---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws applicable to district courts"
description: "Generally revise laws applicable to district courts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 693"
citation: "Montana HB 693 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T17:13:39+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T17:20:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68c3c5dc-9373-41d5-9bd3-354e9777679c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3426?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "cb60715f88fbf4345b54ed6d5b8fd8f4a10316758373ee3cf93862b938e9373a"
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 693 (2025) — Generally revise laws applicable to district courts

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0693_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286647)
2. **HB0693_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293897)
3. **HB0693_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294091)
4. **HB0693_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300204)
5. **HB0693_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309757)
6. **HB0693_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309762)
7. **HB0693_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286450)
8. **HB0693_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309766)
9. **HB0693_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322447)
10. **HB0693_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324877)
11. **HB0693_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326865)
12. **HB0693_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309767)
13. **HB0693_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311018)
14. **HB0693_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311529)
15. **HB0693_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311530)
16. **HB0693_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317038)
17. **HB0693_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320605)
18. **HB0693_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322445)
19. **HB0693_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322446)
20. **HB0693_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309765)
21. **LC3426.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286104)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **39–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Mercer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T17:13:39+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-26T17:56:47+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-14T22:40:26+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-18T21:44:34+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T21:45:29+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T21:45:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T21:46:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T21:46:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T21:48:59+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-18T22:51:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T13:39:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T17:44:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-22T19:24:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-22T19:41:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T14:08:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T17:12:21+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-24T17:12:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-24T19:12:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T20:09:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25T22:58:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-01T20:14:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T22:45:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T01:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:07:47+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T15:13:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-21T23:18:54+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-27T21:04:31+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T17:54:46+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T21:48:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-10T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T23:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T22:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T22:23:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-16T13:27:43+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:15:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:20:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:47:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T17:20:56+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/68c3c5dc-9373-41d5-9bd3-354e9777679c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).