---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to restitution"
description: "Generally revise laws related to restitution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Montana HB 578 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T17:24:05+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T19:22:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d846012-e73f-4031-9adc-cfaf15eb0106"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3439?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "ea0abecdc92f3207e0c9913bb7be31156d6b38f45f12f515b7933defecfa834d"
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 578 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to restitution

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0578_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284414)
2. **HB0578_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293336)
3. **HB0578_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300203)
4. **HB0578_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312387)
5. **HB0578_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312391)
6. **HB0578_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284186)
7. **HB0578_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312393)
8. **HB0578_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317174)
9. **HB0578_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320733)
10. **HB0578_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322170)
11. **HB0578_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322171)
12. **HB0578_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322172)
13. **HB0578_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324829)
14. **HB0578_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326875)
15. **HB0578_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312394)
16. **HB0578_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313585)
17. **HB0578_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313586)
18. **HB0578_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313587)
19. **HB0578_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313588)
20. **HB0578_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313589)
21. **HB0578_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314311)
22. **HB0578_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314312)
23. **HB0578_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312392)
24. **LC3439.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283182)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **58–41** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **56–43** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Mercer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T17:24:05+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-10T15:52:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-13T23:12:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-17T17:56:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-17T20:01:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-17T20:42:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-18T01:59:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-19T17:38:38+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-19T19:27:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T19:52:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-24T15:33:05+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-25T17:10:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-26T19:32:08+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T22:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T02:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T15:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T19:13:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-07T01:01:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21T23:18:46+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-27T21:04:26+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T17:50:28+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-28T21:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-14T16:20:36+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T20:02:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:32:44+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-19T12:51:29+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T22:30:17+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T18:30:45+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T19:22:35+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/0d846012-e73f-4031-9adc-cfaf15eb0106`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).