---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code commissioner bill"
description: "Code commissioner bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 112"
citation: "Montana HB 112 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-04T18:31:18+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:25:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e09f49af-0415-40a3-9b14-10701e8e1de5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0126?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2dba7077f8946ea94fa0c4f8b83667e92fbf1daa9afd7cb9c47d640b765da690"
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 112 (2025) — Code commissioner bill

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0112_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269446)
2. **HB0112_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275133)
3. **HB0112_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276202)
4. **HB0112_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277644)
5. **HB0112_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287369)
6. **HB0112_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294795)
7. **HB0112_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294796)
8. **HB0112_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269445)
9. **HB0112_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294821)
10. **HB0112_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316662)
11. **HB0112_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320247)
12. **HB0112_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324115)
13. **HB0112_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325613)
14. **HB0112_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294822)
15. **HB0112_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294899)
16. **HB0112_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294900)
17. **HB0112_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295370)
18. **HB0112_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305158)
19. **HB0112_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305159)
20. **HB0112_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305160)
21. **HB0112_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310724)
22. **HB0112_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294797)
23. **LC0126.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266611)

## Votes

- do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-09-04T18:31:18+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-29T13:42:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-29T13:45:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-29T18:12:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-01T16:02:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-01T16:11:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-04T19:39:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-26T21:13:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-26T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-30T20:18:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:36:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T02:06:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-01-16T18:25:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16T20:20:55+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T21:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T22:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-23T20:39:35+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T17:09:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T20:17:08+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-25T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-26T20:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-03-15T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-15T15:55:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:11:47+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-18T18:02:29+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T23:00:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24T23:00:15+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-25T15:11:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T20:28:57+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:25:34+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/e09f49af-0415-40a3-9b14-10701e8e1de5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).