republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/hb-641.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal Lewis and Clark bicentennial plate program"
description: "Repeal Lewis and Clark bicentennial plate program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 641"
citation: "Montana HB 641 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-04T19:17:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T17:54:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e82216bf-1515-4db9-96b2-5574133c9806"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0460?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "01ca7e1e8d3c48e4e1c4c8b898c60a7fd0f3bf89edf7855e9794c45c348c1dd9"
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 641 (2025) — Repeal Lewis and Clark bicentennial plate program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0641_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286081)
2. **HB0641_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286442)
3. **HB0641_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299118)
4. **HB0641_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301840)
5. **HB0641_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315149)
6. **HB0641_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315150)
7. **HB0641_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285731)
8. **HB0641_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315153)
9. **HB0641_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325123)
10. **HB0641_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325124)
11. **HB0641_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325125)
12. **HB0641_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325460)
13. **HB0641_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325827)
14. **HB0641_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327346)
15. **HB0641_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317243)
16. **HB0641_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317874)
17. **HB0641_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317883)
18. **HB0641_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317884)
19. **HB0641_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317910)
20. **HB0641_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317911)
21. **HB0641_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320898)
22. **HB0641_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324362)
23. **HB0641_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315151)
24. **LC0460.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281888)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-04T19:17:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-04T19:17:52+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-10T20:02:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-10T23:52:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-13T15:57:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-16T19:36:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T21:54:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T18:55:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-21T17:11:16+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T22:25:35+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-21T22:47:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-22T15:23:49+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T16:10:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T13:40:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T15:24:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-01T15:24:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-06T16:46:41+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-03-17T22:08:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-18T19:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-25T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T20:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T21:10:37+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-27T14:08:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-30T16:37:55+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-03-31T21:40:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-01T19:25:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T18:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:27:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-25T19:17:21+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T17:54:46+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/e82216bf-1515-4db9-96b2-5574133c9806`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).