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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise reporting requirements related to public contracts"
description: "Revise reporting requirements related to public contracts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 627"
citation: "Montana HB 627 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts", "Public Contracts", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 38
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T17:26:29+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T20:53:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0f6a989-6898-408c-a11b-30b69d6c752f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3444?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "32df8f804796bbce8c138c15def164d061631e3dbfe8f155c2d70f71b59a4a70"
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 627 (2025) — Revise reporting requirements related to public contracts
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0627.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288577)
2. **HB0627.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288579)
3. **HB0627.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289542)
4. **HB0627.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289543)
5. **HB0627_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285601)
6. **HB0627_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289035)
7. **HB0627_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290604)
8. **HB0627_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290605)
9. **HB0627_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290606)
10. **HB0627_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290607)
11. **HB0627_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285369)
12. **HB0627_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290609)
13. **HB0627_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294051)
14. **HB0627_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312224)
15. **HB0627_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317762)
16. **HB0627_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317763)
17. **HB0627_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317764)
18. **HB0627_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290611)
19. **HB0627_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290612)
20. **HB0627_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290835)
21. **HB0627_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290847)
22. **HB0627_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290866)
23. **HB0627_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290867)
24. **HB0627_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290896)
25. **HB0627_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293862)
26. **HB0627_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290608)
27. **HB0627_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317766)
28. **HB0627_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326998)
29. **HB0627_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318475)
30. **HB0627_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318476)
31. **HB0627_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320961)
32. **HB0627_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323204)
33. **HB0627_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323205)
34. **HB0627_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323206)
35. **HB0627_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325046)
36. **HB0627_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326893)
37. **HB0627_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317765)
38. **LC3444.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284560)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **490** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **190** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-14T17:26:29+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-16T19:11:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-16T21:46:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-19T19:24:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-20T18:34:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-20T18:55:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-20T23:11:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-21T15:05:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T15:07:33+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-21T15:08:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-21T18:35:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T19:54:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-22T18:23:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-02-24T23:05:24+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-02-25T21:18:31+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-02-28T14:18:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T14:18:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-28T18:05:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-28T18:07:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T21:12:20+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T16:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:16:00+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`
- **2025-03-14T23:39:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T22:17:43+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-03T01:39:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-16T23:20:40+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-17T21:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2025-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T16:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T22:22:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24T22:23:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T21:09:40+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`
- **2025-05-13T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T20:53:18+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/a0f6a989-6898-408c-a11b-30b69d6c752f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).