# Montana HB 253: Mandate disclosure of certain information in public health emergency

Montana HB 253, Mandate disclosure of certain information in public health emergency, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Bill Mercer (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-17 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 253
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Mandate disclosure of certain information in public health emergency
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-17
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Emergency Services, Health, State Government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (281 yes, 15 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- State posts emergency hospital and death counts: mixed, low. During a governor-declared public health emergency, the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services posts data at least twice a week on its website and other ways. It shows total people hospitalized and total deaths from the emergency conditions. Counts are broken out by age (0–4, 5–17,…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Bill Mercer (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Vince Ricci (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-28 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | House | Do Pass | pass | 92 | 7 |   |
| 2025-02-10 | House | Do Pass | pass | 91 | 8 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2025-04-17: Chapter Number Assigned (House)
- 2025-04-16: Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-04-09: Transmitted to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-09: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-02: Returned from Enrolling (House)
- 2025-03-31: Sent to Enrolling (House)
- 2025-03-31: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-28: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-02-11: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-10: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-05: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-04: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-04: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-01-20: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-20: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-20: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-17: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2a6f7f23-abf7-42ce-a973-df383fa10631)
- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-05: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6e50fd80-d9d1-4a1a-9251-96d8ccab909a)
- Introduced, 2025-01-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=538ff66e-b0a9-47aa-8a3c-856abf42839c)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=2a6f7f23-abf7-42ce-a973-df383fa10631)
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6e50fd80-d9d1-4a1a-9251-96d8ccab909a)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=538ff66e-b0a9-47aa-8a3c-856abf42839c)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB253-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).