# Montana HB 341: Revise laws relating to brain injuries

Montana HB 341, Revise laws relating to brain injuries, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Ed Buttrey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12).

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- As of: 2026-10-12
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## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 341
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise laws relating to brain injuries
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Ed Buttrey (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Insurance, Appropriations, Revenue, State
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (286 yes, 14 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More funding for brain injury help: benefit, low. The health department can use the brain injury account for education, prevention, recovery supports, and the advisory council. This helps people with traumatic brain injuries, including service members, and their families. For the two-year period starting July 1, 2025, the law provides $600,000 fro…
- Donations routed to health accounts: benefit, low. County treasurers or agents must send each registration donation to the right state account: organ and tissue donations to the labor department’s organ donation account, cancer screening donations to the cancer screening account, and brain injury donations to the brain injury account. The cancer sc…
- Automatic $1 brain injury donation at registration: mixed, low. When you register a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer, a $1 donation to the brain injury fund is added unless you opt out. You can decline it during registration. The county treasurer or agent must post at least one 8½ x 11 inch notice that explains the automatic $1 charge and ho…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Ed Buttrey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Russ Tempel (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Wendy McKamey (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-15 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 6 |   |
| 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 42 | 8 |   |
| 2025-02-26 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-22 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 |   |

## Actions (39)

- 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (House)
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-24: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-17: Returned from Enrolling (House)
- 2025-04-15: Sent to Enrolling (House)
- 2025-04-15: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-04-12: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: Rereferred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-03-10: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-02-26: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-25: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-22: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-22: Rereferred to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-22: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-14: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-13: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-13: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-10: Fiscal Note Printed (House)
- 2025-02-07: Fiscal Note Signed (House)
- 2025-02-07: Fiscal Note Received (House)
- 2025-01-31: Rereferred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-31: Hearing Canceled (House)
- 2025-01-30: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-30: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-30: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-29: Fiscal Note Requested (House)
- 2025-01-29: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ac6f6ee1-c69b-4be2-b096-3928a2e5049d)
- Introduced, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d90f49a8-eee2-4825-b4d8-867fff01b2ae)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ac6f6ee1-c69b-4be2-b096-3928a2e5049d)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=d90f49a8-eee2-4825-b4d8-867fff01b2ae)

## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB341-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).