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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise civil liability laws"
description: "Revise civil liability laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 490"
citation: "Montana HB 490 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liability", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"]
version_count: 97
action_count: 49
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-09-11T17:51:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T21:57:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60763f8c-3968-43dc-8cb1-b9a8b73d193c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0224?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "89158317de3f24c106d1d95297983c9f5e00fbc958f1df7d565be8f7a67b6222"
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 490 (2025) — Revise civil liability laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0490.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294504)
2. **HB0490.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286258)
3. **HB0490.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286259)
4. **HB0490.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290343)
5. **HB0490.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290345)
6. **HB0490.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290347)
7. **HB0490.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291054)
8. **HB0490.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292903)
9. **HB0490.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291631)
10. **HB0490.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292048)
11. **HB0490.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292088)
12. **HB0490.003.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300901)
13. **HB0490.003.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300921)
14. **HB0490.003.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304399)
15. **HB0490.003.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305651)
16. **HB0490.003.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302509)
17. **HB0490.003.007_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300991)
18. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306957)
19. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306958)
20. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306959)
21. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306960)
22. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307970)
23. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306956)
24. **HB0490.004.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307968)
25. **HB0490_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282075)
26. **HB0490_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291387)
27. **HB0490_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291388)
28. **HB0490_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291389)
29. **HB0490_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291390)
30. **HB0490_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281930)
31. **HB0490_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291392)
32. **HB0490_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291408)
33. **HB0490_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291409)
34. **HB0490_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292371)
35. **HB0490_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292372)
36. **HB0490_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292373)
37. **HB0490_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292374)
38. **HB0490_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291393)
39. **HB0490_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291394)
40. **HB0490_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291400)
41. **HB0490_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291403)
42. **HB0490_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291404)
43. **HB0490_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291405)
44. **HB0490_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291406)
45. **HB0490_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291407)
46. **HB0490_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291391)
47. **HB0490_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292376)
48. **HB0490_3(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292447)
49. **HB0490_3(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292448)
50. **HB0490_3(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292481)
51. **HB0490_3(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292482)
52. **HB0490_3(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292588)
53. **HB0490_3(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292820)
54. **HB0490_3(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292824)
55. **HB0490_3(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292872)
56. **HB0490_3(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296660)
57. **HB0490_3(19).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305859)
58. **HB0490_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292377)
59. **HB0490_3(20).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306411)
60. **HB0490_3(21).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306412)
61. **HB0490_3(22).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306413)
62. **HB0490_3(23).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306414)
63. **HB0490_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292378)
64. **HB0490_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292387)
65. **HB0490_3(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292398)
66. **HB0490_3(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292401)
67. **HB0490_3(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292407)
68. **HB0490_3(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292408)
69. **HB0490_3(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292416)
70. **HB0490_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292375)
71. **HB0490_4(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306460)
72. **HB0490_4(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306461)
73. **HB0490_4(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306475)
74. **HB0490_4(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308975)
75. **HB0490_4(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314178)
76. **HB0490_4(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314182)
77. **HB0490_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306459)
78. **HB0490_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314186)
79. **HB0490_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314750)
80. **HB0490_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317196)
81. **HB0490_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320745)
82. **HB0490_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323267)
83. **HB0490_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323268)
84. **HB0490_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323269)
85. **HB0490_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325067)
86. **HB0490_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325683)
87. **HB0490_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327280)
88. **HB0490_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314742)
89. **HB0490_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314743)
90. **HB0490_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314744)
91. **HB0490_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314745)
92. **HB0490_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314746)
93. **HB0490_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314747)
94. **HB0490_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314748)
95. **HB0490_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314749)
96. **HB0490_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314183)
97. **LC0224.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281229)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **16–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **40–8** (pass) · upper
- HB0490.002.003 - Mercer — **58–41** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- AMD-HB0490.004.001 Olsen D/PASS — **17–33** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Amy Regier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-09-11T17:51:54+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-06T02:47:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-06T13:10:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-11T23:35:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-12T15:35:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-12T18:40:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-13T13:48:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-13T17:28:41+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-13T18:26:52+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-13T18:29:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-13T19:39:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13T19:41:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14T21:40:04+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-20T21:25:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-20T22:01:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-21T14:54:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-01T19:29:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T22:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T15:16:01+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-04T00:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T15:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-05T16:06:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-06T16:34:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T14:06:56+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-17T21:00:37+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-18T15:05:03+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-18T15:17:13+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-07T16:27:31+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-08T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T19:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T19:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:05:15+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-17T21:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:59:02+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T06:35:43+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-06T19:25:34+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-07T18:00:11+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T19:57:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:41:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T21:57:03+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/60763f8c-3968-43dc-8cb1-b9a8b73d193c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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