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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase DNRC fire assessment fees"
description: "Increase DNRC fire assessment fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 421"
citation: "Montana HB 421 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fires and Fire Protection", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-11T13:56:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T20:35:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591f42f9-4b13-4325-adf0-4968d4a68bc3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2695?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "03fe0cc7582d349264803d92d67757d82cadc5eb12c4a043a09cee7459761979"
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 421 (2025) — Increase DNRC fire assessment fees
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0421_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280074)
2. **HB0421_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286866)
3. **HB0421_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305115)
4. **HB0421_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317750)
5. **HB0421_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317751)
6. **HB0421_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318487)
7. **HB0421_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279829)
8. **HB0421_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317753)
9. **HB0421_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323190)
10. **HB0421_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323191)
11. **HB0421_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325043)
12. **HB0421_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326674)
13. **HB0421_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327732)
14. **HB0421_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318492)
15. **HB0421_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318504)
16. **HB0421_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318580)
17. **HB0421_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318581)
18. **HB0421_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318606)
19. **HB0421_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318607)
20. **HB0421_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320971)
21. **HB0421_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323189)
22. **HB0421_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317752)
23. **LC2695.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279056)
## Votes
- Take HB 421 from Comm-Curdy — **2524** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **927** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **973** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3713** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **212** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3711** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **131** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **92** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Steve Gist — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-11T13:56:11+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-11T13:56:12+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-08T18:29:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-08T18:46:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-04T19:14:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-04T21:24:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-05T16:04:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-05T19:42:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-05T21:26:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-06T14:25:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-06T22:39:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-06T22:46:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-06T22:52:49+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-07T18:05:38+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T20:05:13+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12T14:39:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-13T21:21:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-13T23:15:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-14T21:43:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17T20:31:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T21:29:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T22:42:13+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-02-22T01:23:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-22T16:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:07:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-24T22:29:12+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-03T18:23:42+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20T18:03:19+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-21T16:45:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-04T22:56:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-07T19:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T17:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T22:34:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23T21:33:00+00:00** (S) Motion Carried
- **2025-04-24T22:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T22:27:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T12:46:47+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T17:20:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T20:35:40+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/591f42f9-4b13-4325-adf0-4968d4a68bc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).