SB 305 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise funeral trust laws

SB 305 revises laws related to funeral trusts. It requires that money received for prearranged funeral or related services, which is held in a trust fund, must comply with the prudent investor rule. This means that the financial institutions or entities holding these funds must manage them according to a specified standard for investments, a requirement that cannot be waived. The bill directly affects providers of prearranged funeral services and the individuals who contract for them by setting a new standard for how their trust funds are invested.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 27, 2025 · House Mar 28, 2025

How they voted

500
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 27, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 28, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (98-1-1)
house
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (50-0)
senate
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Mike Cuffe
Mike Cuffe
RRepublican
MT
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