Montana lobbying data

Sep 8, 2021
Sep 8, 2021
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Lobbyist spending reached nearly $7 million during 2021 session

Advocacy groups, corporations, government agencies and others reported nearly $7 million in lobbying efforts to influence Montana’s political process during this year’s legislative session.

2 years later, little progress on tracking lobbyist spending in Montana

Two years and one legislative session later, the state still lacks a centralized database to track lobbying spending.

Montana doesn't always draw a straight line from groups to their lobbying

A number of groups paid lobbyists during the 2021 session without saying what legislation they were lobbying for or against or funneled lobbying expenses through other groups.