Montana State Legislature

Bill Statistics for Regular Sessions
1951 - Present

This chart lists for regular legislative sessions the number of bill drafts requested by legislators, the number of bills and resolutions introduced, and the total number of bills enacted into law and resolutions adopted.

Session	Bill Draft Requests	Bills Introduced	Bills Adopted
2023	4,643	1,698	885
2021	3,367	1,313	725
2019	3,324	1,309	597
2017	2,611	1,188	544
2015	2,471	1,187	539
2013	2,218	1,201	525
2011	2,246	1,179	484
2009	2,369	1,316	569
2007	2,581	1,526	586
2005	2,381	1,441	685
2003	2,208	1,360	682
2001	1,755	1,265	672
1999	1,936	1,281	648
1997	1,424	1,088	608
1995	1,497	1,096	643
1993	1,625	1,213	707
1991	2,080	1,594	906
1989	1,846	1,358	796
1987	1,881	1,394	738
1985	1,974	1,543	836
1983	1,878	1,474	805
1981	1,938	1,481	726
1979	2,019	1,630	881
1977	1,809	1,464	728
1975	1,481	1,238	611
1973-74*	2,654	2,211	1,193
1971		1,118	552
1969		1,064	489
1967		959	429
1965		882	384
1963		814	386
1961		824	328
1959		805	333
1957		754	295
1955		703	326
1953		635	295
1951		654	295

* In 1973-74, the Montana Legislature met in annual sessions, as provided for in the 1972 Montana Constitution. But opponents of annual sessions proposed a constitutional initiative to return the Legislature to 90-day biennial sessions. Montana voters approved the initiative by a slim margin at the November 1974 election.