HB 174 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws related to drug assault crimes

HB 174 aimed to revise laws related to assault by expanding its definition. The bill proposed that a person commits assault if they purposely or knowingly provide specific dangerous drugs, alcohol, or other listed substances, such as rohypnol, to another individual without their consent. This change would affect individuals who administer these substances without permission. The bill included exemptions for authorized medical providers, guardians, and the administration of opioid overdose reversal medications like naloxone.
Bill status died 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 10, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0174_3(4).pdf HB0174_3(5).pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill includes minor formatting adjustments to the assault statute, such as removing extra spaces and correcting line breaks. It also adds a new statutory citation (50-32-232) to the list of substances that can be used in drug-facilitated assault, expanding the legal definition of controlled substances covered under this offense.
Scope change
The scope of the assault statute was slightly expanded to include an additional specific drug citation, while the overall applicability of the law remains unchanged.
DEFINITION

Added the citation for 50-32-232 to the list of drugs included in Schedules I through V, broadening the specific references for controlled substances in the assault definition.

TECHNICAL

Removed unnecessary extra spaces and corrected line breaks in the text of the assault statute.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

3119
Passed
Total votes 50
Mar 31, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican32
31 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
44
Key actions
8
Committee
8
Amendments
2
Apr 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (56-44)
house
Mar 31, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-19)
senate
Mar 31, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Neil Duram
RRepublican
MT
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