Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB768: Revise civil liability laws relating to equine activities and waivers
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws relating to equine activity liability limitations; providing for waivers of liabilities for participants in equine activities; allowing equine activity waivers to be legally challenged on other grounds; and amending section 27-1-727, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATING TO EQUINE ACTIVITY LIABILITY LIMITATIONS; PROVIDING FOR WAIVERS OF LIABILITIES FOR PARTICIPANTS IN EQUINE ACTIVITIES; ALLOWING EQUINE ACTIVITY WAIVERS TO BE LEGALLY CHALLENGED ON OTHER GROUNDS; AND AMENDING SECTION 27-1-727, MCA. Section 1. Section 27-1-727, MCA, is amended to read: "27-1-727. Equine activity liability limitations -- waivers. (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) through (4), an equine activity sponsor or an equine professional is not liable for an injury to or the death of a participant engaged in an equine activity resulting from risks inherent in equine activities. (2) An equine participant shall act in a safe and responsible manner at all times to avoid injury to the participant and others and to be aware of risks inherent in equine activities. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply: (a) if the equine activity sponsor or the equine professional: (i) provided the equipment or tack and the equipment or tack caused the injury because the equine activity sponsor or equine professional failed to reasonably and prudently inspect or maintain the equipment; (ii) provided the equine and failed to make reasonable and prudent efforts to determine the ability of the participant to safely engage in the equine activity and the participant's ability to safely manage the particular equine based on the participant's representations as to …
Sponsors
- Wirth, Zack (R, 17) · primary sponsor
- Morigeau, Jacinda (D, 46)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 47 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 44 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 95 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 96 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Liability
Common questions
- What is HB768?
- HB768 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise civil liability laws relating to equine activities and waivers.
- What does HB768 do?
- In its own words: An act revising laws relating to equine activity liability limitations; providing for waivers of liabilities for participants in equine activities; allowing equine activity waivers to be legally challenged on other grounds; and amending section 27-1-727, mca.
- What is the status of HB768?
- Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB768?
- Wirth, Zack (R, 17), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB768?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2449
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