---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws"
description: "Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 86"
citation: "Montana SB 86 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Services", "Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-02T12:51:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:52:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd7e9904-bf8d-46c7-91dc-c110cb9f7667"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0444?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "6e62d4ac852dbacad11b0662dfd60c036430d60da50a0b274ae0b9557a863072"
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 86 (2025) — Generally revise automatic external defibrillator (AED) program laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0444.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265645)
2. **SB0086_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269549)
3. **SB0086_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275157)
4. **SB0086_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276225)
5. **SB0086_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277501)
6. **SB0086_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282284)
7. **SB0086_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295826)
8. **SB0086_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269548)
9. **SB0086_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295825)
10. **SB0086_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295832)
11. **SB0086_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320260)
12. **SB0086_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324126)
13. **SB0086_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325760)
14. **SB0086_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327315)
15. **SB0086_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295833)
16. **SB0086_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296408)
17. **SB0086_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296409)
18. **SB0086_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305199)
19. **SB0086_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305200)
20. **SB0086_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305201)
21. **SB0086_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310737)
22. **SB0086_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316675)
23. **SB0086_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295827)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-02T12:51:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-08T17:04:29+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-10-15T15:26:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T19:49:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-29T15:22:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-12T17:14:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-17T17:02:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T21:07:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T20:23:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T20:26:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:57:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14T19:27:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16T20:48:40+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-01-25T00:38:04+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27T20:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T22:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T22:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T22:57:01+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-31T18:57:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T20:16:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-01T00:37:56+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-14T00:38:29+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-02-14T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:32:07+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T15:51:10+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-24T16:30:53+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-26T21:30:07+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T14:05:58+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:00:42+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:52:44+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/dd7e9904-bf8d-46c7-91dc-c110cb9f7667`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).