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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Provide subpoena powers to the office of inspector general"
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description: "Provide subpoena powers to the office of inspector general"
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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 891"
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citation: "Montana HB 891 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations", "Health Care Services", "Law Enforcement", "State Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
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version_count: 20
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-12-11T14:12:56+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-19T22:36:38+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2169fad-7003-43ca-b4ad-25dbf01f99a3"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2722?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "055bcb70f39215b715ff207786cb93ba5eeccc0af9a3c20d06d6aac50e6c9714"
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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 891 (2025) — Provide subpoena powers to the office of inspector general
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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. **HB0891_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299676)
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2. **HB0891_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305313)
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3. **HB0891_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310193)
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4. **HB0891_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313994)
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5. **HB0891_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314163)
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6. **HB0891_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314165)
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7. **HB0891_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299332)
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8. **HB0891_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314169)
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9. **HB0891_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325307)
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10. **HB0891_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326678)
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11. **HB0891_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314172)
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12. **HB0891_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316247)
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13. **HB0891_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316248)
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14. **HB0891_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317361)
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15. **HB0891_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320826)
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16. **HB0891_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324319)
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17. **HB0891_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325305)
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18. **HB0891_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325306)
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19. **HB0891_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314167)
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20. **LC2722.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298385)
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## Votes
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- do_pass — **11–10** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **57–41** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **7–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-11T14:12:56+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-11T14:12:56+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
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- **2025-03-25T00:33:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-03-25T12:12:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-03-25T19:21:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-03-26T02:16:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-03-26T13:29:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-03-26T15:15:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-03-27T15:16:34+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-03-27T15:45:50+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-03-27T15:47:43+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-03-27T16:31:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-27T19:11:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-01T16:22:44+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
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- **2025-04-02T01:06:31+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-02T16:41:04+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-04-02T18:19:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-04-02T23:19:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-04-02T23:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-04T16:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-05T14:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-05T15:45:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-04-07T19:13:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-04-07T19:43:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-07T22:50:15+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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- **2025-04-15T00:30:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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- **2025-04-15T19:42:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
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- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-17T22:59:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-18T22:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T14:33:57+00:00** (S) Returned to House
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- **2025-04-22T19:39:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-24T14:36:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13T19:38:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-19T22:36:38+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/c2169fad-7003-43ca-b4ad-25dbf01f99a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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