---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise criminal procedure laws"
description: "Generally revise criminal procedure laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 612"
citation: "Montana HB 612 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Overstreet"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T15:05:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T16:58:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c09c5eb7-4d5c-4394-b85c-1a7b4f1cdc62"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3230?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "25e6278ebfb57ac698efd7ac404b479cb6ea1cb7e85f8a31db1d3e1d1e65c39f"
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 612 (2025) — Generally revise criminal procedure laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0612_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284877)
2. **HB0612_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285082)
3. **HB0612_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285118)
4. **HB0612_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293855)
5. **HB0612_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294037)
6. **HB0612_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300198)
7. **HB0612_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311808)
8. **HB0612_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311809)
9. **HB0612_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284876)
10. **HB0612_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311811)
11. **HB0612_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326792)
12. **HB0612_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327777)
13. **HB0612_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312831)
14. **HB0612_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312834)
15. **HB0612_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317106)
16. **HB0612_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320671)
17. **HB0612_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321600)
18. **HB0612_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321601)
19. **HB0612_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321603)
20. **HB0612_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324695)
21. **HB0612_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311810)
22. **LC3230.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283425)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Overstreet — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T15:05:31+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-11T18:06:42+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-10T20:03:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-10T20:04:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-11T18:28:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-15T14:50:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-17T23:08:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T14:47:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T20:25:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-18T23:05:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-20T15:01:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-20T18:01:25+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-20T18:03:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-20T18:26:33+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T19:51:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24T21:12:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-26T18:37:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-27T19:36:19+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T20:43:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-27T20:43:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-27T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T02:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:36:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T09:28:09+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T17:38:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T21:44:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-14T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T20:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:19:04+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T21:42:47+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+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`
- **2025-05-05T16:58:50+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/c09c5eb7-4d5c-4394-b85c-1a7b4f1cdc62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).