--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise covenant laws" description: "Revise covenant laws" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 325" citation: "Montana HB 325 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Courts", "Property"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"] version_count: 13 action_count: 36 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-29T17:50:46+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-05T14:24:52+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fd5a9fd-91ca-41a2-9524-5d44ecd92ff1" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2181?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "961d096013967dbafdeeb69bbbca3c4d5dc162c751ef6d26d11c7c1586fd64c1" 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 325 (2025) — Revise covenant laws ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0325_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275893) 2. **HB0325_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276716) 3. **HB0325_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284516) 4. **HB0325_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295908) 5. **HB0325_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306945) 6. **HB0325_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306949) 7. **HB0325_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275761) 8. **HB0325_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316768) 9. **HB0325_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320347) 10. **HB0325_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324631) 11. **HB0325_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326514) 12. **HB0325_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310829) 13. **LC2181.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273479) ## Votes - Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **18–2** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-29T17:50:46+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-20T15:48:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-20T16:42:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-22T15:02:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-22T19:14:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-23T00:45:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-24T16:06:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-28T15:51:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-28T16:10:13+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-28T17:57:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-01-28T20:03:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-30T18:44:14+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-02-12T18:21:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-12T19:15:12+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-12T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-19T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-19T22:12:12+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-20T20:15:52+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-01T21:50:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-18T14:42:54+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-20T17:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-21T20:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-07T19:59:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-08T20:58:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-08T20:58:41+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-10T15:06:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-18T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-22T00:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-05T14:24:52+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/8fd5a9fd-91ca-41a2-9524-5d44ecd92ff1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).