Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB205: Revise death penalty laws
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing that death must be caused by a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death; and amending section 46-19-103, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING THAT DEATH MUST BE CAUSED BY A SUBSTANCE OR SUBSTANCES IN A LETHAL QUANTITY SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE DEATH; AND AMENDING SECTION 46-19-103, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 46-19-103, MCA, is amended to read: "46-19-103. Execution of death sentence. (1) In pronouncing the sentence of death, the court shall set the date of execution, which may not be less than 30 days or more than 60 days from the date the sentence is pronounced. If execution has been stayed by any court and the date set for execution has passed prior to dissolution of the stay, the court in which the defendant was previously sentenced shall, upon dissolution of the stay, set a new date of execution for not less than 20 or more than 90 days from the day the date is set. The defendant is entitled to be present in court on the day the new date of execution is set. (2) Pending execution of a sentence of death, the sheriff may deliver the defendant to the Montana state prison or the Montana women's prison for confinement, and the state shall bear the costs of imprisoning the defendant from the date of delivery. (3) The punishment of death must be inflicted by administration …
Sponsors
- Maness, Shannon (R, 70) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Hearing Canceled
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing Canceled
Votes
- Do Pass (January 30, 2025): 49 yea, 51 nay, failed
Subjects: Crimes, Criminal Procedure
Common questions
- What is HB205?
- HB205 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise death penalty laws.
- What does HB205 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act providing that death must be caused by a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause death; and amending section 46-19-103, mca.".
- What is the status of HB205?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB205?
- Maness, Shannon (R, 70).
- Where is the official record for HB205?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0026
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