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type: "Bill"
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title: "Authorize county commissioners to initiate mandamus proceedings"
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description: "Authorize county commissioners to initiate mandamus proceedings"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 68"
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citation: "Montana HB 68 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "City Officers", "Courts"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
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version_count: 25
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-09-04T18:23:41+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-07T21:00:55+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4252ae4e-8f3d-4307-ab28-c62a5238ed84"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0113?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "1748d4dc333066048b0b4adaf0b0bd6c66385015f670a5704b199279fad3b9d3"
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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 68 (2025) — Authorize county commissioners to initiate mandamus proceedings
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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. **HB0068_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267761)
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2. **HB0068_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271987)
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3. **HB0068_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275276)
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4. **HB0068_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276331)
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5. **HB0068_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294665)
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6. **HB0068_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296352)
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7. **HB0068_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267760)
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8. **HB0068_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296351)
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9. **HB0068_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296354)
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10. **HB0068_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310843)
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11. **HB0068_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316781)
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12. **HB0068_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320359)
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13. **HB0068_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324206)
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14. **HB0068_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325612)
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15. **HB0068_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327250)
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16. **HB0068_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296355)
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17. **HB0068_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296424)
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18. **HB0068_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296425)
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19. **HB0068_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296427)
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20. **HB0068_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296428)
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21. **HB0068_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308225)
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22. **HB0068_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308226)
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23. **HB0068_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308227)
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24. **HB0068_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296353)
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25. **LC0113.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265642)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- do_pass — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Steve Gist — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-04T18:23:41+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-10-01T20:17:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2024-10-23T13:02:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2024-10-30T16:47:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2024-11-11T17:22:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2024-11-17T16:41:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2024-11-18T21:05:17+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2024-12-12T16:02:16+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2024-12-12T16:03:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2024-12-20T22:12:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-06T18:02:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-07T01:12:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
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- **2025-01-10T00:33:45+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-10T20:44:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-14T20:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-01-15T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-01-15T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-16T15:42:58+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-01-16T20:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-17T15:57:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-15T00:51:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
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- **2025-03-17T22:03:42+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
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- **2025-03-18T19:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
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- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-19T20:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20T20:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-20T20:57:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-03-21T13:46:39+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-03-28T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-07T19:56:53+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-07T21:00:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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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/4252ae4e-8f3d-4307-ab28-c62a5238ed84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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