Find Out What Happen At The Last Legislative Session!
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Western Native Voice has a strong  presence at the Montana State Legislature. We encourage our members to engage and hold our elected officials accountable for adequately addressing issues affecting Native Americans in Montana. We rely on member communication tactics and relationships with Native and non-Native allies, including tribal governments and tribal colleges. Our success is only as strong as our members.

Below you will find a host of resources and tools that you can access by clicking on the links provided, as well as a list of bills supported and opposed by Western Native Voice. 

For a complete list of information on the 2025 legislative session, please go to leg.mt.gov.

Get Involved
  • Contact Your Representatives: Call or email your legislators to share your support, concerns, or suggestions about upcoming bills.
  • Attend Hearings: Add important hearing dates to your calendar. Even observing the process can help you stay informed.
  • Spread the Word: Encourage friends, family, and community members to testify or write in. Collective voices are powerful.
  • Stay Updated: Follow the Montana Legislature’s website, news sources, and local community organizations for the latest on bills and hearings.

Legislative Lookup Tool

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Bill Lookup Tool

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Why the Legislative Session Matters
  • Influence Policy: Decisions made during this session will affect education, healthcare, land use, economic opportunities, and more—issues that matter to Native communities and beyond.
  • Community Impact: Your input can ensure legislation reflects the values, traditions, and needs of the people it serves.
  • Empowerment: When citizens engage, representatives gain the insight they need to shape fair and effective laws.

Bills of note in the 2025 session

2025 Legislative Bills
WNV Supports

HB 15 – Implement K-12 Inflation

HB 93 – Establish compensation for wrongful conviction

HJ 1 – Resolution urging Congress to fully fund law enforcement

LC0002 – Create Indigenous Peoples’ Day

LC0315 – Allow consideration of a Child’s American Indian Cultural Heritage in Child Custody and Placement Proceedings

LC0441 – Provide Tribal Property Tax Exemption for Tribal Members

LC0952 – Generally Revise Election Laws.

SB 8 – Allow online voter registration

SB 25 – Revise election laws regarding disclosure requirements for the use of AI in elections

SB 72 – Provide presumptive eligibility for Medicaid coverage of home and community-based services

LC0130 – Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations

LC4141 – Generally revise election procedures on Indian reservations

HB 83 – Establish state special revenue account for Montana Missing Indigenous Person Task Force

SB 107 – Provide for human trafficking prevention education in public schools

LC2528 – Establish requirements for paid sick days.

LC4234 – Provide funding for the enforcement of Public Law 280

LC1372 – Generally revise laws related to state hospital

LC2328 – Extend the grow your own grant program

LC2329 – Provide for treaty right recognition laws

LC2330 – Revise cultural patrimony and heritage items laws

LC0526 – Refund rental application fee

LC0547 – Revise requirements for rental security deposit refund

LC0525 – Revise membership of board of housing and require tribal and veteran representation

LC0120 – Revise laws relating to wage transparency

LC0121– Revise laws related to prohibiting book banning

LC0129 – Provide tax rebates for renters

LC0131 – Generally revise laws for crime victims

LC0132 – Enhance sentencing for hate crimes

LC0703 – Generally revise legislative email procedures

2025 Legislative Bills
WNV Opposes

LC0548 – Extend Medicaid expansion program

LC1203 – Revise election laws to provide for verification of an elector’s citizenship

LC2221 – Revise leafs regarding deer and elk hunting licenses issued to private landowners within the Flathead Indian Reservation

SB 11 – REvise local government ballot issue laws

SB 20 – Prohibit retired judges from hearing constitutional cases

SB 91 – Require citizenship markers on driver’s license and ID cards