---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise property insurance laws relating to preventative measures to reduce damage"
description: "Revise property insurance laws relating to preventative measures to reduce damage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Montana HB 136 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 52
action_count: 40
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-09-09T15:41:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-07T22:43:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b295d7fe-6739-4ff0-b43d-6549901ed19d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0197?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "bfacf378c4568451e14d806586e3430e6c305e9b433aae0284b98521502704e6"
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 136 (2025) — Revise property insurance laws relating to preventative measures to reduce damage

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0136.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278945)
2. **HB0136_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270014)
3. **HB0136_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279228)
4. **HB0136_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279229)
5. **HB0136_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279524)
6. **HB0136_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280019)
7. **HB0136_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280021)
8. **HB0136_1(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280039)
9. **HB0136_1(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280041)
10. **HB0136_1(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280042)
11. **HB0136_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270121)
12. **HB0136_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270123)
13. **HB0136_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270150)
14. **HB0136_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273983)
15. **HB0136_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275506)
16. **HB0136_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276551)
17. **HB0136_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279226)
18. **HB0136_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279227)
19. **HB0136_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270013)
20. **HB0136_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279231)
21. **HB0136_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279233)
22. **HB0136_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279234)
23. **HB0136_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279266)
24. **HB0136_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279267)
25. **HB0136_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279271)
26. **HB0136_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280045)
27. **HB0136_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294639)
28. **HB0136_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297276)
29. **HB0136_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279230)
30. **HB0136_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297275)
31. **HB0136_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297281)
32. **HB0136_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298163)
33. **HB0136_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308347)
34. **HB0136_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308348)
35. **HB0136_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308349)
36. **HB0136_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310847)
37. **HB0136_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316785)
38. **HB0136_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320363)
39. **HB0136_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322925)
40. **HB0136_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324977)
41. **HB0136_X(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325656)
42. **HB0136_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297864)
43. **HB0136_X(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327268)
44. **HB0136_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297865)
45. **HB0136_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297873)
46. **HB0136_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297874)
47. **HB0136_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297898)
48. **HB0136_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297971)
49. **HB0136_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298144)
50. **HB0136_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298162)
51. **HB0136_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322926)
52. **LC0197.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269611)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-09T15:41:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-03T18:56:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-04T16:45:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-04T17:56:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-04T17:59:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-28T17:11:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-29T16:20:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-30T14:57:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-31T20:41:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-08T16:01:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-08T16:02:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-08T19:06:44+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08T20:11:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15T19:28:12+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-01-17T19:09:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T21:03:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T21:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-23T22:28:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23T22:51:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-24T21:12:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27T20:00:41+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T21:40:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-02-05T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-02-05T20:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-03-15T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-15T16:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T21:29:19+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-20T19:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T19:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-21T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-25T13:52:02+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-01T17:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-01T18:35:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-07T19:57:54+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-07T22:43:38+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/b295d7fe-6739-4ff0-b43d-6549901ed19d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).