# Montana HB 480: Revise when a party in a proceeding is entitled to jury trial Montana HB 480, Revise when a party in a proceeding is entitled to jury trial, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Brandon Ler (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB480-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 480 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise when a party in a proceeding is entitled to jury trial - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-12 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Brandon Ler (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Courts, Judges and Justices, Ballot Issues - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (435 yes, 354 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Jury trials in ballot and law challenges: benefit, low. In Montana cases that challenge the constitutionality or legality of a state law or a proposed or adopted ballot issue, any party is entitled to a jury trial on disputed facts. If the case has only legal questions and no disputed facts, the judge decides without a jury. Courts handle these fact que… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Brandon Ler (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-18 | House | ReconsAction - Sullivan | fail | 45 | 52 | | | 2025-04-18 | House | Do Concur | pass | 50 | 49 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | ReconsAction for thrid reading - S Fitzpatrick | pass | 54 | 44 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | fail | 48 | 50 | | | 2025-04-15 | House | Do Concur | pass | 55 | 45 | | | 2025-04-07 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 17 | | | 2025-04-05 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 32 | 18 | | | 2025-02-28 | House | Do Pass | pass | 58 | 40 | | | 2025-02-27 | House | Do Pass | pass | 61 | 39 | | ## Actions (33) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-07: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-20: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Reconsidered Previous Action (House) - 2025-04-18: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-17: Reconsidered Previous Action (House) - 2025-04-16: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-15: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-07: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-07: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-04-05: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-28: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-28: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-28: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-27: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-26: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (House) - 2025-02-21: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-21: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-17: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-17: Hearing Canceled (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-13: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-13: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-12: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-18: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=be0c3c72-8c0b-4da0-8e8f-10bb6500f37c) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-03: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6bfa2c3b-d473-478e-91ac-19b578bb67d7) - Introduced, 2025-02-12: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0b030955-b0d6-4e5c-bf45-a70617194c9d) ## 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=be0c3c72-8c0b-4da0-8e8f-10bb6500f37c) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6bfa2c3b-d473-478e-91ac-19b578bb67d7) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0b030955-b0d6-4e5c-bf45-a70617194c9d) ## 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) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB480-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).