buttrey — Yea
Emma Kerr-Carpenter — Nay
Farris-Olsen, Robert — Nay
Fiona Nave — Yea
Fitzgerald, Ross — Yea
Fleming, Frank — Yea
Frank Smith — Nay
Frazer, Gregory — Nay
Funk, Moffie — Nay
Galloway, Steven — Yea
Garner, Frank — Yea
Greef, Sharon — Yea
Gunderson, Steve — Yea
Hamilton, Jim — Nay
Hill, Ed — Yea
Holmlund, Kenneth L. — Nay
Hopkins, Mike — Yea
Jane Gillette — Yea
Jedediah Hinkle — Yea
Jeremy Trebas — Yea
Jerry Schillinger — Yea
John Fuller — Yea
Josh Kassmier — Yea
Julie Darling — Yea
Karjala, Jessica — Nay
Katie Sullivan — Nay
Katie Zolnikov — Yea
Keane, Jim — Nay
Kelker, Kathy — Nay
Kelly Kortum — Nay
Ken Walsh — Yea
Kerns, Scot — Yea
Kerri Seekins-Crowe — Yea
Knudsen, Casey — Yea
Knudsen, Casey — Yea
Larry Brewster — Yea
Linda Reksten — Yea
Llew Jones — Nay
Malone, Marty — Yea
Marilyn Marler — Nay
Mark Noland — Yea
Mark Thane — Yea
Marshall, Ron — Yea
Mary Ann Dunwell — Nay
Mary Caferro — Nay
Matt Regier — Yea
Mercer, Bill — Yea
Moore, Terry — Yea
Neil Duram — Yea
Paul Fielder — Yea
Putnam, Brian — Yea
Read, Joe — Yea
Running Wolf, Tyson — Nay
Sara Novak — Nay
Sheldon-Galloway, Lola — Yea
Skees, Derek — Yea
Stafman, Ed — Nay
Steve Gist — Yea
Stewart Peregoy, Sharon — Nay
Stromswold, Mallerie — Yea
Sue Vinton — Yea
Tenenbaum, Danny — Nay
Tom France — Nay
Tschida, Brad — Nay
Vince Ricci — Yea
Weatherwax, Marvin — Nay
Welch, Tom — Yea
Wendy McKamey — Yea
Whiteman Pena, Rynalea — Nay
Whitman, Kathy — Yea
Willis Curdy — Nay
Windy Boy, Jonathan — Nay
Wylie Galt — Yea

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DO PASS

Passed 19 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 19000
Total 19000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Bertoglio, Marta — Yea
Binkley, Michele — Yea
Bishop, Laurie — Yea
Custer, Geraldine — Yea
Denise Hayman — Yea
Frank Smith — Yea
Frazer, Gregory — Yea
Greef, Sharon — Yea
Hill, Ed — Yea
Julie Darling — Yea
Karjala, Jessica — Yea
Kelly Kortum — Yea
Ken Walsh — Yea
Linda Reksten — Yea
Putnam, Brian — Yea
Running Wolf, Tyson — Yea
Weatherwax, Marvin — Yea
Wendy McKamey — Yea
Whitman, Kathy — Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 588?
HB 588 is sponsored by Casey Knudsen.
What is the current status of HB 588?
This bill died with 2021 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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