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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: "Eliminate attorney requirements on quasi-judicial boards"
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description: "Eliminate attorney requirements on quasi-judicial boards"
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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 603"
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citation: "Montana HB 603 (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: ["Greg Overstreet"]
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version_count: 37
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-11-22T20:41:44+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-05T16:57:27+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c87eb30-fcf0-455e-bfc9-aa65a21298cf"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1885?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "b868a6b09b197ab770136ca27c0fc650db5aa9006fe761d88d193de843301b20"
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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 603 (2025) — Eliminate attorney requirements on quasi-judicial boards
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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. **HB0603.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288937)
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2. **HB0603.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300905)
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3. **HB0603.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299899)
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4. **HB0603_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285013)
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5. **HB0603_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288898)
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6. **HB0603_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289645)
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7. **HB0603_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289646)
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8. **HB0603_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289647)
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9. **HB0603_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289648)
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10. **HB0603_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284749)
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11. **HB0603_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289650)
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12. **HB0603_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311798)
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13. **HB0603_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289651)
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14. **HB0603_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289652)
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15. **HB0603_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289668)
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16. **HB0603_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289671)
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17. **HB0603_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289674)
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18. **HB0603_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293339)
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19. **HB0603_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300197)
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20. **HB0603_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311796)
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21. **HB0603_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289649)
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22. **HB0603_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311801)
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23. **HB0603_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321597)
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24. **HB0603_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321598)
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25. **HB0603_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321599)
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26. **HB0603_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324694)
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27. **HB0603_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326383)
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28. **HB0603_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311802)
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29. **HB0603_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312701)
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30. **HB0603_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312702)
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31. **HB0603_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312703)
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32. **HB0603_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312772)
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33. **HB0603_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312773)
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34. **HB0603_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317102)
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35. **HB0603_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320667)
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36. **HB0603_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311799)
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37. **LC1885.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283432)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass_as_amended — **12–8** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **68–31** (pass) · lower
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- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **66–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Greg Overstreet — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-11-22T20:41:44+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-11-22T20:41:44+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
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- **2025-02-14T18:50:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-14T22:29:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-18T01:05:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-18T15:00:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-18T20:19:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-18T22:57:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-19T21:48:09+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-20T14:59:45+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-02-20T18:52:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-20T19:51:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-24T21:12:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
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- **2025-02-27T19:28:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-27T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-04T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-05T02:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06T15:28:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-06T19:13:50+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-14T23:47:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18T15:17:17+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-28T17:28:54+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-03-28T21:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
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- **2025-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15T21:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15T21:14:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-17T19:02:08+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-23T23:00:32+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-24T21:45:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-05T16:57:27+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/3c87eb30-fcf0-455e-bfc9-aa65a21298cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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