---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend PL280 termination date"
description: "Extend PL280 termination date"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 954"
citation: "Montana HB 954 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Federal Government", "Indians", "Law Enforcement", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-04-15T14:49:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T14:19:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a486920c-1bb5-466e-bc32-ce06782af3ae"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4495?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "5cc154b0e72196cfc0457546dc0763080c203c3e0146ef62c82533e3563ab39e"
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 954 (2025) — Extend PL280 termination date

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0954_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313316)
2. **HB0954_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315087)
3. **HB0954_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315322)
4. **HB0954_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317631)
5. **HB0954_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318914)
6. **HB0954_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318915)
7. **HB0954_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312846)
8. **HB0954_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318920)
9. **HB0954_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325354)
10. **HB0954_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325355)
11. **HB0954_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318921)
12. **HB0954_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319077)
13. **HB0954_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319078)
14. **HB0954_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319150)
15. **HB0954_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319151)
16. **HB0954_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321026)
17. **HB0954_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324451)
18. **HB0954_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325353)
19. **HB0954_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318916)
20. **LC4495.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310400)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-15T14:49:37+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-04-15T16:20:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-04-15T16:27:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-04-15T17:00:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-04-15T17:12:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-04-15T17:15:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-04-15T18:02:36+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-04-16T17:00:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-04-17T21:44:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-04-17T21:45:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-18T16:21:26+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-18T18:50:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-23T01:30:25+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23T19:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-23T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T22:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T22:50:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T22:54:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T22:54:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-04-24T19:15:24+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-24T20:44:26+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-24T23:35:50+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-25T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T18:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T18:20:45+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-30T04:44:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T16:15:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T14:19:29+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/a486920c-1bb5-466e-bc32-ce06782af3ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).