---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to attorney fees and costs based on legislative conduct"
description: "Revise laws relating to attorney fees and costs based on legislative conduct"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 365"
citation: "Montana HB 365 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Evidence", "Judges and Justices", "Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-21T14:25:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T18:38:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c41731c-62d5-466b-aa63-3082540485fc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0598?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d2d01485a817e31a699c850c77e809a522bbe2950f17621670097249da192c31"
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 365 (2025) — Revise laws relating to attorney fees and costs based on legislative conduct

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0365.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284950)
2. **HB0365.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280946)
3. **HB0365_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277591)
4. **HB0365_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277810)
5. **HB0365_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284521)
6. **HB0365_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295909)
7. **HB0365_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310018)
8. **HB0365_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310021)
9. **HB0365_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277590)
10. **HB0365_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311589)
11. **HB0365_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311590)
12. **HB0365_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317044)
13. **HB0365_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320611)
14. **HB0365_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322129)
15. **HB0365_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322130)
16. **HB0365_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322131)
17. **HB0365_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324816)
18. **HB0365_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325893)
19. **HB0365_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311051)
20. **LC0598.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275783)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–43** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **58–42** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-21T14:25:54+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-27T22:45:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-27T23:53:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-28T14:55:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-29T23:22:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-30T12:59:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-30T15:20:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-30T22:21:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-31T14:47:08+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-31T18:53:48+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T19:51:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04T19:40:19+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-12T18:38:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T19:15:18+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T21:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-19T22:12:18+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-20T20:16:55+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-01T21:59:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T14:42:55+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-20T17:33:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-21T20:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-11T22:24:33+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:41:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-16T14:33:48+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`
- **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T18:38:22+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/5c41731c-62d5-466b-aa63-3082540485fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).