---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex"
description: "Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Montana HB 181 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure", "Law Enforcement", "Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-14T16:39:50+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-04T22:06:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2aebead0-d52d-40a5-a8d2-1e08083813a9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1381?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "64348ceb97112a993eb4b489e9a5fde72ab9575874548e19b37d1dbbf53e7036"
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 181 (2025) — Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0181_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271196)
2. **HB0181_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271197)
3. **HB0181_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271200)
4. **HB0181_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273984)
5. **HB0181_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275507)
6. **HB0181_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276553)
7. **HB0181_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282811)
8. **HB0181_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284812)
9. **HB0181_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271012)
10. **HB0181_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284813)
11. **HB0181_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284814)
12. **HB0181_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284815)
13. **HB0181_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285344)
14. **HB0181_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285345)
15. **HB0181_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285346)
16. **HB0181_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292365)
17. **HB0181_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292366)
18. **HB0181_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284811)
19. **HB0181_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295343)
20. **HB0181_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326170)
21. **HB0181_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326973)
22. **HB0181_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297397)
23. **HB0181_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297398)
24. **HB0181_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297399)
25. **HB0181_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310575)
26. **HB0181_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316537)
27. **HB0181_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319670)
28. **HB0181_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321066)
29. **HB0181_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324479)
30. **HB0181_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294176)
31. **LC1381.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270308)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-14T16:39:50+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-08T18:21:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-08T18:36:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-09T00:52:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-09T17:38:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-10T03:51:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-10T23:51:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-13T17:50:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-13T17:56:10+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-13T18:07:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-13T18:44:04+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13T20:15:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14T15:15:21+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-01-17T16:59:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-17T16:59:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-17T17:03:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-21T17:18:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21T20:17:51+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21T20:41:22+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-22T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T22:28:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T22:51:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-24T21:12:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27T20:00:26+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T21:15:43+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-14T23:49:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-15T15:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T21:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T22:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T22:41:19+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-02-21T16:05:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-02-26T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-26T18:54:59+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-26T19:30:20+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04T17:18:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-04T17:19:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2025-03-04T22:06:29+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/2aebead0-d52d-40a5-a8d2-1e08083813a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).