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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise rural improvement district laws to include maintenance of existing public improvements"
description: "Revise rural improvement district laws to include maintenance of existing public improvements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Montana HB 159 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Local Finance", "Local Government", "Property", "Taxation", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alanah Griffith"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-08T21:48:40+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T22:49:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdfc2c4f-0a3f-4dc6-a4ab-3ff5afa2792f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2532?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "4c34cf0cad99a4d762c61261e15e0206e6f3f9fd2b18fa49fba506f1178eda03"
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 159 (2025) — Revise rural improvement district laws to include maintenance of existing public improvements
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0159_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270714)
2. **HB0159_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274984)
3. **HB0159_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275652)
4. **HB0159_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276683)
5. **HB0159_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294667)
6. **HB0159_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296371)
7. **HB0159_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270455)
8. **HB0159_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296370)
9. **HB0159_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296373)
10. **HB0159_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320366)
11. **HB0159_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324211)
12. **HB0159_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326624)
13. **HB0159_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327718)
14. **HB0159_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296374)
15. **HB0159_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296437)
16. **HB0159_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296438)
17. **HB0159_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308361)
18. **HB0159_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308362)
19. **HB0159_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308363)
20. **HB0159_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310850)
21. **HB0159_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316788)
22. **HB0159_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296372)
23. **LC2532.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269699)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alanah Griffith — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-08T21:48:40+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-31T16:59:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-31T18:15:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-31T22:13:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-02T19:39:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-04T21:10:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-09T17:55:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-09T21:28:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-10T19:08:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10T20:47:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15T00:27:54+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-01-21T23:25:05+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T20:14:59+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24T21:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T22:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T22:26:21+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-28T20:56:35+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11T16:33:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T16:39:03+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-03-17T22:05:58+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2025-03-18T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T20:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:58:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-20T20:58:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T13:57:40+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T19:58:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T22:49:23+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/bdfc2c4f-0a3f-4dc6-a4ab-3ff5afa2792f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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