Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB218: Provide for private right of action for injuries caused by certain medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act providing for a private cause of action for injuries caused by certain medical interventions as treatment of gender dysphoria; providing a statute of limitations; amending section 27-2-205, mca; repealing section 50-4-1005, mca; and providing an effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION FOR INJURIES CAUSED BY CERTAIN MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS AS TREATMENT OF GENDER DYSPHORIA; PROVIDING A STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS; AMENDING SECTION 27-2-205, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 50-4-1005, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Private cause of action for injuries caused by treatment of gender dysphoria -- statute of limitations -- definitions. (1) Any health care professional or physician who provides the medical treatments listed in subsection (4) to a minor, may be subject to a civil action if the medical treatment results in any injury, including physical, psychological, emotional, or physiological harms, that is proximately caused by a deviation from the applicable medical standard of care of the health care professional or physician as established by qualified expert testimony. (2) Except as provided in subsection (3), a person who suffers an injury described in subsection (1) or the person's legal guardian or estate may bring a civil action with respect to the injury within 2 years from the time of discovery by the injured party of both the injury and the causal relationship between the medical treatment and the injury against the offending health care professional or physician in a court of competent jurisdiction (b) compensatory damages; and (c) any other appropriate relief. (3) (a) If the person subjected to medical treatment …
Sponsors
- Fuller, John (R, 4) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Reconsidered Previous Action
- : (S) 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments
- : (H) 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- ReconsAction - Millet (April 29, 2025): 38 yea, 59 nay, failed
- Do Concur (April 29, 2025): 31 yea, 19 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 28, 2025): 47 yea, 53 nay, failed
- Do Concur (April 28, 2025): 28 yea, 20 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 17, 2025): 32 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 16, 2025): 44 yea, 5 nay, passed
Subjects: Liability, Courts, Remedies, Torts, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is SB218?
- SB218 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for private right of action for injuries caused by certain medical interventions to treat gender dysphoria.
- What does SB218 do?
- In its own words: An act providing for a private cause of action for injuries caused by certain medical interventions as treatment of gender dysphoria; providing a statute of limitations; amending section 27-2-205, mca; repealing section 50-4-1005, mca; and providing an effective date.
- What is the status of SB218?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB218?
- Fuller, John (R, 4).
- Where is the official record for SB218?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1818
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