--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise laws relating to apprenticeship programs" description: "Revise laws relating to apprenticeship programs" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 721" citation: "Montana HB 721 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Education - Technical and Trades", "Labor and Employment"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Curtis Schomer"] version_count: 19 action_count: 41 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-09T20:58:01+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-13T18:34:54+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a4317f-6ccb-4dde-a77f-7a6dc01ee9ff" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0213?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "169421407cd2fed8d1d5958768416beef0daeb77f3ce3b68d0dca648204a5bb0" 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 721 (2025) — Revise laws relating to apprenticeship programs ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0721_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287502) 2. **HB0721_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293917) 3. **HB0721_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294063) 4. **HB0721_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300003) 5. **HB0721_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309793) 6. **HB0721_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309797) 7. **HB0721_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287106) 8. **HB0721_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311484) 9. **HB0721_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327270) 10. **HB0721_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311485) 11. **HB0721_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317024) 12. **HB0721_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320592) 13. **HB0721_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322490) 14. **HB0721_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322491) 15. **HB0721_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322492) 16. **HB0721_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324892) 17. **HB0721_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325661) 18. **HB0721_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311023) 19. **LC0213.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285966) ## Votes - Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Curtis Schomer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-09T20:58:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-09-09T20:58:01+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-08T23:01:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-02-19T00:35:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-19T14:13:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-22T16:30:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-22T18:11:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-22T19:12:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-24T13:55:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-24T16:36:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-25T14:33:25+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-02-25T14:51:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-25T18:10:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-28T01:32:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-02-28T17:44:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-03-03T15:11:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-03T16:06:03+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-03-03T17:55:53+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-03-03T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-03-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-07T01:47:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-07T17:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-03-15T00:20:59+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-17T15:20:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-03-24T15:25:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-28T15:29:52+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-28T19:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T19:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T21:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T21:51:48+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-16T11:50:53+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` - **2025-05-13T18:34:54+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/48a4317f-6ccb-4dde-a77f-7a6dc01ee9ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).