--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise laws related to the fire suppression account" description: "Revise laws related to the fire suppression account" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 127" citation: "Montana HB 127 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Appropriations", "Fires and Fire Protection", "State Finance"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"] version_count: 18 action_count: 41 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-08T15:17:35+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T19:29:06+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac1a48b7-bf75-4a48-a585-fd86b24ae407" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0950?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "deb3c37d60241e44f87d5b96ccf2d3f341656e4390b26d3952883d4f7df43ea7" 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 127 (2025) — Revise laws related to the fire suppression account ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0127_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270127) 2. **HB0127_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274603) 3. **HB0127_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275584) 4. **HB0127_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276621) 5. **HB0127_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280623) 6. **HB0127_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303670) 7. **HB0127_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303677) 8. **HB0127_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269961) 9. **HB0127_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316635) 10. **HB0127_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320225) 11. **HB0127_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321243) 12. **HB0127_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321244) 13. **HB0127_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321245) 14. **HB0127_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324553) 15. **HB0127_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326038) 16. **HB0127_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327449) 17. **HB0127_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310696) 18. **LC0950.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269604) ## Votes - Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **9–2** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **96–1** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Llew Jones — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-08T15:17:35+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-20T15:46:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-20T21:36:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-27T17:55:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-30T15:24:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-30T16:24:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-30T22:57:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-06T18:26:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-07T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-07T22:42:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-08T19:04:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee` - **2025-01-08T20:11:04+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-09T20:54:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-10T21:07:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-01-10T21:50:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources - **2025-01-10T23:07:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-01-13T15:10:29+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Natural Resources - **2025-01-13T16:24:02+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources - **2025-01-17T23:12:51+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage` - **2025-01-20T21:48:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage` - **2025-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-23T20:44:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-01-24T22:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-27T16:27:11+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-01-27T19:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-27T19:48:55+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee` - **2025-01-30T23:20:02+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources - **2025-02-10T22:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources - **2025-02-11T20:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources - **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-01T19:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-02T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-02T21:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-02T21:57:19+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-03T17:00:50+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-17T19:59:55+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T19:29:06+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/ac1a48b7-bf75-4a48-a585-fd86b24ae407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).