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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise funeral trust laws"
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description: "Revise funeral trust laws"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 305"
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citation: "Montana SB 305 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Estates"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
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version_count: 22
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-09-06T15:03:10+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-04-18T20:17:47+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60c853e6-597f-4459-a316-7392cba76ff4"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0194?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "27466596212593a8d60f79eaad1b4c601badcf6b13def6e38d0419164531265f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana SB 305 (2025) — Revise funeral trust laws
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **LC0194.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280357)
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2. **SB0305_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282019)
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3. **SB0305_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289499)
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4. **SB0305_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296601)
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5. **SB0305_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300629)
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6. **SB0305_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281244)
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7. **SB0305_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300628)
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8. **SB0305_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300627)
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9. **SB0305_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300631)
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10. **SB0305_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321347)
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11. **SB0305_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321348)
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12. **SB0305_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324588)
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13. **SB0305_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325643)
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14. **SB0305_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300632)
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15. **SB0305_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300971)
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16. **SB0305_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300972)
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17. **SB0305_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300973)
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18. **SB0305_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310627)
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19. **SB0305_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316582)
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20. **SB0305_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320182)
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21. **SB0305_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321346)
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22. **SB0305_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300630)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
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- do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-06T15:03:10+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-02-06T18:26:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-02-07T16:26:55+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-02-09T15:21:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-02-10T17:44:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-02-10T23:40:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-02-11T15:38:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-02-12T15:24:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-02-12T15:27:24+00:00** (S) Introduced
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- **2025-02-12T20:22:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-12T22:45:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-13T23:16:18+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-02-24T18:02:35+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-24T20:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-26T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-27T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-27T22:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-27T23:22:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
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- **2025-02-28T17:26:56+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-28T20:19:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-13T22:52:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-03-21T17:35:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-03-21T19:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28T19:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-28T19:31:14+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-03-30T14:38:05+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-08T15:45:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-18T20:17:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60c853e6-597f-4459-a316-7392cba76ff4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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