---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers"
description: "Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 825"
citation: "Montana HB 825 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health", "Health Care Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Melody Cunningham"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 42
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-12T14:40:15+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T19:45:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bc66962-b8e1-44ff-b0d4-0f3f5f906132"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2893?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "4d14b416623db7858616a73fe241434ac762651cd760ce7b50d0f5fa593dc4f5"
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 825 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0825.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304553)
2. **HB0825.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304552)
3. **HB0825.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304817)
4. **HB0825.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304818)
5. **HB0825_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289196)
6. **HB0825_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293968)
7. **HB0825_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293978)
8. **HB0825_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306031)
9. **HB0825_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306815)
10. **HB0825_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306816)
11. **HB0825_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306817)
12. **HB0825_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306818)
13. **HB0825_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288981)
14. **HB0825_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306838)
15. **HB0825_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308989)
16. **HB0825_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313796)
17. **HB0825_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313797)
18. **HB0825_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306835)
19. **HB0825_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313799)
20. **HB0825_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324916)
21. **HB0825_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326707)
22. **HB0825_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313941)
23. **HB0825_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313942)
24. **HB0825_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316274)
25. **HB0825_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317325)
26. **HB0825_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320802)
27. **HB0825_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322560)
28. **HB0825_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322561)
29. **HB0825_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322562)
30. **HB0825_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313798)
31. **LC2893.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286739)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **79–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Melody Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-12T14:40:15+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-12T16:27:34+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-12T16:27:37+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-24T17:44:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-21T05:52:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-21T16:41:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T21:23:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-25T00:27:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-25T13:01:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-25T16:43:21+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-26T22:18:42+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-27T02:43:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-27T17:16:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T21:44:46+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-03-01T18:32:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T22:45:18+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-07T00:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T01:20:34+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:56:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T19:27:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-04-07T22:43:30+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-04-07T23:27:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-04-08T19:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Public Health, Welfare and Safety
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T20:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:05:33+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T16:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:26:26+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:12:19+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T19:45:06+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/9bc66962-b8e1-44ff-b0d4-0f3f5f906132`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).