---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise funeral trust laws"
description: "Revise funeral trust laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Montana SB 305 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-06T15:03:10+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:17:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c853e6-597f-4459-a316-7392cba76ff4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0194?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "27466596212593a8d60f79eaad1b4c601badcf6b13def6e38d0419164531265f"
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 305 (2025) — Revise funeral trust laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0194.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280357)
2. **SB0305_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282019)
3. **SB0305_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289499)
4. **SB0305_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296601)
5. **SB0305_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300629)
6. **SB0305_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281244)
7. **SB0305_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300628)
8. **SB0305_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300627)
9. **SB0305_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300631)
10. **SB0305_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321347)
11. **SB0305_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321348)
12. **SB0305_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324588)
13. **SB0305_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325643)
14. **SB0305_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300632)
15. **SB0305_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300971)
16. **SB0305_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300972)
17. **SB0305_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300973)
18. **SB0305_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310627)
19. **SB0305_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316582)
20. **SB0305_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320182)
21. **SB0305_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321346)
22. **SB0305_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300630)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-06T15:03:10+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-06T18:26:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-07T16:26:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-09T15:21:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-10T17:44:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-10T23:40:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-11T15:38:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-12T15:24:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-12T15:27:24+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-12T20:22:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12T22:45:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T23:16:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-02-24T18:02:35+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T20:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T22:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-27T23:22:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-28T17:26:56+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28T20:19:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-13T22:52:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-21T17:35:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-21T19:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:31:14+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T14:38:05+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`
- **2025-04-18T20:17:47+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/60c853e6-597f-4459-a316-7392cba76ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).