# Montana SB 411: Allow recordings to be treated as wills

Montana SB 411, Allow recordings to be treated as wills, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Daniel Zolnikov (Republican); status failed, last action 2025-05-23 (Died in Process) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB411-2025
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 411
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Allow recordings to be treated as wills
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-21
- Last action: 2025-05-23, Died in Process
- Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Estates
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (103 yes, 96 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-11 | House | Do Concur | fail | 34 | 66 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 35 | 15 |   |
| 2025-03-03 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 34 | 15 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-05-23: Died in Process (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-09: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-04-09: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-04-07: Hearing (House)
- 2025-03-06: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-03-05: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-03-04: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-04: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-03: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-24: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-09: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=56238f46-8159-49a7-a0cd-919a264ff5ce)
- Introduced, 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8499dca6-d49f-4513-b2a1-4076baf26041)

## 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
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=56238f46-8159-49a7-a0cd-919a264ff5ce)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8499dca6-d49f-4513-b2a1-4076baf26041)

## 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-SB411-2025 (as of 2026-10-16).