---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise local law enforcement laws"
description: "Generally revise local law enforcement laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 333"
citation: "Montana HB 333 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "Counties", "Law Enforcement", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
version_count: 27
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-13T19:38:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T14:31:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8e79b8b-5d70-4ad5-8a05-82b5ef48e862"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3148?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d7fbaddf80a935a714aa7f2816b78a85561ca408e3a8b0e39d6b55e35ee70748"
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 333 (2025) — Generally revise local law enforcement laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0333.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279523)
2. **HB0333_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276737)
3. **HB0333_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277014)
4. **HB0333_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280144)
5. **HB0333_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280145)
6. **HB0333_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280146)
7. **HB0333_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280147)
8. **HB0333_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276021)
9. **HB0333_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280149)
10. **HB0333_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307812)
11. **HB0333_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307814)
12. **HB0333_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280150)
13. **HB0333_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280151)
14. **HB0333_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280170)
15. **HB0333_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280173)
16. **HB0333_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280174)
17. **HB0333_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280179)
18. **HB0333_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283830)
19. **HB0333_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301919)
20. **HB0333_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280148)
21. **HB0333_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316837)
22. **HB0333_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320413)
23. **HB0333_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324634)
24. **HB0333_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326750)
25. **HB0333_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327761)
26. **HB0333_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310898)
27. **LC3148.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274016)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T19:38:55+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-22T18:44:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-23T13:15:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-23T22:15:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-24T19:43:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-24T23:25:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-25T21:27:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-27T22:30:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-28T22:13:21+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-29T18:08:51+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T19:52:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-30T23:03:29+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-02-06T22:30:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T22:37:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:50:04+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-19T20:33:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03T21:01:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-06T20:40:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-07T02:10:14+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-08T02:40:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-19T16:23:55+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T15:51:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-03-31T23:22:21+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2025-04-01T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T19:29:48+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-11T17:13:26+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+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`
- **2025-05-05T14:31:33+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/a8e79b8b-5d70-4ad5-8a05-82b5ef48e862`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).