HB 890 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise criminal procedure law

HB 890 aimed to enhance the data available in the Criminal Justice Data Warehouse by requiring specific state agencies to contribute criminal history information. The bill mandated the Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, and the Judicial Branch to collaborate by October 1, 2025, to determine the most efficient way to provide criminal history data for district court convictions to the warehouse. If no consensus was reached, the Department of Corrections would be responsible for providing this information, ensuring convicted offenders' names are linked to their criminal histories. The bill also included a $2,000 appropriation for each of these three agencies to facilitate their collaboration.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC3453.pdf HB0890_1.pdf · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was renumbered from LC 3453 to HB 890.1, indicating a formal change in its legislative identifier and status. The document title was updated to reflect it as an 'Authorized Print Version,' suggesting this is the official published text of the bill. No substantive policy changes, such as new requirements, funding adjustments, or eligibility criteria, were identified in the provided text.
TECHNICAL

The original bill number LC 3453 was removed from the header and page footers.

The new bill number HB 890.1 was added to the header and page footers.

The phrase 'Authorized Print Version' was added to the page footers to indicate the official status of the document.

The sponsor's name, B. Mercer, was added to the bill introduction section.

Floor votes · House Apr 8, 2025

How they voted

5938
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 100
Apr 8, 2025
D Democratic42
2 Yea 38 Nay 2
90% Nay
R Republican58
57 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
31
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 16, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 8, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (59-38-3)
house
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Bill Mercer
Bill Mercer
RRepublican
MT
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