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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Require towns to record meetings in audio format"
+description: "Require towns to record meetings in audio format"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 393"
+citation: "Montana HB 393 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "Counties", "Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"]
+version_count: 37
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-14T18:55:13+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-05T15:08:09+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3413596-e014-4ec6-acc3-1b20b2b83a05"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3582?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "c4a769d2bcd5f2b7fbe1f1434434d5fd8d5c72b5c42757ce31ae716539f1dab6"
+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 393 (2025) — Require towns to record meetings in audio format
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0393.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281819)
+2. **HB0393_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279617)
+3. **HB0393_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284328)
+4. **HB0393_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284329)
+5. **HB0393_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284330)
+6. **HB0393_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284331)
+7. **HB0393_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310377)
+8. **HB0393_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279082)
+9. **HB0393_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284334)
+10. **HB0393_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301894)
+11. **HB0393_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310186)
+12. **HB0393_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310187)
+13. **HB0393_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310188)
+14. **HB0393_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310189)
+15. **HB0393_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310271)
+16. **HB0393_2(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310272)
+17. **HB0393_2(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310376)
+18. **HB0393_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284335)
+19. **HB0393_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284336)
+20. **HB0393_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284353)
+21. **HB0393_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284354)
+22. **HB0393_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284355)
+23. **HB0393_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284356)
+24. **HB0393_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284376)
+25. **HB0393_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286860)
+26. **HB0393_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284333)
+27. **HB0393_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312286)
+28. **HB0393_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312287)
+29. **HB0393_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312432)
+30. **HB0393_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312433)
+31. **HB0393_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317083)
+32. **HB0393_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320649)
+33. **HB0393_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321440)
+34. **HB0393_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324644)
+35. **HB0393_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326912)
+36. **HB0393_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311673)
+37. **LC3582.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274114)
+
+## Votes
+
+- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **69–30** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **37–11** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass_as_amended — **15–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **66–34** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brad Barker — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-14T18:55:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-12-14T18:55:13+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2025-01-20T18:15:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-01-23T15:00:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-23T15:57:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-24T15:37:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-24T18:00:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-24T23:21:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-25T21:24:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-05T15:28:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-05T18:27:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-06T17:55:55+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-06T20:19:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-10T17:22:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2025-02-18T23:57:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-19T20:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-21T14:48:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-02-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-22T17:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-24T22:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-24T22:29:06+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-25T20:43:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-26T13:39:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-02-26T18:30:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2025-02-27T14:26:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-03-03T18:22:10+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-16T18:53:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
+- **2025-03-31T23:24:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
+- **2025-04-01T19:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
+- **2025-04-11T22:27:46+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-12T16:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T17:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T17:44:28+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-17T05:43:50+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T13:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-05T15:08:09+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/a3413596-e014-4ec6-acc3-1b20b2b83a05`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+