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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow data modeling for mine bond release"
+description: "Allow data modeling for mine bond release"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 616"
+citation: "Montana HB 616 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Mining and Minerals", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
+version_count: 23
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-08T01:07:26+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-05T17:01:29+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3abb3439-bac4-4041-83b7-39fcc659180a"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2309?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "408ed662db4281942c39f0138ae8fc73d3f8460605e3d0ee68314d6cd011a7eb"
+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 616 (2025) — Allow data modeling for mine bond release
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0616_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284985)
+2. **HB0616_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285608)
+3. **HB0616_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293857)
+4. **HB0616_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294041)
+5. **HB0616_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308990)
+6. **HB0616_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311797)
+7. **HB0616_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311800)
+8. **HB0616_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284984)
+9. **HB0616_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311807)
+10. **HB0616_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324697)
+11. **HB0616_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326671)
+12. **HB0616_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327032)
+13. **HB0616_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327874)
+14. **HB0616_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311824)
+15. **HB0616_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313144)
+16. **HB0616_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313145)
+17. **HB0616_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317107)
+18. **HB0616_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320672)
+19. **HB0616_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321607)
+20. **HB0616_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321608)
+21. **HB0616_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321609)
+22. **HB0616_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311803)
+23. **LC2309.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283643)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Unknown — **90–9** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass — **12–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **84–15** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Gist — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-08T01:07:26+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-12-08T01:07:26+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2025-02-03T23:22:36+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-02-03T23:23:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-02-03T23:23:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-02-03T23:23:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-02-15T17:09:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-15T17:32:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-18T16:28:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-18T21:00:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-18T23:33:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-19T00:15:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-19T19:41:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-20T20:06:54+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-21T18:37:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-21T19:54:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-25T01:12:24+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
+- **2025-03-01T01:09:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-01T20:56:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06T21:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T17:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14T23:37:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21T23:16:39+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-11T23:55:16+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-12T15:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14T17:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15T21:20:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-15T21:20:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-18T11:37:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-05T17:01:29+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/3abb3439-bac4-4041-83b7-39fcc659180a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+