# Montana HB 117: Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities Montana HB 117, Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Amy Regier (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB117-2025 - 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 117 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Establish criminal justice data warehouse priorities - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2024-12-27 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Amy Regier (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Criminal Procedure, Information Technology, Appropriations - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (669 yes, 77 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Funding for software, staff, and court data: benefit, low. 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… - New goals for justice data warehouse: benefit, low. 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… - Regular updates through September 15, 2026: benefit, low. 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 c… - Data sharing rules and privacy safeguards: mixed, low. 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… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Amy Regier (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-30 | Senate | Do Adopt | pass | 45 | 5 | | | 2025-04-30 | House | Do Adopt | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-29 | Senate | Do Adopt | pass | 47 | 2 | | | 2025-04-29 | House | Do Adopt | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-18 | House | Do Concur | fail | 37 | 62 | | | 2025-04-16 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 | | | 2025-04-01 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 2 | | | 2025-01-31 | House | Do Pass | pass | 96 | 3 | | | 2025-01-20 | House | Do Pass | pass | 96 | 3 | | ## Actions (47) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-05-02: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-30: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-30: 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-30: 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-29: 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-29: 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-25: Hearing (House) - 2025-04-24: Free Conference Committee Appointed (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Free Conference Committee Appointed (House) - 2025-04-18: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-15: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-04: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-04-04: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-04-04: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-04-02: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-28: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-28: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-03: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-01-31: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-01-30: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-29: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-29: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-20: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-20: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-01-20: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-01-16: Committee Report (House) - 2025-01-16: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-16: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-01-07: Hearing (House) - 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (House) - 2024-12-30: Referred to Committee (House) - 2024-12-27: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-05-01: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e35acd21-1d85-4d15-9b59-93c9a2a16aed) - As Amended (Version 4), 2025-04-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b0115606-69bf-476b-92cc-c4fb4186b141) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-14: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=3fbfe0dd-12e5-4d9d-9135-e87fc6e7c63f) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6e5e1b8b-cf4a-41df-ad99-6574438d4167) - Introduced, 2024-12-27: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=5a5384aa-0a12-4649-8b9a-a6036bc48e9d) ## 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=e35acd21-1d85-4d15-9b59-93c9a2a16aed) - [As Amended (Version 4) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b0115606-69bf-476b-92cc-c4fb4186b141) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=3fbfe0dd-12e5-4d9d-9135-e87fc6e7c63f) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6e5e1b8b-cf4a-41df-ad99-6574438d4167) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=5a5384aa-0a12-4649-8b9a-a6036bc48e9d) ## 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) - 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