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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: "Revise laws on state appointments and vacancies of executive boards and commissions"
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description: "Revise laws on state appointments and vacancies of executive boards and commissions"
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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 215"
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citation: "Montana HB 215 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Caleb Hinkle"]
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version_count: 22
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-11-19T14:59:53+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-07T23:08:24+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/baca2331-36f0-4eaa-b5da-ed47f5a859ee"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1642?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "01976d2b6339baf4e0cffa750df2dcfa0e17a0910e97a100d75d62d6cca46e08"
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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 215 (2025) — Revise laws on state appointments and vacancies of executive boards and commissions
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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. **HB0215_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272147)
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2. **HB0215_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275288)
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3. **HB0215_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276344)
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4. **HB0215_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279837)
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5. **HB0215_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298059)
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6. **HB0215_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271735)
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7. **HB0215_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298058)
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8. **HB0215_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298061)
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9. **HB0215_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320373)
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10. **HB0215_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324218)
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11. **HB0215_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326287)
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12. **HB0215_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327564)
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13. **HB0215_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298589)
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14. **HB0215_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298590)
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15. **HB0215_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298591)
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16. **HB0215_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308381)
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17. **HB0215_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308382)
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18. **HB0215_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308383)
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19. **HB0215_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310857)
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20. **HB0215_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316795)
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21. **HB0215_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298060)
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22. **LC1642.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270149)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **58–41** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **58–42** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Caleb Hinkle — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-19T14:59:53+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-01-07T20:12:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-01-07T22:53:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-01-08T18:25:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-01-10T16:13:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-11T14:33:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-14T16:03:54+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-14T17:31:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-15T18:42:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-16T18:38:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16T20:07:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-20T23:56:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
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- **2025-02-03T18:22:20+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03T19:23:49+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03T20:17:22+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-05T20:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06T21:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-06T23:01:49+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-07T20:20:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-19T00:43:12+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17T14:38:13+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-19T15:27:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-19T21:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-21T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-24T19:49:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-24T19:49:56+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-03-26T11:25:29+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+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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- **2025-04-07T20:00:44+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-07T23:08:24+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/baca2331-36f0-4eaa-b5da-ed47f5a859ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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