# Montana HB 825: Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers Montana HB 825, Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Melody Cunningham (Democrat); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB825-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 825 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Generally revise laws related to health care proxy decisionmakers - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-26 - Last action: 2025-05-13, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Melody Cunningham (Democrat) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Health Care Services, Health - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (399 yes, 94 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Name a trusted hospital decisionmaker: benefit, low. As an adult patient, you can name a trusted person to make health choices if you later cannot. Tell your provider before the provider finds you lack decisional capacity. A witness must be present. The provider records the person’s name and contact and tells your family. The provider must try to rea… - Surrogates can use patient rights: benefit, low. If a patient lacks capacity, is legally incompetent, or is a minor, the patient’s surrogate, lay proxy, or trusted decisionmaker can use the patient’s rights. These rights cover information, consent or refusal, records, privacy, and more. Hospitals must record advance directives or surrogates and t… - Clear order for who decides: mixed, low. When a patient cannot decide, the provider must pick a surrogate from a ranked list. The order is: guardian with medical authority; agent named in a medical power of attorney or advance directive; spouse; adult child; parent; sibling; trusted decisionmaker; a close friend who knows the patient’s wi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Melody Cunningham (Democrat), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-18 | House | Do Concur | pass | 79 | 19 | | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 4 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 27 | 21 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 30 | 20 | | | 2025-03-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 83 | 16 | | | 2025-03-06 | House | Do Pass | pass | 84 | 14 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-05-13: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-08: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-21: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-17: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-11: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Hearing Canceled (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-14: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-03-07: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-06: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-01: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-01: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-27: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-27: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-27: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-26: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-21: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=e2da5edf-783d-439c-852a-d1fafb2ad28c) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=62266b71-4537-4709-b347-61b5a45ad2e9) - Introduced, 2025-02-26: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=81e07bb9-77e5-4485-b026-73b970ca91fd) ## 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=e2da5edf-783d-439c-852a-d1fafb2ad28c) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=62266b71-4537-4709-b347-61b5a45ad2e9) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=81e07bb9-77e5-4485-b026-73b970ca91fd) ## 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-HB825-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).