---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise bail bonds laws"
description: "Generally revise bail bonds laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 726"
citation: "Montana HB 726 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelly Nicol"]
version_count: 35
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-13T15:41:31+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T19:52:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ecebec3-9a51-4173-8dcc-917543b6f711"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3077?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "300fdff9a01152309a820d799fb86e940e8eb8e02da631024d7a33c47694eb68"
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 726 (2025) — Generally revise bail bonds laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0726.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303114)
2. **HB0726.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300962)
3. **HB0726_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287466)
4. **HB0726_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293920)
5. **HB0726_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294058)
6. **HB0726_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302868)
7. **HB0726_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303384)
8. **HB0726_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303385)
9. **HB0726_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303386)
10. **HB0726_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303387)
11. **HB0726_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287117)
12. **HB0726_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303390)
13. **HB0726_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303391)
14. **HB0726_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303519)
15. **HB0726_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303520)
16. **HB0726_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303621)
17. **HB0726_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306061)
18. **HB0726_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309667)
19. **HB0726_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309669)
20. **HB0726_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303389)
21. **HB0726_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309671)
22. **HB0726_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322202)
23. **HB0726_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322203)
24. **HB0726_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324839)
25. **HB0726_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326781)
26. **HB0726_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309672)
27. **HB0726_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309881)
28. **HB0726_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309889)
29. **HB0726_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309890)
30. **HB0726_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311034)
31. **HB0726_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316940)
32. **HB0726_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320515)
33. **HB0726_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322201)
34. **HB0726_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309670)
35. **LC3077.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286307)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **56–43** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **62–37** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **41–58** (fail) · lower
- do_pass — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **79–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nelly Nicol — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T15:41:31+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-20T15:30:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T21:54:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T04:46:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T17:10:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T19:57:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T22:15:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T23:42:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T14:38:08+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T14:51:53+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T18:09:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T20:14:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-01T20:05:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T20:14:57+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-01T21:26:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-01T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-01T22:45:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T01:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:04:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:25:36+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:38:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T15:07:30+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-02T16:03:39+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-02T19:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T16:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T21:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07T23:51:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concur Motion Failed `failure, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:20:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:30:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-14T19:27:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:30:28+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:15:22+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`
- **2025-05-08T19:52:14+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/1ecebec3-9a51-4173-8dcc-917543b6f711`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).