Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB691: Provide for legislative intent regarding the Montana criminal justice data warehouse
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to the criminal justice data warehouse; providing legislative intent and purpose for the criminal justice data warehouse; and amending section 44-7-126, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA WAREHOUSE; PROVIDING LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND PURPOSE FOR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA WAREHOUSE; AND AMENDING SECTION 44-7-126, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 44-7-126, MCA, is amended to read: "44-7-126. Criminal justice data warehouse -- purpose. (1) (a) There is a criminal justice data warehouse housed in the board of crime control. The purpose of the criminal justice data warehouse is to receive, store, secure, and maintain data and information from contributing entities to facilitate analysis to assist state and local officials to make data-informed decisions about the criminal justice system. (b) To fulfill this purpose, the legislature intends that the criminal justice data warehouse provide a complete and integrated criminal justice tracking and information database that will allow, among other things, the analysis of: (i) the complete criminal history of all convictions and offenses committed by each offender convicted in the state; (ii) the date and term of each sentence and if an offender was in custody or on probation at the time of the offense; (iii) the length of time between a prior conviction and a successive crime for which an offender is convicted and sentenced; (iv) the length of time between release from …
Sponsors
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Committee
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (H) Transmitted to Senate
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 60 yea, 39 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 61 yea, 37 nay, passed
Subjects: Criminal Procedure, Information Technology
Common questions
- What is HB691?
- HB691 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for legislative intent regarding the Montana criminal justice data warehouse.
- What does HB691 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to the criminal justice data warehouse; providing legislative intent and purpose for the criminal justice data warehouse; and amending section 44-7-126, mca.".
- What is the status of HB691?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB691?
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52).
- Where is the official record for HB691?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3434
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