---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions"
description: "Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 711"
citation: "Montana HB 711 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Ler"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-17T17:24:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T17:47:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d36a15a-67c3-4efa-9777-0cd6f5718351"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2658?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "6c14c82470fd98e3d7485c331517f37af2f21cc1cc3cf77f94ff492799c2a852"
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 711 (2025) — Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0711 Legal Review Note.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289054)
2. **HB0711_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287609)
3. **HB0711_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287634)
4. **HB0711_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293907)
5. **HB0711_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294077)
6. **HB0711_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304780)
7. **HB0711_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310114)
8. **HB0711_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310118)
9. **HB0711_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286817)
10. **HB0711_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310122)
11. **HB0711_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322465)
12. **HB0711_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324883)
13. **HB0711_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326661)
14. **HB0711_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310123)
15. **HB0711_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310234)
16. **HB0711_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310235)
17. **HB0711_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311068)
18. **HB0711_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316962)
19. **HB0711_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320535)
20. **HB0711_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322463)
21. **HB0711_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322464)
22. **HB0711_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310119)
23. **LC2658.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286054)

## Votes

- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **29–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Ler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-17T17:24:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-19T14:37:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-19T16:40:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T17:05:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-22T18:40:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-22T19:26:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T13:59:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T16:43:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-24T22:16:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T18:12:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-25T22:58:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-01T20:26:33+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`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:13:51+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T15:17:37+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-28T19:35:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T17:31:06+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T19:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T18:04:47+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-15T11:57:11+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`
- **2025-05-13T17:47:47+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/5d36a15a-67c3-4efa-9777-0cd6f5718351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).