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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow sports wagering through the state lottery"
+description: "Allow sports wagering through the state lottery"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 725"
+citation: "Montana HB 725 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Gambling", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Lynch"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2018-11-28"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e0b6101-fdee-4694-9ed7-e1c7063cc67c"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=725&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "139375c50c92175286a6aa1d548694b76c5c10dee29ebde39b85aedbdf6842b6"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana HB 725 (2019) — Allow sports wagering through the state lottery
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0725_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0725_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0725_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0725_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0725_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0725_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0725.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–7** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **90–10** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **88–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ryan Lynch — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-28** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2019-03-11** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-03-15** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-03-18** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-03-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2019-03-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-03-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-03-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-03-20** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-03-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-03-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-25** Hearing Canceled
+- **2019-03-26** Hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-29** Hearing
+- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** Hearing
+- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-11** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-12** Hearing
+- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Returned to House
+- **2019-04-17** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e0b6101-fdee-4694-9ed7-e1c7063cc67c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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