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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Elect supreme court justices by districts"
+description: "Elect supreme court justices by districts"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 325"
+citation: "Montana HB 325 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)", "Referendum"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-11-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36929257-8661-489e-9468-d30b67fa5d2b"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=325&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "908b26cfba0044864aa9d6a4bdceb1b8cd120ca81525d3247a754a29f43d8af8"
+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 325 (2021) — Elect supreme court justices by districts
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0325_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0325_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0325_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0325_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0325_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0325_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0325.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **63–36** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **63–37** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **68–28** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **11–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **65–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Usher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-10** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-28** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-03** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-04** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-10** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-19** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-20** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-16** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-19** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-05-04** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-05-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36929257-8661-489e-9468-d30b67fa5d2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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