---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise definition of victim in youth court act"
description: "Revise definition of victim in youth court act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Montana HB 173 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Minors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Duram"]
version_count: 33
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-11-16T20:34:56+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T19:24:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a1df10-bf87-4999-8063-bd35f0a4eb77"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1502?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2612d4672dab37c2a246e8629007d3c79d7cd1b18d0a3ed35d4f7be0456af22a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 173 (2025) — Revise definition of victim in youth court act

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0173.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272370)
2. **HB0173_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273152)
3. **HB0173_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274071)
4. **HB0173_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274072)
5. **HB0173_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274073)
6. **HB0173_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274074)
7. **HB0173_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275520)
8. **HB0173_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276564)
9. **HB0173_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270683)
10. **HB0173_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274083)
11. **HB0173_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277148)
12. **HB0173_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296556)
13. **HB0173_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300142)
14. **HB0173_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274087)
15. **HB0173_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274088)
16. **HB0173_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274105)
17. **HB0173_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274106)
18. **HB0173_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274107)
19. **HB0173_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274108)
20. **HB0173_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275524)
21. **HB0173_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276567)
22. **HB0173_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274075)
23. **HB0173_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300141)
24. **HB0173_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316565)
25. **HB0173_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320166)
26. **HB0173_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321237)
27. **HB0173_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321238)
28. **HB0173_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321239)
29. **HB0173_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324551)
30. **HB0173_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326225)
31. **HB0173_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327537)
32. **HB0173_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310606)
33. **LC1502.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267847)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **59–41** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Duram — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-11-16T20:34:56+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-06T04:39:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-06T22:31:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-12T17:32:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-12T21:47:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-16T13:10:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-20T19:24:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-09T17:51:53+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-10T20:12:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-13T17:01:08+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-13T20:15:32+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15T00:25:14+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-01-23T17:54:28+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23T20:27:12+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T21:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T21:44:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T22:19:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-30T21:49:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T18:41:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T18:03:25+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-17T14:38:10+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-21T16:30:12+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-21T20:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T19:46:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T21:06:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T18:45:24+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-03T17:58:21+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-07T18:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-09T17:30:28+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-09T19:50:28+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T20:00:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T19:24:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a1df10-bf87-4999-8063-bd35f0a4eb77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).