--- type: "Bill" title: "Require excusal of prospective jurors aged 75 and older" description: "Require excusal of prospective jurors aged 75 and older" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 137" citation: "Montana SB 137 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Courts", "Juries and Jurors", "Retirement", "Senior Citizens"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Trebas"] version_count: 17 action_count: 37 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-08-27T14:16:24+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T17:48:24+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61474f12-586d-4a4d-9844-ba909f30ff77" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0012?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "4399f5c747a9cd1c40abc49389aff0c01dc5934f6b12450cb1a18c3199480290" 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 SB 137 (2025) — Require excusal of prospective jurors aged 75 and older ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0012.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266643) 2. **SB0137_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272191) 3. **SB0137_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275297) 4. **SB0137_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276353) 5. **SB0137_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279863) 6. **SB0137_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295456) 7. **SB0137_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299914) 8. **SB0137_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271367) 9. **SB0137_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299913) 10. **SB0137_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316557) 11. **SB0137_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320159) 12. **SB0137_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321182) 13. **SB0137_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321183) 14. **SB0137_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321184) 15. **SB0137_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324533) 16. **SB0137_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325556) 17. **SB0137_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310597) ## Votes - do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **92–7** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **90–9** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **38–11** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jeremy Trebas — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-08-27T14:16:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-27T17:34:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-02T18:36:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-03T18:20:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-03T21:36:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-09T14:15:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-10T01:12:37+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-13T14:57:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-14T18:31:13+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-15T20:17:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-16T00:42:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-01-21T22:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-01-24T19:00:57+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary - **2025-01-26T01:34:37+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-02-03T18:04:26+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-03T20:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-05T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-06T22:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-06T23:52:41+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-07T18:02:34+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-07T20:12:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-17T13:49:46+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-19T18:08:20+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-20T19:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-26T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-27T19:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-27T19:50:42+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-03-28T16:51:04+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T17:48:24+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/61474f12-586d-4a4d-9844-ba909f30ff77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).