Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB177: Revise tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor product laws
Status: Chaptered, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act revising definitions to include alternative nicotine and vapor products under the definition of "tobacco"; including alternative nicotine and vapor products in the license fees for tobacco products; repealing the prohibition on a local ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco products; amending sections 7-1-111, 16-11-302, 16-11303, 16-11-304, 16-11-305, 16-11-306, 16-11-308, 16-11-309, 16-11-310, and 16-11-311, mca; and repealing section 16-11-313, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT REVISING DEFINITIONS TO INCLUDE ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE AND VAPOR PRODUCTS UNDER THE DEFINITION OF "TOBACCO"; INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE AND VAPOR PRODUCTS IN THE LICENSE FEES FOR TOBACCO PRODUCTS; REPEALING THE PROHIBITION ON A LOCAL ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS; AMENDING SECTIONS 7-1-111, 16-11-302, 16-11303, 16-11-304, 16-11-305, 16-11-306, 16-11-308, 16-11-309, 16-11-310, AND 16-11-311, MCA; AND REPEALING SECTION 16-11-313, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 7-1-111, MCA, is amended to read: "7-1-111. Powers denied. A local government unit with self-government powers is prohibited from exercising the following: (1) any power that applies to or affects any private or civil relationship, except as an incident to the exercise of an independent self-government power; (2) any power that applies to or affects the provisions of 7-33-4128 or Title 39, except that subject to those provisions, it may exercise any power of a public employer with regard to its employees; (3) any power that applies to or affects the public school system, except that a local unit may impose an assessment reasonably related to the cost of any service or special benefit provided by the unit and shall exercise any power that it is required by law to exercise regarding the public school system; (4) any power that prohibits the …
Sponsors
- Smith, Frank (D, 31) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading Concurred
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
Subjects: Tobacco, Revenue, State
Common questions
- What is HB177?
- HB177 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor product laws.
- What does HB177 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act revising definitions to include alternative nicotine and vapor products under the definition of "tobacco"; including alternative nicotine and vapor products in the license fees for tobacco products; repealing the prohibition on a local ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco products; amending sections 7-1-111, 16-11-302, 16-11303, 16-11-304, 16-11-305, 16-11-306, 16-11-308, 16-11-309, 16-11-310, and 16-11-311, mca; and repealing section 16-11-313, mca.".
- What is the status of HB177?
- Chaptered as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB177?
- Smith, Frank (D, 31).
- Where is the official record for HB177?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3689
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