HB 803 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise asbestos litigation laws

HB 803 requires claimants in asbestos lawsuits to disclose all related asbestos trust claims within 30 days of filing their case, including any pending or settled claims. It mandates that claimants provide defendants and courts with all trust-related materials (like proof of claim forms and medical records) and prohibits claiming privilege over these documents. The bill also allows defendants to seek discovery of asbestos trust materials, which become automatically admissible in court to establish exposure and liability. Finally, it permits defendants to offset awarded damages by the amount already paid or owed by asbestos trusts, with offsets distributed proportionally among liable defendants.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC3139.pdf HB0803_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill number was officially changed from LC 3139 to HB 803, and the sponsor's name was added to the header. These are administrative updates that rebrand the legislation for the current legislative session without altering the underlying legal text or policy provisions.
TECHNICAL

The bill identifier was updated from LC 3139 to HB 803 to reflect its new House Bill status.

The sponsor's name, G. Overstreet, was added to the bill header.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

2919
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 9, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
29 Yea 1 Nay 2
90% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 9, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (29-19-2)
senate
Apr 9, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (51-48-1)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Greg Overstreet
Greg Overstreet
RRepublican
MT
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