# Montana HB 834: Create a government evidence and impact commission Montana HB 834, Create a government evidence and impact commission, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Bill Mercer (Republican); status became law, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB834-2025 - As of: 2026-10-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 834 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Create a government evidence and impact commission - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-17 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: State Government - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (363 yes, 135 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Pay and travel for appointees: benefit, low. If you are an appointed commission member, you receive pay and travel reimbursement. Payments follow state law 2-15-124. You are paid for each day you attend meetings or do commission work. - Commission designs statewide data system: benefit, low. The commission develops and recommends a system to collect and link targeted state data. Lawmakers and the executive use it to study program results and how resources are used. The commission receives reports on successful data systems, programs where data can find savings, and laws that affect sta… - New state data and impact commission: benefit, low. The law creates the Government Data and Impact Commission. Voting members include legislative leaders or designees, key agency heads, and one public member; staff advisors serve as nonvoting members. The Department of Administration staffs the commission and pays operating costs. The budget office… - State funds to run commission: benefit, low. The law appropriates $75,000 from the general fund to the Department of Administration. The money covers commission administration and costs for the biennium ending June 30, 2025. The funding continues into the next biennium starting July 1, 2025. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican), House - Cosponsor: John Esp (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 65 | 35 | | | 2025-04-24 | House | Do Concur | pass | 92 | 8 | | | 2025-04-18 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 40 | 10 | | | 2025-04-17 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 42 | 8 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Do Pass | pass | 59 | 40 | | | 2025-03-31 | House | Do Pass | pass | 65 | 34 | | ## Actions (29) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-29: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-28: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-24: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-22: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-18: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-17: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-02: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-04-01: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-31: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-28: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-28: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-25: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-24: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-24: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-20: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-18: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-18: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-17: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-17: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-28: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=08d3d211-c9e1-4a23-a0eb-be18c467775a) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=361fb446-b5e8-43fb-90c8-bc2c570030eb) - Introduced, 2025-03-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b726705a-19dc-4b74-a63f-57c774ab20aa) ## 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=08d3d211-c9e1-4a23-a0eb-be18c467775a) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=361fb446-b5e8-43fb-90c8-bc2c570030eb) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=b726705a-19dc-4b74-a63f-57c774ab20aa) ## 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-HB834-2025 (as of 2026-10-11).