---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise bail laws"
description: "Generally revise bail laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 396"
citation: "Montana HB 396 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Courts", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Overstreet"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T18:05:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-15T20:21:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82a57042-4569-4d9b-8556-0e159d88bacc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3510?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "02f37dbf10dcf438bf207371fd279db1e5ac3aaf53a21a44f4b2a1ea86cc2f6f"
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 396 (2025) — Generally revise bail laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0396_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279625)
2. **HB0396_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292268)
3. **HB0396_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313202)
4. **HB0396_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317738)
5. **HB0396_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317739)
6. **HB0396_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279141)
7. **HB0396_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317749)
8. **HB0396_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327812)
9. **HB0396_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318470)
10. **HB0396_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318471)
11. **HB0396_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320958)
12. **HB0396_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323175)
13. **HB0396_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323176)
14. **HB0396_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323177)
15. **HB0396_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325038)
16. **HB0396_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326883)
17. **HB0396_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317740)
18. **LC3510.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278631)

## Votes

- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **60–39** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–39** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Overstreet — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T18:05:31+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-14T18:05:31+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-20T00:40:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-30T16:20:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-02T20:18:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-03T23:52:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-04T17:55:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-04T19:42:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-05T14:14:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-05T19:52:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-05T19:53:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-05T19:54:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-05T19:55:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-06T17:55:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T20:20:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-08T21:11:38+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-11T13:52:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-11T19:22:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-11T20:41:38+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-24T15:33:07+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-26T18:53:57+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T21:23:53+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-05T15:27:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T15:14:31+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-03T17:58:20+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-03T20:31:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-18T14:23:27+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T16:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T22:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T22:22:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T21:03:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T17:18:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-15T20:21:22+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/82a57042-4569-4d9b-8556-0e159d88bacc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).