---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to juries"
description: "Generally revise laws related to juries"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 194"
citation: "Montana HB 194 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Juries and Jurors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-10-21T13:27:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:13:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c63d089-cea9-4cc2-a3ea-3cc222555b9f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0568?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "84735cf1763f83019cf3c62b68cedc08ac6eff2fe68c74000ccd951cc26ab898"
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 194 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to juries

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0194.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276015)
2. **HB0194.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277073)
3. **HB0194.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276012)
4. **HB0194.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276016)
5. **HB0194.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277076)
6. **HB0194.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277077)
7. **HB0194.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276013)
8. **HB0194.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277696)
9. **HB0194.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277695)
10. **HB0194_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271446)
11. **HB0194_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275227)
12. **HB0194_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276288)
13. **HB0194_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277605)
14. **HB0194_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278532)
15. **HB0194_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306368)
16. **HB0194_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309993)
17. **HB0194_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309994)
18. **HB0194_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271375)
19. **HB0194_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311555)
20. **HB0194_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311556)
21. **HB0194_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317040)
22. **HB0194_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320607)
23. **HB0194_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322061)
24. **HB0194_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322062)
25. **HB0194_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322063)
26. **HB0194_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324793)
27. **HB0194_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325875)
28. **HB0194_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311045)
29. **LC0568.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270436)

## Votes

- do_pass — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-HB0194.001.003 France DO PASS — **41–58** (fail) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-21T13:27:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-08T19:39:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-08T19:59:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-09T18:43:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-09T21:44:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-10T03:58:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-10T23:53:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-13T18:15:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-14T18:42:12+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-14T18:50:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-14T18:58:49+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14T20:07:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-20T22:07:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-21T22:16:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-01-22T15:47:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-22T18:02:08+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-01-29T17:45:15+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T18:35:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:21:06+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-31T21:10:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-01-31T21:11:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T21:38:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-03T22:43:41+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-04T20:18:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T16:28:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T16:59:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-18T22:41:27+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-07T06:01:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-08T18:16:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-08T19:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-11T22:22:50+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:38:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:38:40+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-16T14:10:36+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:13:22+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/7c63d089-cea9-4cc2-a3ea-3cc222555b9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).