---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise transfer of mining operator to successor"
description: "Revise transfer of mining operator to successor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Montana HB 717 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining and Minerals", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-13T14:34:06+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T21:50:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9947fef-b0e8-4d2a-b4c4-4bc012b185d1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3000?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "76ecb8560f56a395e167f8063497ba4e10c346e41429c5482100a6724c935ad6"
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 717 (2025) — Revise transfer of mining operator to successor

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0717_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287574)
2. **HB0717_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293913)
3. **HB0717_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294068)
4. **HB0717_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308999)
5. **HB0717_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313005)
6. **HB0717_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313006)
7. **HB0717_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286923)
8. **HB0717_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313008)
9. **HB0717_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322480)
10. **HB0717_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322481)
11. **HB0717_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324889)
12. **HB0717_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326725)
13. **HB0717_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327750)
14. **HB0717_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313009)
15. **HB0717_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313631)
16. **HB0717_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313632)
17. **HB0717_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315181)
18. **HB0717_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315182)
19. **HB0717_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317251)
20. **HB0717_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320768)
21. **HB0717_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322479)
22. **HB0717_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313007)
23. **LC3000.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286159)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T14:34:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-10T21:46:51+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-05T15:14:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T21:16:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T18:09:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T22:06:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-23T16:40:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-23T17:28:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T14:28:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T22:03:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-24T22:40:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T18:11:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T20:43:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-03T23:04:25+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T01:36:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T15:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:18:23+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T15:19:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:01:25+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-12T00:03:31+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-12T15:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T20:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T19:22:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T19:23:29+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-19T20:32:43+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T21:50:22+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/d9947fef-b0e8-4d2a-b4c4-4bc012b185d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).