Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB293: Revising claimants' ability to receive insurance information
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act allowing a claimant to request and receive information on a tortfeasor's liability insurance limits before initiating litigation; providing that in any subsequent litigation, a court may impose sanctions for failure to comply with prefiling a request; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ALLOWING A CLAIMANT TO REQUEST AND RECEIVE INFORMATION ON A TORTFEASOR'S LIABILITY INSURANCE LIMITS BEFORE INITIATING LITIGATION; PROVIDING THAT IN ANY SUBSEQUENT LITIGATION, A COURT MAY IMPOSE SANCTIONS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH PREFILING A REQUEST; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Prefiling of request for insurance information. (1) Prior to filing an action in district court to recover damages for personal injury or wrongful death, a claimant may at any time serve on the insurer of a potentially responsible party a request for a statement setting forth the existence of and limits of any liability insurance agreement that may be available or (b) indemnify or reimburse for payments made to satisfy a judgment against the party. (2) The request must be signed by the attorney for the requesting party, or by the requesting party if unrepresented, and must include a statement (b) to the best of the signer's knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry, the claim is well-grounded in fact and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law; and (c) the request is not interposed for any improper purpose, such as to …
Sponsors
- Olsen, Andrea (D, 48) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Liability, Remedies, Torts, Insurance
Common questions
- What is SB293?
- SB293 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revising claimants' ability to receive insurance information.
- What does SB293 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act allowing a claimant to request and receive information on a tortfeasor's liability insurance limits before initiating litigation; providing that in any subsequent litigation, a court may impose sanctions for failure to comply with prefiling a request; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of SB293?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB293?
- Olsen, Andrea (D, 48).
- Where is the official record for SB293?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0671
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