Medicaid, Montana Senate

Medicaid expansion bill gets approval in Montana Senate
A House bill centered around Medicaid expansion cleared the Montana Senate floor Friday and takes a step closer to the governor’s desk, but not before some back
Medicaid expansion continues momentum on Montana Senate floor
The bill, one of the key proposals of the 2025 session, was referred to the Finance and Claims Committee, and it will need another floor vote, but it’s in Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte’s budget.
Medicaid expansion renewal passes key vote in Montana Senate
A bill to extend Montana’s Medicaid expansion program cleared one more key hurdle in the state Legislature on Thursday.
GOP-held Senate approves Medicaid expansion on initial vote
A Republican-sponsored bill to continue Medicaid expansion cleared a key vote in the Montana Senate on Thursday. House Bill 245, sponsored by Rep. Ed Buttrey, R-Great Falls, passed an initial vote by a 29-21 margin.
Senate votes down bill to begin phasing out Montana Medicaid expansion
The Montana Senate has voted down a bill that would have started phasing out the state’s Medicaid expansion program.
Medicaid expansion passes key vote in Montana Senate
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‘What’s the deal?’ No deal, just collaboration, say ‘The Nine’ in Montana Senate
A ‘working majority’ coalition of Democrats and nine Republicans effectively run the Montana Senate, but the group says it’s out of fairness, shared interests and giving the governor’s agenda proper ...
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Legislative Democrats pitch Montana child care reform as 'pro-business'
Past legislative efforts to bolster the industry have failed to create the transformative change once hoped for, but ...
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AG Knudsen seeks $10M for gun range at Montana Law Enforcement Academy
Attorney General Austin Knudsen recently asked the Montana Legislature to provide funding for an essential training facility.NBC Montana traveled to Helena to m ...
Independent Record2d
Senate greenlights bill to close a contract loophole at the Montana Lottery
"We need to make sure we have fairness and transparency across the board, that's truly the reason we have the procurement ...
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Montana Senate endorses bill tying bathrooms to biological sex
A bill that would require transgender people in Montana to use the bathroom that aligns with their sex at birth has cleared ...
Bozeman Daily Chronicle1d
Tensions simmering between Montana’s Senate and House over spending
The unrest among Montana’s Republican legislators has mostly been contained to the Senate chamber, but criticism with how Senate President Matt Regier is conducting business spread to the House in ...
Independent Record1d
'The cake is baked': 11 Senate Republicans join Dems to push Medicaid expansion forward
The bill, which would renew the program as it’s currently written, got the early green light with a 29-21 vote. It now moves ...