--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise civil liability laws relating to statutes of limitations for certain actions" description: "Generally revise civil liability laws relating to statutes of limitations for certain actions" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 143" citation: "Montana SB 143 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Contracts", "Liability"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"] version_count: 16 action_count: 36 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-12-08T21:09:24+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T17:46:54+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37e449ac-8189-451b-890e-cd5d2fb3fb3d" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2447?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "18f827940d48ec51bc2a58e4f6f52f7848a3074864541fc2a0e512f18c80e247" 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 143 (2025) — Generally revise civil liability laws relating to statutes of limitations for certain actions ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC2447.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270306) 2. **SB0143_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275305) 3. **SB0143_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276361) 4. **SB0143_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295457) 5. **SB0143_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300598) 6. **SB0143_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272026) 7. **SB0143_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300597) 8. **SB0143_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316585) 9. **SB0143_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320185) 10. **SB0143_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321179) 11. **SB0143_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321180) 12. **SB0143_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321181) 13. **SB0143_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324532) 14. **SB0143_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326604) 15. **SB0143_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327710) 16. **SB0143_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310630) ## Votes - Do Concur — **58–41** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **58–42** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **43–6** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **12–8** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Greg Hertz — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-12-08T21:09:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-08T21:09:24+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-06T14:58:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-06T15:34:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-01-09T00:40:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-01-09T17:40:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-01-10T03:52:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-01-10T23:50:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-14T15:33:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-14T17:50:00+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-15T20:19:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-16T17:50:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee` - **2025-01-23T16:45:54+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government - **2025-02-03T22:35:28+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage` - **2025-02-04T20:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage` - **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-06T20:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-07T21:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-07T22:26:38+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-10T17:08:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-10T20:16:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-09T04:01:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-19T18:09:12+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-20T19:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-27T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-28T19:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-28T19:35:37+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-03-30T15:12:51+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T15:45:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T17:46:54+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/37e449ac-8189-451b-890e-cd5d2fb3fb3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).