---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise legislative oversight of administrative rules and encourage public comment"
description: "Revise legislative oversight of administrative rules and encourage public comment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 126"
citation: "Montana HB 126 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rules", "Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 34
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-11T22:53:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T19:27:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad029d0f-7476-4701-8042-eee2e82a4183"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1205?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "914e306f3873b2cc1faf009f0ed86b32c8b01f97468761a25dfac116a084d0dc"
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 126 (2025) — Revise legislative oversight of administrative rules and encourage public comment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0126.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272163)
2. **HB0126.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272156)
3. **HB0126_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270130)
4. **HB0126_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273883)
5. **HB0126_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273884)
6. **HB0126_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273885)
7. **HB0126_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273886)
8. **HB0126_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275481)
9. **HB0126_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276528)
10. **HB0126_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269957)
11. **HB0126_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273888)
12. **HB0126_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303916)
13. **HB0126_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307749)
14. **HB0126_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307754)
15. **HB0126_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273889)
16. **HB0126_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273890)
17. **HB0126_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273905)
18. **HB0126_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273906)
19. **HB0126_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273918)
20. **HB0126_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275483)
21. **HB0126_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276530)
22. **HB0126_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277144)
23. **HB0126_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273887)
24. **HB0126_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316810)
25. **HB0126_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320386)
26. **HB0126_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321429)
27. **HB0126_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321430)
28. **HB0126_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321431)
29. **HB0126_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324605)
30. **HB0126_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326060)
31. **HB0126_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327004)
32. **HB0126_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327005)
33. **HB0126_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310870)
34. **LC1205.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269358)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T22:53:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-16T16:55:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-16T20:06:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-20T01:14:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-20T21:22:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-23T16:06:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-24T15:45:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-07T17:45:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-07T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-08T14:24:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-08T19:04:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T20:11:04+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14T15:15:21+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-01-15T16:02:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-15T21:11:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-16T21:19:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-23T18:47:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23T20:27:10+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T21:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T22:19:09+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-30T21:48:09+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T17:17:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-03-31T18:12:03+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-04-03T18:45:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-04-03T22:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T19:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-09T19:24:08+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-10T23:18:08+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T19:27:39+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/ad029d0f-7476-4701-8042-eee2e82a4183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).