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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create reporting requirements for elder exploitation"
description: "Create reporting requirements for elder exploitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 743"
citation: "Montana HB 743 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Discrimination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 50
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-14T17:12:50+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T18:52:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/591b78ee-96d7-44b9-88b9-9d09c660b70f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3424?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "e37f3f0f85a8dcc46523ece0e3cb3c44afa7395d25c18e26072cb0129d2b69e2"
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 743 (2025) — Create reporting requirements for elder exploitation
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0743.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290444)
2. **HB0743.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290451)
3. **HB0743.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304527)
4. **HB0743_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287531)
5. **HB0743_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289529)
6. **HB0743_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291886)
7. **HB0743_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291887)
8. **HB0743_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291888)
9. **HB0743_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291889)
10. **HB0743_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287208)
11. **HB0743_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291891)
12. **HB0743_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304865)
13. **HB0743_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304866)
14. **HB0743_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304867)
15. **HB0743_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304868)
16. **HB0743_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291892)
17. **HB0743_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291963)
18. **HB0743_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291964)
19. **HB0743_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291965)
20. **HB0743_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291999)
21. **HB0743_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293931)
22. **HB0743_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294038)
23. **HB0743_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304782)
24. **HB0743_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291890)
25. **HB0743_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304870)
26. **HB0743_3(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313851)
27. **HB0743_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304871)
28. **HB0743_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304872)
29. **HB0743_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304889)
30. **HB0743_3(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304891)
31. **HB0743_3(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304892)
32. **HB0743_3(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304894)
33. **HB0743_3(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308986)
34. **HB0743_3(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313850)
35. **HB0743_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304869)
36. **HB0743_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313853)
37. **HB0743_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322513)
38. **HB0743_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324899)
39. **HB0743_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326863)
40. **HB0743_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327803)
41. **HB0743_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313905)
42. **HB0743_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313906)
43. **HB0743_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315271)
44. **HB0743_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315272)
45. **HB0743_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317278)
46. **HB0743_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320788)
47. **HB0743_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322511)
48. **HB0743_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322512)
49. **HB0743_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313852)
50. **LC3424.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286668)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **444** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **990** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **62** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **191** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **1000** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **451** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-14T17:12:50+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-11T22:24:22+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-14T22:28:59+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-20T23:24:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T23:51:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T19:14:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T22:15:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T22:48:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T23:53:17+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T15:34:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T16:09:04+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T16:14:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T18:50:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T21:49:59+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-03T16:14:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-03T16:55:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-03T19:17:21+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T20:03:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T01:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T19:58:15+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-05T23:55:40+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-05T23:55:49+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-03-07T01:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:38:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:33:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T19:36:01+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-18T22:41:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T09:15:47+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-24T09:32:48+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-27T21:19:45+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T17:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-04T20:03:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-07T18:06:46+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-04-07T19:16:26+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T22:54:59+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-11T00:09:29+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-04-11T15:15:43+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T21:51:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T00:05:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T21:17:00+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`
- **2025-04-18T17:28:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:15:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T19:57:07+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`
- **2025-05-13T18:52:01+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/591b78ee-96d7-44b9-88b9-9d09c660b70f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).