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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws related to construction contractors"
+description: "Revise laws related to construction contractors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 239"
+citation: "Montana HB 239 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Labor and Employment", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morgan Thiel"]
+version_count: 43
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-09-27T14:16:22+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-16T19:44:25+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2740b818-f6be-49a6-8860-c4161724f395"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0423?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "2eb1d6ce11e5df0fa0914ac92396248614ffd72c74bfbd883d8b65f208af1b4d"
+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 239 (2025) — Revise laws related to construction contractors
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0239.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274996)
+2. **HB0239.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283037)
+3. **HB0239.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274995)
+4. **HB0239.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281201)
+5. **HB0239.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281203)
+6. **HB0239.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281200)
+7. **HB0239_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272395)
+8. **HB0239_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275332)
+9. **HB0239_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276383)
+10. **HB0239_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281631)
+11. **HB0239_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281633)
+12. **HB0239_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281634)
+13. **HB0239_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281635)
+14. **HB0239_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272257)
+15. **HB0239_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281637)
+16. **HB0239_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281692)
+17. **HB0239_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285760)
+18. **HB0239_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298123)
+19. **HB0239_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314997)
+20. **HB0239_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314998)
+21. **HB0239_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314999)
+22. **HB0239_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281640)
+23. **HB0239_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281641)
+24. **HB0239_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281671)
+25. **HB0239_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281672)
+26. **HB0239_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281676)
+27. **HB0239_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281677)
+28. **HB0239_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281678)
+29. **HB0239_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281679)
+30. **HB0239_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281636)
+31. **HB0239_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315001)
+32. **HB0239_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325031)
+33. **HB0239_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325770)
+34. **HB0239_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317223)
+35. **HB0239_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317748)
+36. **HB0239_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317754)
+37. **HB0239_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317755)
+38. **HB0239_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320893)
+39. **HB0239_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323154)
+40. **HB0239_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323155)
+41. **HB0239_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323156)
+42. **HB0239_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315000)
+43. **LC0423.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270468)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morgan Thiel — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-27T14:16:22+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-09-27T14:16:23+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2024-12-31T18:53:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-01T19:31:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-09T21:26:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-10T17:53:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-11T14:40:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-14T16:01:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-14T18:23:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-16T22:53:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-01-16T22:54:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-01-17T16:12:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-17T20:54:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-21T23:06:07+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-01-23T15:06:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-01-23T16:25:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-01-23T22:25:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-02-12T16:51:24+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-12T17:07:11+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-12T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-20T21:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-21T22:30:27+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-24T20:25:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-03T18:10:19+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-06T18:41:16+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-03-15T16:35:30+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-03-25T17:41:42+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-03-25T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-18T16:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22T20:20:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-22T20:20:52+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-25T15:52:40+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-12T17:16:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-16T19:44:25+00:00** 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/2740b818-f6be-49a6-8860-c4161724f395`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+