--- type: "Bill" title: "Increase size of parole board" description: "Increase size of parole board" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 186" citation: "Montana HB 186 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Corrections", "Criminal Procedure", "State Government"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"] version_count: 17 action_count: 40 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-08-27T18:52:33+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T19:19:44+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02774460-9402-45ea-917c-1cc8fc093bfd" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0038?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "6f11aa178e5aeb5007c2a43a244b89e4aa21c07d76151166de18205881b6006d" 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 186 (2025) — Increase size of parole board ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0186_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271188) 2. **HB0186_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271455) 3. **HB0186_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275231) 4. **HB0186_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276059) 5. **HB0186_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276751) 6. **HB0186_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298036) 7. **HB0186_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302212) 8. **HB0186_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271187) 9. **HB0186_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316614) 10. **HB0186_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320207) 11. **HB0186_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321231) 12. **HB0186_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321232) 13. **HB0186_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321233) 14. **HB0186_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324549) 15. **HB0186_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325562) 16. **HB0186_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310661) 17. **LC0038.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269917) ## Votes - Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **42–7** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **94–5** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Amy Regier — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-08-27T18:52:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-02T15:44:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-06T15:40:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-07T16:26:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-07T16:45:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-09T16:20:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-09T17:20:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-13T21:33:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-13T21:45:22+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-13T21:46:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-14T17:16:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-01-14T20:07:20+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-15T23:11:44+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-01-20T22:05:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-21T15:27:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-01-21T15:27:17+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-01-23T17:54:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-01-23T20:20:51+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-27T21:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-01-28T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-28T23:00:17+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-01-29T20:46:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-11T16:44:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-18T15:16:10+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-25T16:37:50+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-25T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-27T22:39:07+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-28T19:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-31T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-31T21:04:52+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T18:24:14+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` - **2025-04-17T20:00:37+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T19:19:44+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/02774460-9402-45ea-917c-1cc8fc093bfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).