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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 to reduce property taxes while preserving the current 95 school equalization mills"
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description: "Revise laws to reduce property taxes while preserving the current 95 school equalization mills"
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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 483"
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citation: "Montana HB 483 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Education - K-12", "Education - School Finance", "Revenue", "State", "State Finance", "Taxation--Property"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
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version_count: 46
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2024-12-13T20:55:36+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-16T20:42:34+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f02e5b2-221e-443f-8e96-65660e454ab7"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3189?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "91c3dd36f2e66493c2b69b5014d2f5f2ce4510191c07de60c267833e2de385da"
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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 483 (2025) — Revise laws to reduce property taxes while preserving the current 95 school equalization mills
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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. **HB0483.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301052)
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2. **HB0483.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301051)
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3. **HB0483_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282068)
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4. **HB0483_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301698)
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5. **HB0483_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301700)
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6. **HB0483_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301701)
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7. **HB0483_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301702)
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8. **HB0483_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281739)
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9. **HB0483_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301707)
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10. **HB0483_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305335)
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11. **HB0483_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311846)
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12. **HB0483_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315075)
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13. **HB0483_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315076)
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14. **HB0483_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315078)
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15. **HB0483_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301717)
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16. **HB0483_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301718)
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17. **HB0483_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301807)
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18. **HB0483_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301809)
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19. **HB0483_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301810)
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20. **HB0483_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301811)
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21. **HB0483_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301812)
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22. **HB0483_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301813)
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23. **HB0483_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301703)
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24. **HB0483_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315085)
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25. **HB0483_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323198)
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26. **HB0483_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323199)
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27. **HB0483_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323200)
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28. **HB0483_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323316)
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29. **HB0483_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323318)
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30. **HB0483_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325084)
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31. **HB0483_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325415)
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32. **HB0483_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325416)
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33. **HB0483_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326772)
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34. **HB0483_X(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326999)
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35. **HB0483_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317237)
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36. **HB0483_X(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327000)
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37. **HB0483_X(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327867)
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38. **HB0483_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317759)
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39. **HB0483_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317781)
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40. **HB0483_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317784)
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41. **HB0483_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317785)
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42. **HB0483_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317805)
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43. **HB0483_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317807)
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44. **HB0483_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320894)
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45. **HB0483_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315079)
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46. **LC3189.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280350)
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## Votes
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- be_concurred_in — **6–2** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass_as_amended — **22–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **90–10** (pass) · lower
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- do_pass — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **87–11** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-13T20:55:36+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-13T20:55:36+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
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- **2025-02-05T00:35:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
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- **2025-02-05T19:55:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-06T13:03:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-08T00:44:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-10T15:12:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-10T19:02:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-11T16:40:15+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-11T19:56:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-12T22:57:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-02-12T22:58:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-02-13T18:03:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13T19:41:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-14T17:34:49+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Taxation
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- **2025-02-27T16:42:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-02-27T19:09:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-02-27T23:26:18+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-02-28T16:58:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-28T20:44:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Taxation `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-01T22:24:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-01T22:54:13+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
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- **2025-03-31T16:17:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-31T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01T01:29:56+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2025-04-03T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-04T00:16:00+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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- **2025-04-05T14:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-05T15:46:19+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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- **2025-04-07T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-09T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
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- **2025-04-09T23:19:30+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2025-04-11T14:20:52+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2025-04-13T00:58:40+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
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- **2025-04-16T15:54:02+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
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- **2025-04-16T20:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
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- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-18T17:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T20:22:51+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-25T16:09:29+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-13T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-16T20:42:34+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/8f02e5b2-221e-443f-8e96-65660e454ab7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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