---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise the membership of the POST Council"
description: "Generally revise the membership of the POST Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 793"
citation: "Montana HB 793 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Kmetz"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-15T16:48:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T19:26:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a92a4246-fdf2-4ccb-9cf3-b1e482aec501"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4024?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "929822703f10c27015c792328683ad3df6fe14c47fd1bc5cb97a76981966b182"
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 793 (2025) — Generally revise the membership of the POST Council

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0793.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302233)
2. **HB0793_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288532)
3. **HB0793_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293953)
4. **HB0793_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294004)
5. **HB0793_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305863)
6. **HB0793_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307598)
7. **HB0793_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307599)
8. **HB0793_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307600)
9. **HB0793_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307601)
10. **HB0793_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288094)
11. **HB0793_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307723)
12. **HB0793_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309378)
13. **HB0793_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309851)
14. **HB0793_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313814)
15. **HB0793_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313815)
16. **HB0793_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307687)
17. **HB0793_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313817)
18. **HB0793_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322542)
19. **HB0793_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322543)
20. **HB0793_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324909)
21. **HB0793_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313931)
22. **HB0793_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313932)
23. **HB0793_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316235)
24. **HB0793_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316236)
25. **HB0793_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316239)
26. **HB0793_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317314)
27. **HB0793_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320796)
28. **HB0793_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322541)
29. **HB0793_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313816)
30. **LC4024.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282543)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Kmetz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-15T16:48:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-12T20:48:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-12T21:41:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-14T17:43:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-15T21:59:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T15:58:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T19:33:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T23:59:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T14:34:28+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T17:16:12+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T21:54:09+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-03T13:40:28+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-04T18:43:48+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T22:14:59+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T00:59:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:57:44+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:08:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T14:27:21+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T16:47:01+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-01T00:48:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-02T23:30:50+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-03T21:31:16+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T18:54:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T22:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T23:02:46+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T21:01:00+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`
- **2025-04-18T17:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:24:45+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T21:40:27+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`
- **2025-05-13T19:26:57+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/a92a4246-fdf2-4ccb-9cf3-b1e482aec501`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).