--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions" description: "Revise noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 195" citation: "Montana HB 195 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Liability", "Remedies", "Torts"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"] version_count: 15 action_count: 41 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-27T14:13:43+00:00" last_action: "2025-03-27T15:16:17+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bd55195-e386-4f16-9404-07f63cde964b" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0417?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "b9897c408ed91c6b762499a3ceb23f7b4df3d98f0461a0ae63a7255cb73155b3" 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 195 (2025) — Revise noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0195_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271449) 2. **HB0195_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275229) 3. **HB0195_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276062) 4. **HB0195_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276753) 5. **HB0195_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280478) 6. **HB0195_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282435) 7. **HB0195_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304896) 8. **HB0195_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271378) 9. **HB0195_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316660) 10. **HB0195_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320245) 11. **HB0195_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324113) 12. **HB0195_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325764) 13. **HB0195_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327317) 14. **HB0195_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310722) 15. **LC0417.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270874) ## Votes - Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bill Mercer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-27T14:13:43+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-24T18:20:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-09T23:23:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-10T22:07:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-13T17:16:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-13T23:13:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-14T16:19:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-14T18:38:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-14T18:43:14+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-14T18:50:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-14T19:15:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-01-14T20:07:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-15T00:23:43+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-01-21T00:48:18+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-01-21T01:00:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-01-21T18:35:51+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-01-21T19:01:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-01-21T19:40:39+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-01-21T20:41:23+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-27T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-01-28T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-01-28T23:00:20+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-01-29T20:47:47+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-04T20:10:35+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-05T20:36:12+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-14T18:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-14T22:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-20T23:38:51+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2` - **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-21T21:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-24T22:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-24T22:11:45+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-02-26T17:14:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-03-07T17:00:56+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-03-18T13:15:18+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-03-18T16:15:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-03-27T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-03-27T15:16:17+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/7bd55195-e386-4f16-9404-07f63cde964b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).