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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: "Exempt Commerce grants and loans from MEPA"
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description: "Exempt Commerce grants and loans from MEPA"
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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 346"
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citation: "Montana HB 346 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Rule Making", "State Government"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Paul Tuss"]
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version_count: 18
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-09-09T21:01:16+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-08T16:54:55+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ffd2ce-a673-45e0-a9ec-7e0ca0ba89cc"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0220?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "4469035270cfbac7219c5174dbc508cbc2e305b184efa722887b18063a9127fc"
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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 346 (2025) — Exempt Commerce grants and loans from MEPA
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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. **HB0346_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277390)
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2. **HB0346_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282480)
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3. **HB0346_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307654)
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4. **HB0346_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310003)
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5. **HB0346_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310005)
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6. **HB0346_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277124)
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7. **HB0346_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311571)
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8. **HB0346_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325668)
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9. **HB0346_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311572)
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10. **HB0346_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317042)
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11. **HB0346_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320609)
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12. **HB0346_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322104)
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13. **HB0346_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322105)
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14. **HB0346_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322106)
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15. **HB0346_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322107)
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16. **HB0346_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324807)
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17. **HB0346_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311048)
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18. **LC0220.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274171)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **44–3** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Paul Tuss — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-09T21:01:16+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-01-18T21:28:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-01-20T00:12:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-01-24T17:39:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-01-24T20:19:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-24T23:26:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-25T21:28:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-28T15:51:37+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-29T21:57:36+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-29T22:06:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-01-30T17:17:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30T19:59:51+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-01T01:02:53+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
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- **2025-02-03T15:45:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-02-03T19:45:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-02-03T23:27:09+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-04T20:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12T21:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13T21:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14T18:45:49+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-14T22:12:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21T16:59:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01T00:47:06+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
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- **2025-04-09T23:36:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
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- **2025-04-10T17:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
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- **2025-04-11T22:23:44+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-12T15:46:00+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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- **2025-04-14T17:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-14T17:40:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-16T14:25:55+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-08T16:54:55+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/20ffd2ce-a673-45e0-a9ec-7e0ca0ba89cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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