---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise salaries for certain elected officials"
description: "Generally revise salaries for certain elected officials"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 611"
citation: "Montana HB 611 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott DeMarois"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-06T13:04:06+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T19:34:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddc2975d-8a07-4d54-b6c5-e335c9149d93"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4260?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2a87724247a35ba91b86b9d23b0ee6c124205dc6b045e892921efc493dfc7200"
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 611 (2025) — Generally revise salaries for certain elected officials

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0611_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285067)
2. **HB0611_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293854)
3. **HB0611_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294035)
4. **HB0611_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308995)
5. **HB0611_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311812)
6. **HB0611_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311813)
7. **HB0611_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284775)
8. **HB0611_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311815)
9. **HB0611_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322184)
10. **HB0611_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324833)
11. **HB0611_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312728)
12. **HB0611_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312729)
13. **HB0611_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312778)
14. **HB0611_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312779)
15. **HB0611_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317105)
16. **HB0611_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320670)
17. **HB0611_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322182)
18. **HB0611_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322183)
19. **HB0611_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311814)
20. **LC4260.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281437)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott DeMarois — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06T13:04:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-07T20:55:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-10T15:18:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-12T17:54:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-13T18:12:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-13T20:01:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T13:55:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-18T19:17:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-20T15:15:50+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-20T15:29:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-20T18:50:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T19:51:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T15:16:33+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-26T16:51:33+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-02-26T18:27:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-27T19:52:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T20:42:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-27T21:05:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-27T22:15:40+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T18:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-14T23:36:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-25T14:31:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-11T23:56:55+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-12T15:25:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T17:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T21:17:19+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T19:18:50+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T22:30:17+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T18:15:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T19:34:16+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/ddc2975d-8a07-4d54-b6c5-e335c9149d93`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).