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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise transfer of mining operator to successor"
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description: "Revise transfer of mining operator to successor"
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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 717"
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citation: "Montana HB 717 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Mining and Minerals", "Rule Making"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["John Fitzpatrick"]
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version_count: 23
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-12-13T14:34:06+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-13T21:50:22+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9947fef-b0e8-4d2a-b4c4-4bc012b185d1"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3000?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "76ecb8560f56a395e167f8063497ba4e10c346e41429c5482100a6724c935ad6"
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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 717 (2025) — Revise transfer of mining operator to successor
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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. **HB0717_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287574)
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2. **HB0717_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293913)
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3. **HB0717_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294068)
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4. **HB0717_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308999)
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5. **HB0717_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313005)
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6. **HB0717_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313006)
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7. **HB0717_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286923)
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8. **HB0717_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313008)
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9. **HB0717_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322480)
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10. **HB0717_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322481)
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11. **HB0717_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324889)
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12. **HB0717_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326725)
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13. **HB0717_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327750)
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14. **HB0717_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313009)
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15. **HB0717_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313631)
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16. **HB0717_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313632)
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17. **HB0717_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315181)
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18. **HB0717_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315182)
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19. **HB0717_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317251)
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20. **HB0717_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320768)
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21. **HB0717_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322479)
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22. **HB0717_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313007)
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23. **LC3000.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286159)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **95–3** (pass) · lower
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- do_pass — **12–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- John Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-13T14:34:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-01-10T21:46:51+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
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- **2025-02-05T15:14:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
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- **2025-02-19T21:16:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-20T18:09:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-22T22:06:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-23T16:40:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-23T17:28:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-24T14:28:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-24T22:03:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-24T22:40:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-02-25T18:11:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-27T20:43:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
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- **2025-03-03T23:04:25+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-04T01:36:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06T15:21:00+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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- **2025-03-07T17:12:00+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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- **2025-03-15T00:18:23+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-17T15:19:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20T18:01:25+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
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- **2025-04-12T00:03:31+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
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- **2025-04-12T15:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
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- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-16T20:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17T19:22:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-17T19:23:29+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-19T20:32:43+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13T21:50:22+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/d9947fef-b0e8-4d2a-b4c4-4bc012b185d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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