---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate requirement that the Dept of Transportation have certain divisions"
description: "Eliminate requirement that the Dept of Transportation have certain divisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 487"
citation: "Montana HB 487 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Darling"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-16T21:15:48+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T16:30:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2bd7668-dafa-4382-8b6e-9c4e9fe68153"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1514?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8f51a4e41ce2135561e0d957751077f3e570594b432bc422dfe36060ba293f50"
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 487 (2025) — Eliminate requirement that the Dept of Transportation have certain divisions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0487_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282077)
2. **HB0487_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286869)
3. **HB0487_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295638)
4. **HB0487_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310025)
5. **HB0487_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310027)
6. **HB0487_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281807)
7. **HB0487_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310029)
8. **HB0487_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321544)
9. **HB0487_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321545)
10. **HB0487_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321546)
11. **HB0487_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324678)
12. **HB0487_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326241)
13. **HB0487_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327543)
14. **HB0487_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310030)
15. **HB0487_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310308)
16. **HB0487_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310309)
17. **HB0487_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310334)
18. **HB0487_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310335)
19. **HB0487_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311089)
20. **HB0487_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316983)
21. **HB0487_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320554)
22. **HB0487_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310028)
23. **LC1514.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280468)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-16T21:15:48+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-07T15:47:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-07T17:18:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-10T17:10:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-10T20:31:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-11T00:06:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-11T15:27:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-12T19:17:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-13T14:43:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-13T18:02:55+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T19:41:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T21:43:53+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-02-19T23:54:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T20:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-22T18:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:08:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:29:16+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-03T18:24:28+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11T01:06:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-03-19T22:32:57+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-03-25T19:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T19:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:00:50+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-15T14:41:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T22:30:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24T17:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T16:30:37+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/f2bd7668-dafa-4382-8b6e-9c4e9fe68153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).