HJ 35 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Joint resolution urging changes to federal wildfire policy

HJ 35 is a joint resolution from the Montana Legislature urging federal officials to modify current federal land management and wildfire policies. It calls for an aggressive initial attack on wildfires across all federal lands and for federal forest roads to remain open for access and fire suppression. The resolution also recommends that EPA air quality standards include wildfire smoke and that federal "let it burn" policies be reversed, ensuring NEPA processes are followed. Finally, it advocates for increased involvement of state and local governments and stakeholder groups in federal fire management decisions to protect Montana's communities.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Mar 28, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025
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Removed the document closing marker and associated blank lines, which are formatting elements rather than substantive policy changes.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Apr 5, 2025

How they voted

3218
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
8
Committee
6
May 6, 2025
Introduced
(H) Filed with Secretary of State
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-18)
senate
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Apr 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Apr 5, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (56-42-2)
house
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Jedediah Hinkle
Jedediah Hinkle
RRepublican
MT
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