--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise youth court laws" description: "Generally revise youth court laws" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 332" citation: "Montana HB 332 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Courts", "Criminal Procedure", "Family Law", "Minors"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"] version_count: 18 action_count: 40 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-14T17:12:02+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T16:41:44+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32dd7105-8478-4c1d-bf19-f6d8f5b7d817" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3422?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "d5dfbecf3a0b5b9834cdc0ba6cd77d6fb8ce91295bf16679aaf3d703ae184235" 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 332 (2025) — Generally revise youth court laws ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0332_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276736) 2. **HB0332_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277007) 3. **HB0332_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284517) 4. **HB0332_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303868) 5. **HB0332_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309726) 6. **HB0332_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309729) 7. **HB0332_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276009) 8. **HB0332_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311505) 9. **HB0332_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311506) 10. **HB0332_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317032) 11. **HB0332_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320599) 12. **HB0332_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322092) 13. **HB0332_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322093) 14. **HB0332_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322094) 15. **HB0332_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324803) 16. **HB0332_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326861) 17. **HB0332_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311013) 18. **LC3422.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274991) ## Votes - do_pass — **16–4** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **74–26** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **30–18** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **66–34** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bill Mercer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-14T17:12:02+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-01-14T16:41:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-14T21:24:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-27T21:47:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-28T00:34:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-28T03:11:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-28T16:41:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-28T21:51:16+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-28T22:03:09+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2025-01-28T22:04:55+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-01-29T18:08:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-01-29T19:52:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-03T15:46:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-02-03T20:39:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed - **2025-02-03T23:10:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-02-04T19:41:34+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-02-12T18:23:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-12T19:15:15+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-12T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-19T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-19T22:12:13+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2025-02-20T20:16:02+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-01T21:50:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-28T19:35:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-03T17:42:36+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-03T20:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary - **2025-04-10T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T22:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T22:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T22:21:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-16T12:33:23+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T16:41:44+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/32dd7105-8478-4c1d-bf19-f6d8f5b7d817`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).