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MontanaHB 11769th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)House

Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities

Sponsored By: Amy Regier (Republican)

Became Law

Criminal ProcedureInformation TechnologyAppropriations

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Creates state criminal justice data hub

The law creates a criminal justice data warehouse run by the Board of Crime Control. It keeps criminal histories, sentence dates, custody or probation status, re-arrest timing, prison programs, drugs involved, and pretrial status. When the board asks, state agencies and the court administrator must send data. Local governments, tribes, federal agencies, and private groups may also contribute. Contributors keep ownership of their data, and each one signs an MOU that sets the data, schedule, and confidentiality. The board can set data formats and schedules and make report rules. The board signs an MOU with the Department of Administration for tech help. They must protect confidentiality and follow state and federal privacy laws. The legislative fiscal analyst and the Legislative Services director get direct access, following federal program rules.

Funds software, staff, and court grant

For the biennium starting July 1, 2025, the law funds warehouse start-up. $480,000 from the general fund buys needed software. $504,243 funds two full-time jobs—a project manager and a data or business analyst—and is intended as ongoing base. A one-time $500,000 grant goes to the judiciary to help it contribute data. Any unspent grant money must be returned before the biennium ends. Any unspent software funds must be used for warehouse work.

Sets 2025–2026 justice data priorities

For the 2025–2026 interim, the board must focus on key warehouse work. Tasks include a unique ID to link people across systems and software to match and catalog records. The board works with the Oversight Council to set research and data priorities and to expand data elements. It recruits local partners, lists vendors, documents data steps, and looks for other state, tribal, or federal data. The board seeks federal grants and, when it gets them, gives priority to data contributors. It also studies ways to share any state savings from better data with local governments. The board reports at each regular meeting through September 15, 2026, and files a full report by that date. That report lists completed projects, next steps with costs and tech needs, and 2027 policy and funding priorities.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Amy Regier

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 664 • No: 77

House vote • 4/30/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 45 • No: 5

House vote • 4/30/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 100 • No: 0

House vote • 4/29/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 46 • No: 2

House vote • 4/29/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 98 • No: 0

House vote • 4/18/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 36 • No: 62

House vote • 4/16/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 50 • No: 0

House vote • 4/15/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 50 • No: 0

House vote • 4/1/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 48 • No: 2

House vote • 1/31/2025

Do Pass

Yes: 96 • No: 3

House vote • 1/20/2025

Do Pass

Yes: 95 • No: 3

Actions Timeline

  1. Chapter Number Assigned

    5/19/2025House

  2. Signed by Governor

    5/13/2025House

  3. Transmitted to Governor

    5/7/2025House

  4. Signed by President

    5/6/2025Senate

  5. Signed by Speaker

    5/5/2025House

  6. Returned from Enrolling

    5/2/2025House

  7. Sent to Enrolling

    4/30/2025House

  8. 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted

    4/30/2025Senate

  9. 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted

    4/30/2025House

  10. 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted

    4/29/2025House

  11. 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted

    4/29/2025Senate

  12. Free Conference Committee Report Received

    4/28/2025House

  13. Hearing

    4/25/2025House

  14. Free Conference Committee Appointed

    4/24/2025Senate

  15. Free Conference Committee Appointed

    4/22/2025House

  16. 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred

    4/18/2025House

  17. Returned to House with Amendments

    4/16/2025Senate

  18. 3rd Reading Concurred

    4/16/2025Senate

  19. 2nd Reading Concurred

    4/15/2025Senate

  20. Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended

    4/14/2025Senate

  21. Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended

    4/14/2025Senate

  22. Fiscal Note Printed

    4/4/2025House

  23. Fiscal Note Signed

    4/4/2025House

  24. Fiscal Note Received

    4/4/2025House

  25. Hearing

    4/2/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Enrolled

    5/1/2025

    PDF

  • As Amended (Version 4)

    4/30/2025

    PDF

  • As Amended (Version 3)

    4/14/2025

    PDF

  • As Amended (Version 2)

    3/28/2025

    PDF

  • Introduced

    12/27/2024

    PDF

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