Montana State Legislature
Committees
Administrative Interim Other Legislative Work Groups Session
Administrative Committees
Legislative committees created by state law to manage the administrative functions of the Legislative Branch:
Audit Committee oversees the Audit Division.
Finance Committee oversees the Fiscal Division.
Legislative Council oversees the Services Division.
Consumer Committee oversees the Consumer Counsel.
Information Technology Planning Council oversees the Office of Legislative Information Systems.
Interim Committees
Bipartisan groups of legislators that meet during the months between sessions to study specific issues and consider whether to recommend new legislation.
2023-2024 Interim Committees
Complete List of Interim Committee Members
- Children, Families, Health, and Human Services
- Criminal Justice Oversight Council
- Economic Affairs
- Education
- Energy and Telecommunications
- Environmental Quality Council
- Law and Justice
- Local Government
- Revenue
- State Administration and Veterans' Affairs
- State-Tribal Relations
- Transportation
- Water Policy
2023-2024 Budget Interim Committees
- A – General Government
- B – Health and Human Services
- C – Natural Resources
- D - Public Safety
- E - Education
- F - Long-Range
Other Legislative Work Groups
Throughout the legislative process different groups, committees, subcommittees, commissions, etc. are created to examine special topics. Links to those groups' information can me found here.
Permanent and Current
- Modernization and Risk Analysis Committee (MARA)
- Senate Select Committee on Judicial Oversight and Reform (2024)
- Senate Select Committee on Elections (2024)
- HB 424 Study of State Budget process & Personal Services Expenditures
- HB 5 Select Committee on Corrections Facility Capacity & System Development
- Districting and Apportionment Commission
- Court System for Dependency & Neglect Task Force
- Special Select Committee on Energy Resource Planning and Acquisition
- Transition Review Committee
Historical
- Special Select Committee on Judicial Accountability and Transparency
- MUS 2-Year Commission
- State Lab Advisory Committee (HB 586, administered by DofA)
- Joint Rules Committee (2019-2020)
- House, Senate, and Joint Rules Committees (2021-2022)
- Legislative Leadership COVID-19 Response Panel
Session (or Standing) Committees
Legislative panels that meet every session to consider and hold public hearings on bills in a specific policy area, such as transportation, health, or agriculture. The House and Senate each has more than a dozen standing committees.
Joint Appropriations Subcommittees
Meet during the first part of each session to consider HB 2, the general appropriations act, that appropriates money for the majority of the functions of state government and gives that appropriate money and give state agencies authority to spend money. They are made up of members from the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance and Claims Committee.
