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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise critical infrastructure protection laws"
+description: "Generally revise critical infrastructure protection laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 257"
+citation: "Montana HB 257 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Information Technology"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kmetz"]
+version_count: 36
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-12T14:36:35+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-07T23:11:55+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8feb610-4b85-4c32-b5de-679808f1460d"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2890?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "e0a942d5815d2ec22f5c5e32bdb92d5a343c6e409c1d22025d38b8bb2e85d21b"
+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 257 (2025) — Generally revise critical infrastructure protection laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0257.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276046)
+2. **HB0257_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272751)
+3. **HB0257_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275371)
+4. **HB0257_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276420)
+5. **HB0257_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277442)
+6. **HB0257_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277443)
+7. **HB0257_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277444)
+8. **HB0257_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277445)
+9. **HB0257_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272453)
+10. **HB0257_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277447)
+11. **HB0257_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298042)
+12. **HB0257_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277461)
+13. **HB0257_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277462)
+14. **HB0257_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277463)
+15. **HB0257_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277464)
+16. **HB0257_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277466)
+17. **HB0257_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279339)
+18. **HB0257_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295110)
+19. **HB0257_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295396)
+20. **HB0257_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277446)
+21. **HB0257_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298041)
+22. **HB0257_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298044)
+23. **HB0257_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316799)
+24. **HB0257_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320376)
+25. **HB0257_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324220)
+26. **HB0257_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326705)
+27. **HB0257_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298592)
+28. **HB0257_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298593)
+29. **HB0257_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298594)
+30. **HB0257_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298669)
+31. **HB0257_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308391)
+32. **HB0257_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308392)
+33. **HB0257_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308393)
+34. **HB0257_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310860)
+35. **HB0257_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298043)
+36. **LC2890.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270151)
+
+## Votes
+
+- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass_as_amended — **13–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **89–11** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **90–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Kmetz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-12T14:36:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-07T21:12:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-07T22:40:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-08T18:34:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-09T21:07:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-10T03:55:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-10T23:51:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-14T22:31:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-14T22:47:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-14T22:54:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-15T14:21:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-16T13:15:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-16T15:56:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-16T18:37:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-17T21:07:49+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-01-20T17:19:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-20T20:18:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-23T16:07:31+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
+- **2025-01-29T23:31:45+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-30T21:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-04T21:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-05T21:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-05T22:03:01+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-06T20:34:20+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-17T18:58:22+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-12T17:50:45+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
+- **2025-03-18T22:57:33+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
+- **2025-03-19T21:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
+- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-21T20:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-24T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-24T19:50:33+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-03-26T11:38:40+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-07T20:01:02+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-07T23:11:55+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/d8feb610-4b85-4c32-b5de-679808f1460d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+