---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow for automatic return of certain unclaimed property"
description: "Allow for automatic return of certain unclaimed property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 88"
citation: "Montana HB 88 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-09-04T17:57:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T19:31:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c623460-5850-46e5-b5a4-94ad40b1bff3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0094?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "fd976bacb70bb33f10324fd5b7e3dfb1464899d2443ee85a9ccd61e2d8df2085"
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 88 (2025) — Allow for automatic return of certain unclaimed property

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0088.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291463)
2. **HB0088_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269210)
3. **HB0088_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275117)
4. **HB0088_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276187)
5. **HB0088_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276936)
6. **HB0088_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295662)
7. **HB0088_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296209)
8. **HB0088_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296210)
9. **HB0088_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296211)
10. **HB0088_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296212)
11. **HB0088_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269209)
12. **HB0088_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296214)
13. **HB0088_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296218)
14. **HB0088_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296219)
15. **HB0088_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296234)
16. **HB0088_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296237)
17. **HB0088_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296238)
18. **HB0088_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298677)
19. **HB0088_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300864)
20. **HB0088_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300865)
21. **HB0088_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296213)
22. **HB0088_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316591)
23. **HB0088_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320188)
24. **HB0088_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321246)
25. **HB0088_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321247)
26. **HB0088_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321248)
27. **HB0088_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324554)
28. **HB0088_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325597)
29. **HB0088_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327243)
30. **HB0088_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310637)
31. **LC0094.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266613)

## Votes

- do_pass — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-04T17:57:59+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-26T19:43:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-26T20:55:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-29T18:12:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-02T16:25:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-04T14:36:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-04T19:57:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-16T21:14:59+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-16T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2024-12-20T22:13:37+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-06T18:18:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T02:03:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-01-14T17:07:39+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-14T20:06:20+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-17T20:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-17T21:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-20T20:45:32+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20T21:28:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-01T00:22:34+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-03-19T23:34:54+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T21:59:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2025-03-24T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24T20:02:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-25T19:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T14:45:14+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-29T18:16:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-29T18:29:41+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T12:56:25+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **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`
- **2025-04-17T19:59:43+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T19:31:15+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/1c623460-5850-46e5-b5a4-94ad40b1bff3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).