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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise local government conflict of interest laws for contracted projects"
+description: "Revise local government conflict of interest laws for contracted projects"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 683"
+citation: "Montana HB 683 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "City Officers", "Counties", "County Officers", "Local Government", "Planning", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
+version_count: 35
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-12-17T17:36:51+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-19T15:29:43+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43e2677c-2aed-40cc-846c-2ff625d631f4"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4016?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "9aa4e52848f2b248b73fe1d484821cfd36130ec24580a72fd54face3d58180b4"
+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 683 (2025) — Revise local government conflict of interest laws for contracted projects
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0683.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300442)
+2. **HB0683.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300441)
+3. **HB0683_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286686)
+4. **HB0683_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293889)
+5. **HB0683_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294103)
+6. **HB0683_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306096)
+7. **HB0683_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306466)
+8. **HB0683_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306467)
+9. **HB0683_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306468)
+10. **HB0683_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306469)
+11. **HB0683_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286422)
+12. **HB0683_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306695)
+13. **HB0683_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306697)
+14. **HB0683_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308982)
+15. **HB0683_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314007)
+16. **HB0683_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314008)
+17. **HB0683_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314009)
+18. **HB0683_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315176)
+19. **HB0683_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315203)
+20. **HB0683_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306694)
+21. **HB0683_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314011)
+22. **HB0683_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324311)
+23. **HB0683_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325177)
+24. **HB0683_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325178)
+25. **HB0683_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325179)
+26. **HB0683_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315207)
+27. **HB0683_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315218)
+28. **HB0683_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315223)
+29. **HB0683_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315224)
+30. **HB0683_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316357)
+31. **HB0683_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316358)
+32. **HB0683_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317351)
+33. **HB0683_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320818)
+34. **HB0683_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314010)
+35. **LC4016.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285884)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass — **14–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Gist — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-17T17:36:51+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-02-18T18:30:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-18T22:33:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-21T21:44:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-22T17:12:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-22T19:00:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-24T13:48:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-24T16:36:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-24T16:54:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-24T19:14:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-24T20:09:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-26T14:14:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2025-02-26T16:09:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2025-02-28T04:14:10+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-28T20:56:16+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T22:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07T16:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-15T00:04:20+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17T15:08:19+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-21T23:16:41+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-08T00:33:04+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-08T19:28:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T17:34:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T21:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-12T00:05:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-17T22:02:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18T20:18:05+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T21:18:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13T19:19:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19T15:29:43+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/43e2677c-2aed-40cc-846c-2ff625d631f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+