---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal DLI commissioner signature requirement"
description: "Repeal DLI commissioner signature requirement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 54"
citation: "Montana HB 54 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gary Parry"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-23T12:53:14+00:00"
last_action: "2025-03-27T21:09:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c40fbca-211c-46b1-9533-564e4525c012"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0272?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "318b64f431dff30d65787bc87274cd09c5a2817b1de05536cf1490e0b2fdd83f"
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 54 (2025) — Repeal DLI commissioner signature requirement

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0054_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267603)
2. **HB0054_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267604)
3. **HB0054_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274842)
4. **HB0054_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275620)
5. **HB0054_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276655)
6. **HB0054_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285890)
7. **HB0054_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291879)
8. **HB0054_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267602)
9. **HB0054_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291880)
10. **HB0054_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291881)
11. **HB0054_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291975)
12. **HB0054_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291978)
13. **HB0054_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291979)
14. **HB0054_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291980)
15. **HB0054_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291981)
16. **HB0054_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291878)
17. **HB0054_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310617)
18. **HB0054_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316572)
19. **HB0054_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320172)
20. **HB0054_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324089)
21. **HB0054_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325718)
22. **HB0054_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327295)
23. **HB0054_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295311)
24. **LC0272.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266803)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gary Parry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-23T12:53:14+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-06T17:51:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-06T18:01:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-06T18:42:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-09T18:11:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-09T22:27:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T19:21:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-11T15:50:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-11T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-18T20:48:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2024-12-20T22:12:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T17:52:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T01:58:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-01-07T15:09:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-07T19:13:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-07T23:47:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-10T20:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-10T20:44:47+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-13T20:13:01+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-14T21:14:01+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-14T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-15T20:15:01+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-16T17:29:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-04T20:44:08+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-17T17:46:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-22T00:37:15+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-24T20:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-01T16:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T22:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T22:19:15+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-05T21:59:59+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-17T13:30:56+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18T13:15:18+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-18T16:15:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-27T19:58:02+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27T21:09:43+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/9c40fbca-211c-46b1-9533-564e4525c012`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).