# Montana HB 111: Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act Montana HB 111, Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-04 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB111-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 111 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Adopt Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-26 - Last action: 2025-04-04, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Information Technology, Legislature - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (278 yes, 20 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Authentication makes online laws reliable: benefit, low. When an electronic record is named official, the publisher must authenticate it. Users get a way to check that a copy matches the official version. An authenticated record is presumed accurate. Authenticated records from other states with similar laws get the same presumption. Anyone who challenges… - Common standards and federal e-sign rules: benefit, low. Publishers must consider other states’ practices, current standards, user needs, and stakeholder views when they implement this law. They should, when practical, use methods that work with similar laws in other states. The law modifies and supersedes parts of the federal Electronic Signatures in Gl… - Permanent access and backup for laws: benefit, low. Publishers must preserve and secure official records. They may keep them in electronic or non-electronic form. If kept electronically, they must protect integrity, keep backups, have disaster recovery, and keep files usable over time. Preserved material must be reasonably available to the public on… - Which online Montana laws are official: benefit, low. Beginning October 1, 2025, the state can name some electronic legal texts as the official record. The law applies when material is first published electronically on or after that date and is designated as official. If a publisher releases the law only online, it must designate the online record as… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Mary Ann Dunwell (Democrat), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-17 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-03-15 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-01-22 | House | Do Pass | pass | 86 | 14 | | | 2025-01-21 | House | Do Pass | pass | 93 | 6 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-04-04: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-04-03: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-03-25: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-03-24: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-03-18: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-17: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-03-17: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-15: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-23: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-22: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-01-22: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-01-21: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-16: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-16: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-08: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-01-08: Fiscal Note Unsigned (House) - 2025-01-07: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-01-06: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (House) - 2024-12-30: Referred to Committee (House) - 2024-12-26: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2024-12-26: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ec75ea6b-033b-46b4-addb-3dfeaf9e8a8e) - Introduced, 2024-12-26: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=87af38a7-92f0-4037-ace5-3a9b0e1d2cfa) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ec75ea6b-033b-46b4-addb-3dfeaf9e8a8e) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=87af38a7-92f0-4037-ace5-3a9b0e1d2cfa) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB111-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).