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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise civil liability laws to provide a statutory duty of care for certain actions"
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description: "Revise civil liability laws to provide a statutory duty of care for certain actions"
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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: "HB 342"
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citation: "Montana HB 342 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Liability", "Revenue", "State"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
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version_count: 14
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-09-09T20:48:15+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-05T14:35:38+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c3fd402-6829-4130-b869-7ded1d37b826"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0210?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "211d75937597b63ee3004860ac8490b90985a675da6489c76a7dd2981f31cab5"
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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 HB 342 (2025) — Revise civil liability laws to provide a statutory duty of care for certain actions
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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. **HB0342_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277398)
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2. **HB0342_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279531)
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3. **HB0342_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282479)
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4. **HB0342_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298832)
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5. **HB0342_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307819)
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6. **HB0342_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307820)
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7. **HB0342_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276968)
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8. **HB0342_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316838)
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9. **HB0342_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320414)
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10. **HB0342_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324636)
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11. **HB0342_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325658)
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12. **HB0342_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327269)
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13. **HB0342_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310899)
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14. **LC0210.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271573)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass — **58–42** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
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- be_concurred_in — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **11–8** (pass) · lower
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- Do Concur — **32–17** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-09-09T20:48:15+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-01-09T23:04:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-01-11T16:20:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-01-14T22:36:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-01-15T19:09:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-16T19:05:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-16T21:17:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-20T22:05:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2025-01-24T15:58:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-01-24T20:47:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-01-24T22:29:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-01-27T14:58:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-27T23:11:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-28T15:51:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-29T15:35:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-29T18:56:48+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-30T17:17:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30T19:59:51+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04T20:09:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
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- **2025-02-06T17:03:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-06T17:12:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-06T20:33:43+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-12T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-13T21:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14T18:45:47+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-14T18:51:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-27T21:20:50+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-02T18:24:04+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-07T23:19:27+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-15T16:32:10+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-26T17:24:08+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-03-26T20:56:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
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- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-08T20:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09T19:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-09T19:30:30+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-11T17:16:37+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-04-18T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22T13:30:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-05T14:35:38+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/9c3fd402-6829-4130-b869-7ded1d37b826`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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