Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB75: Revise amendment process for legislation that is subject to a sunset
Status: Signed into law, April 3, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising statutory construction by providing a procedure to amend a termination date; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION BY PROVIDING A PROCEDURE TO AMEND A TERMINATION DATE; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Revision of termination date -- conflicting amendments -- no revival of terminated amendment. (1) The termination date of a statute may be revised by amending the session law for the initial legislation that provided for the termination date. There is no limit on the number of times that a termination date may be revised pursuant to this section. (2) In the event of conflicting revisions to a termination date during the same legislative session, the conflict may be resolved through a coordination instruction. If the conflict is not resolved through a coordination instruction, the revised termination date that falls latest chronologically becomes law and all earlier revised termination dates from the same legislative session are void. (3) A termination date is not revised through an amendment of session law unless the legislation revising the termination date is effective before the later of the initial termination date or the amended termination date. (4) As long as the session law of the initial legislation that provided for the termination date is amended in the same enactment, this section does not invalidate the amendment of a termination date when the session law that previously revised the …
Sponsors
- Vinton, Sue (R, 20) · primary sponsor
- Nikolakakos, George (R, 22)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (March 19, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 18, 2025): 97 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 7, 2025): 49 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 6, 2025): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Legislature
Common questions
- What is SB75?
- SB75 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise amendment process for legislation that is subject to a sunset.
- What does SB75 do?
- In its own words: An act revising statutory construction by providing a procedure to amend a termination date; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.
- What is the status of SB75?
- Signed into law as of April 3, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (April 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB75?
- Vinton, Sue (R, 20), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB75?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0109
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