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HB718 • 2025

Generally revise laws relating to incarceration

Generally revise laws relating to incarceration

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Kerri Seekins-Crowe
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Generally revise laws relating to incarceration

Generally revise laws relating to incarceration

What This Bill Does

  • Generally revise laws relating to incarceration

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Plain English: Amendment - 2nd Reading/2nd House-tan - Requested by: Sara Novak - (S) Committee of the Whole - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Matthew Weaver, HB0718.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 718 HOUSE BILL NO.

  • Amendment - 2nd Reading/2nd House-tan - Requested by: Sara Novak - (S) Committee of the Whole - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Matthew Weaver, HB0718.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 718 HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 718 1 INTRODUCED BY K.
  • SEEKINS-CROWE, L.
  • BENNETT, S.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  2. 2025-05-08 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-05-01 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  4. 2025-05-01 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  5. 2025-04-29 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-04-22 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received

  7. 2025-04-22 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed

  8. 2025-04-22 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed

  9. 2025-04-20 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  10. 2025-04-18 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  11. 2025-04-18 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate

  12. 2025-04-18 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  13. 2025-04-17 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  14. 2025-04-17 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred

  15. 2025-04-14 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested

  16. 2025-04-12 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  17. 2025-04-12 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  18. 2025-04-12 SENATE

    (S) Returned to House with Amendments

  19. 2025-04-11 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  20. 2025-04-11 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  21. 2025-04-10 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  22. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  23. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried

  24. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended

  25. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) Rereferred to Committee

  26. 2025-03-26 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  27. 2025-03-26 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  28. 2025-03-19 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  29. 2025-03-17 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  30. 2025-03-14 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  31. 2025-03-07 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  32. 2025-03-07 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  33. 2025-03-06 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  34. 2025-03-06 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  35. 2025-03-06 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  36. 2025-03-05 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  37. 2025-03-05 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing Canceled

  38. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  39. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    (H) Rereferred to Committee

  40. 2025-03-03 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  41. 2025-03-03 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  42. 2025-03-01 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  43. 2025-03-01 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  44. 2025-03-01 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Signed

  45. 2025-02-28 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  46. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  47. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  48. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  49. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  50. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  51. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  52. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  53. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  54. 2025-02-23 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  55. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  56. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  57. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold

  58. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft On Hold

  59. 2024-11-29 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Generally revise laws relating to incarceration

Current Bill Text

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- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 718
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 718
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF REENTRY SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY; ESTABLISHING A PURPOSE AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; PROVIDING THAT THE OFFICE
OF REENTRY SERVICES SHALL COLLABORATE WITH STATE AGENCIES, COMPANIES, AND
STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS; ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; AND PROVIDING AN
IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Office of reentry services -- purpose -- duties --collaboration --stakeholder
engagement -- report. (1) There is an office of reentry services in the department of labor and industry.
(2) The purpose of the office is to create a collaborative effort among state agencies to coordinate
supportive services for individuals who are exiting or preparing to exit incarceration and reenter communities in
Montana, including but not limited to expansion of existing programs and new programs related to:
(a) job training for incarcerated individuals, including skilled-trade and apprenticeship programs;
(b) job placement for individuals after exiting incarceration;
(c) workforce and supportive services, including career education;
(d) the availability of and access to online certificate training programs;
(e) the availability of and access to general or secondary education programs;
(f) initiatives to teach entrepreneurship;
(g) transition planning and housing assistance;
(h) initiatives to ensure individuals exiting incarceration have adequate transportation and food
security; and
(i) coordination of care to address behavioral health needs of individuals, including initiatives that
improve access to substance abuse and mental health treatment facilities for individuals exiting incarceration.
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 718
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 718
ENROLLED BILL
(3) The office shall coordinate existing reentry programs and services, including grant programs, in
collaboration with companies, stakeholder organizations, and agencies, including but not limited to the
following:
(a) department of commerce;
(b) department of corrections;
(c) department of justice;
(d) department of public health and human services;
(e) office of commissioner of higher education; and
(f) office of public instruction.
(4) The office shall consult with the Montana state workforce innovation board established in 53-2-
1203 to engage in stakeholder outreach in the development of services prescribed in subsection (2).
Stakeholders shall include but are not limited to members of the business, mental health, substance use
treatment, criminal justice advocacy, and affordable and transitional housing sectors.
(5) By July 1 prior to each legislative session, the department shall submit a report to the
legislative finance committee and the law and justice interim committee in accordance with 5-11-210. The
report must include a description of the services provided by the office of reentry services over the biennium,
the cost of services rendered, and the number of individuals served.
Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as a new part in Title 39,
chapter 11, and the provisions of Title 39, chapter 11, apply to [section 1].
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 718, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 718
INTRODUCED BY K. SEEKINS-CROWE, L. BENNETT, S. FITZPATRICK, B. LER, K. ZOLNIKOV, L.
BREWSTER
AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN OFFICE OF REENTRY SERVICES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND
INDUSTRY; ESTABLISHING A PURPOSE AND DUTIES OF THE OFFICE; PROVIDING THAT THE OFFICE
OF REENTRY SERVICES SHALL COLLABORATE WITH STATE AGENCIES, COMPANIES, AND
STAKEHOLDER ORGANIZATIONS; AND ESTABLISHING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; AND PROVIDING
AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.