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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 related to missing and murdered indigenous persons"
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description: "Revise laws related to missing and murdered indigenous persons"
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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 545"
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citation: "Montana HB 545 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Crimes", "Indians"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Tyson Running Wolf"]
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version_count: 29
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-12-08T01:57:23+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-16T20:44:26+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6affa51c-ce19-41c0-8fc8-48f982a7c28a"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2331?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "481e7145cef4467d44ba9b52d6ec2a15ec0dfe7ff5effdc2365d321920b7354e"
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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 545 (2025) — Revise laws related to missing and murdered indigenous persons
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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. **HB0545.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305632)
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2. **HB0545.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306851)
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3. **HB0545_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284399)
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4. **HB0545_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292277)
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5. **HB0545_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307748)
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6. **HB0545_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307980)
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7. **HB0545_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307981)
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8. **HB0545_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307982)
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9. **HB0545_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307983)
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10. **HB0545_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283691)
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11. **HB0545_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308011)
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12. **HB0545_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309368)
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13. **HB0545_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314542)
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14. **HB0545_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314545)
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15. **HB0545_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308004)
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16. **HB0545_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314550)
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17. **HB0545_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325045)
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18. **HB0545_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326559)
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19. **HB0545_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327689)
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20. **HB0545_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314551)
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21. **HB0545_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317190)
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22. **HB0545_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317672)
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23. **HB0545_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317673)
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24. **HB0545_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320888)
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25. **HB0545_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323201)
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26. **HB0545_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323202)
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27. **HB0545_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323203)
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28. **HB0545_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314546)
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29. **LC2331.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281343)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **17–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Tyson Running Wolf — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-08T01:57:23+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-02-04T19:13:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-04T21:42:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-12T16:09:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-12T18:46:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-12T21:05:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-13T13:27:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-17T18:51:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-18T20:03:10+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-02-19T19:33:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-19T19:52:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-20T18:38:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
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- **2025-02-25T18:52:47+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-25T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-04T01:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-04T20:16:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-04T21:24:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-03-05T15:29:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25T14:23:28+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-28T19:36:07+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-07T05:59:08+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-07T17:27:56+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-10T14:18:45+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-10T17:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-11T17:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-12T20:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-12T23:02:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
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- **2025-04-18T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-18T18:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T16:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T21:21:17+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-25T13:50:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-05-01T18:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-02T16:00:00+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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- **2025-05-13T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-16T20:44:26+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/6affa51c-ce19-41c0-8fc8-48f982a7c28a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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