Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB28: Extend vehicle titling grace period to 60 days
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the grace period for vehicle titling to days; revising the expiration date of temporary registration permits to 60 days; and amending sections 61-3-218, 61-3-220, 61-3-317, and 61-3-431, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE GRACE PERIOD FOR VEHICLE TITLING TO DAYS; REVISING THE EXPIRATION DATE OF TEMPORARY REGISTRATION PERMITS TO 60 DAYS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 61-3-218, 61-3-220, 61-3-317, AND 61-3-431, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 61-3-218, MCA, is amended to read: "61-3-218. Certificate of title -- issuance -- delivery. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if a person who applied for a certificate of title also requested the issuance of the certificate of title as provided in 61-3-216(2)(f)(i), upon receipt of the application and all supporting documents and after an examination and determination that the application is complete and regular, the department shall issue a certificate of title of the motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile and shall mail the certificate of title to the owner. (2) If a person to whom a motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer, pole trailer, camper, motorboat, personal watercraft, sailboat, or snowmobile was transferred has not satisfied the titling and registration provisions of this chapter or, if applicable, the registration provisions of Title 23, chapter 2, part 5 or 6, within the 40-day 60-day period provided in 61-3-220(3) and the secured party or lienholder pays the title fee required in 61-3-203, the …
Sponsors
- Beard, Becky (R, 38) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Committee
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (S) Transmitted to House
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) Committee Report
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
Votes
- Do Pass (February 7, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 29, 2025): 47 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Motor Vehicles
Common questions
- What is SB28?
- SB28 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Extend vehicle titling grace period to 60 days.
- What does SB28 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the grace period for vehicle titling to days; revising the expiration date of temporary registration permits to 60 days; and amending sections 61-3-218, 61-3-220, 61-3-317, and 61-3-431, mca.".
- What is the status of SB28?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Committee (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB28?
- Beard, Becky (R, 38).
- Where is the official record for SB28?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0961
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