---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Montana code annotated publishing laws related to code commissioner duties"
description: "Revise Montana code annotated publishing laws related to code commissioner duties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 115"
citation: "Montana HB 115 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-09T18:15:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:27:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc4b7f2-8f14-474a-8a28-3eaa53ed30a7"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0556?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "ae3f5d77def778dab153102d4bb74796ee5a506d0f1bdd2545269b19da4ac14b"
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 115 (2025) — Revise Montana code annotated publishing laws related to code commissioner duties

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0115_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269455)
2. **HB0115_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275136)
3. **HB0115_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276205)
4. **HB0115_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277645)
5. **HB0115_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287370)
6. **HB0115_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294785)
7. **HB0115_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269454)
8. **HB0115_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294784)
9. **HB0115_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294787)
10. **HB0115_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310725)
11. **HB0115_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316663)
12. **HB0115_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320248)
13. **HB0115_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324116)
14. **HB0115_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325872)
15. **HB0115_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327369)
16. **HB0115_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294788)
17. **HB0115_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294913)
18. **HB0115_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294914)
19. **HB0115_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294928)
20. **HB0115_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295371)
21. **HB0115_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305161)
22. **HB0115_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305162)
23. **HB0115_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305163)
24. **HB0115_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294786)
25. **LC0556.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265869)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **76–24** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **4–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-09T18:15:47+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-17T20:21:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-17T20:24:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-20T20:05:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-21T14:25:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-21T14:41:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-21T20:55:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-26T21:28:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-26T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-26T21:31:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2024-12-30T20:19:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:39:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T02:07:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-01-07T15:45:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-08T16:05:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-01-08T19:22:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-16T18:25:20+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16T20:20:56+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-21T20:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-22T22:41:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-23T20:39:45+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T17:09:33+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T20:17:09+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-25T19:15:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-26T20:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-03-15T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-15T15:59:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:12:12+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-18T18:13:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T23:00:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24T23:00:15+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-25T15:11:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T20:29:17+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:27:44+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/0fc4b7f2-8f14-474a-8a28-3eaa53ed30a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).