Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB890: Generally revise criminal procedure law
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the department of justice, the department of corrections, and the judicial branch to confer and determine the best way to provide criminal history information to the criminal justice data warehouse; providing that, if a consensus is not reached, the department of corrections be required to provide criminal history information to the criminal justice data warehouse; providing an appropriation; and amending section 44-7-126, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AND THE JUDICIAL BRANCH TO CONFER AND DETERMINE THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA WAREHOUSE; PROVIDING THAT, IF A CONSENSUS IS NOT REACHED, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CRIMINAL HISTORY INFORMATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE DATA WAREHOUSE; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; 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. (1) 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 assist state and local officials to make datainformed decisions about the criminal justice system. (2) (a) An agency and the court administrator shall contribute data and information to the criminal justice data warehouse on request by the board. A local government entity, a nongovernment entity, a tribal government, or a federal government entity may submit data and information to the criminal justice data warehouse. (b) A contributing entity retains ownership of the data it contributes to the criminal justice data warehouse. (3) As the administering agency …
Sponsors
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Committee
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (H) Transmitted to Senate
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (April 8, 2025): 59 yea, 38 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 7, 2025): 59 yea, 36 nay, passed
Subjects: Criminal Procedure, Appropriations
Common questions
- What is HB890?
- HB890 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise criminal procedure law.
- What does HB890 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring the department of justice, the department of corrections, and the judicial branch to confer and determine the best way to provide criminal history information to the criminal justice data warehouse; providing that, if a consensus is not reached, the department of corrections be required to provide criminal history information to the criminal justice data warehouse; providing an appropriation; and amending section 44-7-126, mca.".
- What is the status of HB890?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB890?
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52).
- Where is the official record for HB890?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3453
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