Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB430: Generally revise laws related to civil commitment and emergency detention of mentally ill persons
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act generally revising laws related to the civil commitment and emergency detention of mentally ill persons; establishing conditions that must be met before transporting or transferring a person to the montana state hospital; revising what actions or omissions are contempt; superseding the unfunded mandate laws; amending sections 3-1-501, 3-10-402, 3-11-303, 53-21-102, 53-21-126, 53-21-127, 53-21-129, 53-21181, and 53-21-193, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE CIVIL COMMITMENT AND EMERGENCY DETENTION OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; ESTABLISHING CONDITIONS THAT MUST BE MET BEFORE TRANSPORTING OR TRANSFERRING A PERSON TO THE MONTANA STATE HOSPITAL; REVISING WHAT ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS ARE CONTEMPT; SUPERSEDING THE UNFUNDED MANDATE LAWS; AMENDING SECTIONS 3-1-501, 3-10-402, 3-11-303, 53-21-102, 53-21-126, 53-21-127, 53-21-129, 53-21181, AND 53-21-193, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 3-1-501, MCA, is amended to read: "3-1-501. What acts or omissions are contempts -- civil and criminal contempt. (1) The following acts or omissions in respect to a court of justice or proceedings in a court of justice are contempts of the authority of the court: (a) disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent behavior toward the judge while holding the court tending to interrupt the due course of a trial or other judicial proceeding; (b) a breach of the peace, boisterous conduct, or violent disturbance tending to interrupt the due course of a trial or other judicial proceeding; (c) misbehavior in office or other willful neglect or violation of duty by an attorney, counsel, clerk, sheriff, coroner, or other person appointed or elected to perform a judicial or ministerial service; (d) deceit or abuse of the process or proceedings of the court by a party to an action or special proceeding; (e) disobedience of …