SB 430 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to civil commitment and emergency detention of mentally ill persons

SB 430 revises laws related to the civil commitment and emergency detention of individuals with mental illness. The bill establishes specific conditions that must be met before a person can be transported or transferred to the Montana State Hospital. It clarifies that refusing or being unable to admit a person to the hospital is not contempt of court if a bed is unavailable, the hospital is at licensed capacity, or required information and records are not received. This affects courts, judicial officers, and the Montana State Hospital's admission processes for individuals undergoing commitment or emergency detention.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Signed May 16, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text shows a minor formatting adjustment where a line break was removed from the list of amended statutes, consolidating the section numbers into a single continuous line. This change does not alter any substantive policy, eligibility criteria, funding amounts, or effective dates.
TECHNICAL

A line break was removed from the list of amended sections, merging the text into a single line without changing the legal content.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 5, 2025 · House Apr 23, 2025

How they voted

480
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 5, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
30 Yea 2
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
43
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (78-21-1)
house
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Apr 5, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-0-2)
senate
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of John Esp
John Esp
RRepublican
MT
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