---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to the block management program."
description: "Generally revise laws related to the block management program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 763"
citation: "Montana HB 763 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua Seckinger"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-15T14:56:55+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T19:10:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34f973f3-9e23-497c-83a3-4b60d84e0bd0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3872?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "cc900fa17cf5326827f9efa152e63c7a48a187affbd02e08a9464c4c46c32f44"
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 763 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to the block management program.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0763.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303641)
2. **HB0763.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303652)
3. **HB0763_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288434)
4. **HB0763_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293939)
5. **HB0763_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294024)
6. **HB0763_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306778)
7. **HB0763_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306852)
8. **HB0763_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306853)
9. **HB0763_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306854)
10. **HB0763_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306855)
11. **HB0763_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287399)
12. **HB0763_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306924)
13. **HB0763_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309376)
14. **HB0763_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313834)
15. **HB0763_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313835)
16. **HB0763_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306874)
17. **HB0763_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313837)
18. **HB0763_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322525)
19. **HB0763_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324903)
20. **HB0763_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313913)
21. **HB0763_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313914)
22. **HB0763_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315284)
23. **HB0763_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315285)
24. **HB0763_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317280)
25. **HB0763_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320790)
26. **HB0763_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322523)
27. **HB0763_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322524)
28. **HB0763_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313836)
29. **LC3872.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286145)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joshua Seckinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-15T14:56:55+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-19T17:52:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T16:09:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T20:07:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-23T03:32:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-23T15:20:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-23T19:48:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T22:18:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T19:55:21+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T20:24:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-26T17:22:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T01:15:37+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-02-28T01:41:21+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T13:42:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-03T16:06:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-03T17:59:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T01:36:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T23:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:41:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:43:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T16:51:03+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-08T21:02:23+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-09T00:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T20:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T20:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T23:02:43+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T20:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T17:07:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:16:37+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T20:30:29+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`
- **2025-05-13T19:10:17+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/34f973f3-9e23-497c-83a3-4b60d84e0bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).