The Montana State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Montana. It is composed of the 100-member Montana House of Representatives and the 50-member Montana Senate.
The Montana Constitution dictates that the legislature meet in regular session for no longer than 90 days in each odd-numbered year.
The 68th Legislature (2023-2024) was controlled by a Republican "supermajority," meaning that Republicans controlled two-thirds of the seats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, allowing them to override gubernatorial vetoes and potentially pass proposals for amendments to the Montana Constitution.
Members are limited to serving no more than eight years in either chamber, but the term limit is consecutive, not lifetime.
Legislative districts are redrawn every ten years, after each census. The new boundaries, after the 2020 census, became effective starting with the 2024 elections.
The Montana State Legislature meets in the state capitol in Helena.
See also
- Montana State Capitol
- Montana State Government
- List of Montana state legislatures
References
External links
- Official Montana State Legislature Website
- Party Control in the Montana Legislature
- Montana's split-party control statute
- Maggie Smith Hathaway Collection (University of Montana Archives)