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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions"
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description: "Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions"
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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 711"
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citation: "Montana HB 711 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections", "Legislature", "State Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Ler"]
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version_count: 23
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-12-17T17:24:33+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-13T17:47:47+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d36a15a-67c3-4efa-9777-0cd6f5718351"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2658?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "6c14c82470fd98e3d7485c331517f37af2f21cc1cc3cf77f94ff492799c2a852"
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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 711 (2025) — Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions
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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. **HB0711 Legal Review Note.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289054)
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2. **HB0711_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287609)
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3. **HB0711_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287634)
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4. **HB0711_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293907)
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5. **HB0711_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294077)
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6. **HB0711_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304780)
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7. **HB0711_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310114)
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8. **HB0711_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310118)
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9. **HB0711_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286817)
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10. **HB0711_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310122)
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11. **HB0711_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322465)
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12. **HB0711_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324883)
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13. **HB0711_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326661)
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14. **HB0711_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310123)
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15. **HB0711_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310234)
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16. **HB0711_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310235)
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17. **HB0711_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311068)
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18. **HB0711_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316962)
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19. **HB0711_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320535)
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20. **HB0711_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322463)
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21. **HB0711_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322464)
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22. **HB0711_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310119)
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23. **LC2658.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286054)
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## Votes
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- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **29–19** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Brandon Ler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-17T17:24:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-02-19T14:37:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-19T16:40:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-22T17:05:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-22T18:40:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-22T19:26:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-24T13:59:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-24T16:43:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-24T22:16:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-02-25T18:12:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-25T22:58:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-01T20:26:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-01T22:45:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07T17:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-03-15T00:13:51+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17T15:17:37+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-28T19:35:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-04T17:31:06+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-12T19:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14T18:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14T18:04:47+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-15T11:57:11+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-29T15:15:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-01T21:20:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-05-01T21:47:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13T17:47:47+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/5d36a15a-67c3-4efa-9777-0cd6f5718351`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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