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MontanaHB 11769th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)House

Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities

Sponsored By: Amy Regier (Republican)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

Funding for software, staff, and court data

The state provides $480,000 from the general fund for warehouse software in the budget period starting July 1, 2025; any unspent money stays with warehouse work. It provides $504,243 for one project manager and one data/business analyst in the same period, intended as ongoing base funding. It also provides a one-time $500,000 grant to the judiciary to help contribute data, and any unspent grant money must be returned before the biennium ends.

New goals for justice data warehouse

The law sets new goals for Montana’s criminal justice data warehouse. In 2025–2026, the Board builds a unique ID to link records and chooses needed data fields with the Oversight Council. The warehouse analyzes full court and sentence histories, time between events, prison programming received, the drug type in drug cases, and pretrial release status. The Board buys tools to match and catalog records, recruits local partners, and tracks vendors and data processes. It also seeks federal funds and ways to share any state savings with local governments.

Regular updates through September 15, 2026

The Board reports at each regular meeting from the law’s effective date through September 15, 2026. By September 15, 2026, it must deliver a full report to the Oversight Council, the Law and Justice Interim Committee, the Legislative Finance Committee, and the Governor’s budget office. The report covers work done, next steps with costs and tech needs, finished data integrations, and policy and funding priorities for 2027.

Data sharing rules and privacy safeguards

State agencies and the court administrator must give data to the warehouse when the Board asks. Local governments, tribes, federal agencies, and private groups may share data. Contributors keep ownership of their data. The Board signs MOUs with contributors and with the Department of Administration to set formats, schedules, and confidentiality, and it must follow state and federal privacy laws. The Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Legislative Services Division Director get direct access consistent with federal rules, and the Board works with the Oversight Council and seeks federal grants for contributors.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Amy Regier

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 669 • No: 77

Senate vote • 4/30/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 45 • No: 5

House vote • 4/30/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 100 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/29/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 47 • No: 2

House vote • 4/29/2025

Do Adopt

Yes: 100 • No: 0

House vote • 4/18/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 37 • No: 62

Senate vote • 4/16/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 50 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/15/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 50 • No: 0

Senate 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: 96 • 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

    4/30/2025Senate

  9. 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report

    4/30/2025House

  10. 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report

    4/29/2025House

  11. 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report

    4/29/2025Senate

  12. Hearing

    4/25/2025House

  13. Free Conference Committee Appointed

    4/24/2025Senate

  14. Free Conference Committee Appointed

    4/22/2025House

  15. 2nd Reading Senate Amendments

    4/18/2025House

  16. Returned to House with Amendments

    4/16/2025Senate

  17. 3rd Reading

    4/16/2025Senate

  18. 2nd Reading

    4/15/2025Senate

  19. Committee Report

    4/14/2025Senate

  20. Committee Executive Action

    4/14/2025Senate

  21. Fiscal Note Printed

    4/4/2025House

  22. Fiscal Note Signed

    4/4/2025House

  23. Fiscal Note Received

    4/4/2025House

  24. Hearing

    4/2/2025Senate

  25. Rereferred to Committee

    4/1/2025Senate

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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