--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise the proceedings in which a public defender may be assigned" description: "Generally revise the proceedings in which a public defender may be assigned" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 575" citation: "Montana HB 575 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "State Government"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Peter Strand"] version_count: 19 action_count: 43 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2024-11-16T21:17:45+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-19T22:23:45+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d18d665-e87f-4da2-a3e2-240c7512db60" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1518?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "eab15d7aff8c1584e2a977a38099aaba3cec28f8d8b22406dd99f193e422b322" 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 575 (2025) — Generally revise the proceedings in which a public defender may be assigned ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0575_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284408) 2. **HB0575_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318622) 3. **HB0575_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318723) 4. **HB0575_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318724) 5. **HB0575_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284160) 6. **HB0575_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318726) 7. **HB0575_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323298) 8. **HB0575_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325077) 9. **HB0575_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326245) 10. **HB0575_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318727) 11. **HB0575_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319069) 12. **HB0575_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319070) 13. **HB0575_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319145) 14. **HB0575_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319146) 15. **HB0575_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321024) 16. **HB0575_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323296) 17. **HB0575_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323297) 18. **HB0575_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318725) 19. **LC1518.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266711) ## Votes - Do Pass — **68–29** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - to_table — **5–3** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper - Take HB 575 from Comm-Boldman — **27–23** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **25–24** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Peter Strand — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-16T21:17:45+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-17T01:05:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2024-11-17T01:05:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-11-17T01:05:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2024-11-22T14:47:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-04T21:19:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-05T17:47:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-09T14:27:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-10T16:11:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-19T17:00:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-19T17:05:21+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-19T19:27:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19T19:52:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-20T18:38:14+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-02-25T18:53:39+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-25T21:02:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-27T22:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-28T20:59:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-28T22:27:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-01T22:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-03T20:22:01+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-04T00:52:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-04T17:17:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned - **2025-03-05T17:18:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-03-06T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-25T14:27:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-08T21:30:29+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-09T17:53:30+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary `amendment-deferral` - **2025-04-24T23:23:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading - (S) Judiciary `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-25T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-25T16:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-28T21:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-29T14:29:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House - **2025-04-29T14:29:41+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-30T04:25:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-05-02T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-13T18:50:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-19T22:23:45+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/8d18d665-e87f-4da2-a3e2-240c7512db60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).