HB 425 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise victim damages when apprehending perpetrators

HB 425 would have made Montana peace officers financially responsible for property damage or injuries to occupants when they illegally enter a building during a search or pursuit. Specifically, it applied if officers entered the wrong dwelling per a warrant, pursued a suspect into a non-suspect's building, or caused a hostage situation while apprehending someone. The bill aimed to directly affect law enforcement officers and residents of buildings where such incidents occurred. However, the bill was withdrawn on February 19, 2025, before becoming law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
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Governor
Introduced Feb 7, 2025 Last action Feb 19, 2025
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LC1491.pdf HB0425_1.pdf · 2 edits
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The bill was renumbered from LC 1491 to HB 425 and the sponsor was identified as G. Parry. The text of the bill itself remains unchanged, indicating these are administrative updates to the bill's identity and sponsorship rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 1491 to HB 425.

Primary sponsor G. Parry was added to the bill header.

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Feb 10, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
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Feb 7, 2025
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(H) Introduced
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Gary Parry
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