HB 60 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise state auditor laws

HB 60 is a broad revision bill primarily updating Montana's securities and insurance regulations, not state auditor functions as the title suggests. It revises definitions, streamlines securities registration, shortens the timeframe for filing securities actions (to 1 year after discovery), adjusts eligibility for restitution funds, and updates insurance-related provisions covering telehealth, privacy, producer training, and health trust requirements. The bill also includes an unrelated section of personnel definitions (Section 2-18-101), likely a document error, but its core impact affects securities issuers, insurance companies, and healthcare providers. It passed unanimously and was signed into law on February 27, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Dec 18, 2024 Signed Feb 28, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2025 · House Jan 15, 2025

How they voted

399
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Feb 15, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 1 Nay 1
88% Yea
R Republican32
23 Yea 8 Nay 1
71% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
46
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Feb 27, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (39-9-2)
senate
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Jan 15, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (100-0)
house
Jan 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Ed Buttrey
Ed Buttrey
RRepublican
MT
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