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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise nepotism laws relating to small communities"
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description: "Revise nepotism laws relating to small communities"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HB 295"
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citation: "Montana HB 295 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "Public Officers and Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["James Bergstrom"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-09T19:53:36+00:00"
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last_action: "2023-04-19T22:08:19+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/937573da-3918-439e-8892-3ee85b62f33b"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4430"
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source_hash: "02075e5080895e4e890b91f70e5844f98fc5c9602711f52733e61ef262bf35a7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana HB 295 (2023) — Revise nepotism laws relating to small communities
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB0295_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6445)
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2. **HB0295_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6444)
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## Votes
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- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- James Bergstrom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-04-19T22:08:19+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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- **2023-04-19T17:53:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-05T16:17:09+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-05T16:16:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2023-03-29T22:26:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2023-03-29T20:35:57+00:00** (S) Returned to House
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- **2023-03-28T21:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-03-27T20:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
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- **2023-03-22T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
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- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
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- **2023-03-13T18:15:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-22T20:34:50+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-22T11:18:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2023-02-21T21:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-17T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-15T20:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-14T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-02T22:00:14+00:00** (H) Hearing
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- **2023-01-23T17:29:35+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
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- **2023-01-20T20:11:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2023-01-20T18:23:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-20T16:42:03+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2023-01-18T21:53:12+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2023-01-12T17:44:21+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2023-01-12T15:09:23+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
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- **2023-01-12T15:09:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2023-01-12T12:57:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
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- **2023-01-11T23:45:32+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
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- **2023-01-11T18:57:21+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
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- **2023-01-11T18:57:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2023-01-11T17:54:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2023-01-11T16:16:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
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- **2023-01-10T18:16:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
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- **2023-01-10T17:35:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2023-01-09T20:50:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
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- **2023-01-09T19:53:36+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/937573da-3918-439e-8892-3ee85b62f33b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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