---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for the sudden cardiac arrest prevention in youth sports"
description: "Provide for the sudden cardiac arrest prevention in youth sports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 869"
citation: "Montana HB 869 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education - K-12", "Recreation", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melissa Romano"]
version_count: 36
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-20T20:55:15+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T22:25:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a30ab870-5098-441d-a3f1-b12b1ddb6488"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1776?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "a899d8c3f19a6cb88f8b75700f37340ca78a18006eef3604933d0ff5e482cd5f"
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 869 (2025) — Provide for the sudden cardiac arrest prevention in youth sports

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0869.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301434)
2. **HB0869.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301420)
3. **HB0869_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299364)
4. **HB0869_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299696)
5. **HB0869_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301058)
6. **HB0869_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299269)
7. **HB0869_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302313)
8. **HB0869_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314138)
9. **HB0869_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314143)
10. **HB0869_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302314)
11. **HB0869_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302324)
12. **HB0869_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302606)
13. **HB0869_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302861)
14. **HB0869_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302907)
15. **HB0869_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305308)
16. **HB0869_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305948)
17. **HB0869_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311410)
18. **HB0869_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302312)
19. **HB0869_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314147)
20. **HB0869_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320824)
21. **HB0869_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324317)
22. **HB0869_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325289)
23. **HB0869_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325290)
24. **HB0869_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325291)
25. **HB0869_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326323)
26. **HB0869_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327579)
27. **HB0869_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314148)
28. **HB0869_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316237)
29. **HB0869_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316238)
30. **HB0869_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316366)
31. **HB0869_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316367)
32. **HB0869_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316374)
33. **HB0869_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316375)
34. **HB0869_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317359)
35. **HB0869_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314145)
36. **LC1776.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282830)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **75–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **82–16** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melissa Romano — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-20T20:55:15+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-12T16:07:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-12T21:58:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-14T20:02:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-15T16:33:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-16T13:14:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-17T19:14:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T15:35:59+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-03-20T15:48:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-20T18:49:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-03-21T23:21:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-22T15:42:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-22T17:17:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-24T16:17:16+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-25T15:13:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-25T21:38:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-03-25T21:40:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-26T16:08:07+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26T19:11:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31T14:01:08+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-03-31T15:03:56+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-31T20:58:56+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-31T23:51:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T15:13:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-01T19:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01T22:24:59+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-04T16:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T14:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T15:45:34+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-04-07T19:13:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08T13:40:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-09T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-04-10T21:48:33+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-11T14:23:05+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-14T19:53:54+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-15T16:52:24+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-16T01:33:55+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-16T19:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T00:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T22:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T22:05:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T14:11:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-06T19:25:34+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-07T18:00:11+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T19:57:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T22:25:03+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/a30ab870-5098-441d-a3f1-b12b1ddb6488`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).