---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revised use of public equipment"
description: "Generally revised use of public equipment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 679"
citation: "Montana HB 679 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan Thiel"]
version_count: 27
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-08T00:44:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T19:43:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ef23336-160f-433f-a9d4-04b255627d36"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2298?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2f6a2738156b2c99a87af534597ff9c5be348e84049b9c3d7353811fdd96056d"
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 679 (2025) — Generally revised use of public equipment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0679_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286678)
2. **HB0679_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312427)
3. **HB0679_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292600)
4. **HB0679_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292868)
5. **HB0679_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299123)
6. **HB0679_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312169)
7. **HB0679_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312170)
8. **HB0679_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312171)
9. **HB0679_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312423)
10. **HB0679_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312424)
11. **HB0679_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286340)
12. **HB0679_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312429)
13. **HB0679_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322192)
14. **HB0679_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322193)
15. **HB0679_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324836)
16. **HB0679_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326551)
17. **HB0679_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327685)
18. **HB0679_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312430)
19. **HB0679_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313600)
20. **HB0679_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313601)
21. **HB0679_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314379)
22. **HB0679_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314380)
23. **HB0679_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317179)
24. **HB0679_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320736)
25. **HB0679_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322191)
26. **HB0679_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312428)
27. **LC2298.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284257)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morgan Thiel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-08T00:44:00+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T00:44:00+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-16T21:53:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-16T23:18:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-19T17:43:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-19T23:04:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-20T13:54:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-21T15:22:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-21T23:15:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-24T14:43:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-24T15:03:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-24T16:02:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T20:09:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26T22:25:01+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-02-27T19:27:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T22:15:40+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T19:46:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-01T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-03T17:48:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T15:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T16:06:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-06T20:15:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T14:45:53+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-03-26T20:44:18+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-02T19:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T20:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:35:02+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-19T14:19:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T22:30:17+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T18:30:45+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T19:43:25+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/1ef23336-160f-433f-a9d4-04b255627d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).