Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB149: Revise emotional support animal laws
Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to the documentation of emotional support animals; providing supplemental information requirements; revising definitions; and amending sections 70-24-114 and 70-33-110, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO THE DOCUMENTATION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT ANIMALS; PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS; REVISING DEFINITIONS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 70-24-114 AND 70-33-110, MCA. Section 1. Section 70-24-114, MCA, is amended to read: "70-24-114. Emotional support animals -- documentation. (1) A tenant with a disability or a disability-related need for an emotional support animal may request and be approved by a landlord to keep an emotional support animal as a reasonable accommodation in housing. (2) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, rule, or regulation, a landlord may: (a) deny a reasonable accommodation request for an emotional support animal if the animal poses a direct threat to the safety or health of others or poses a direct threat of physical damage to the property that cannot be reduced or eliminated by another reasonable accommodation; (b) if a tenant's disability-related need for an emotional support animal is not readily apparent, request supporting information that reasonably supports the tenant's need for the particular emotional support animal being requested. Supporting information may must include: (i) information from a health care practitioner who has personal knowledge of the tenant's disability and is acting within the scope of the practitioner's practice that identifies the particular assistance or therapeutic emotional support provided by the specific animal. Information submitted under this subsection (2)(b)(i) must include the effective …
Sponsors
- Loge, Denley (R, 45) · primary sponsor
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
- : (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
Votes
- Do Pass (April 12, 2025): 40 yea, 10 nay, passed
- Do Pass (April 11, 2025): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 9, 2025): 62 yea, 35 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 8, 2025): 58 yea, 39 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 3, 2025): 37 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 31, 2025): 34 yea, 16 nay, passed
Subjects: Property, Housing, Health Care Services, Landlord and Tenant
Common questions
- What is SB149?
- SB149 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise emotional support animal laws.
- What does SB149 do?
- In its own words: An act revising laws related to the documentation of emotional support animals; providing supplemental information requirements; revising definitions; and amending sections 70-24-114 and 70-33-110, mca.
- What is the status of SB149?
- Signed into law as of May 8, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB149?
- Loge, Denley (R, 45).
- Where is the official record for SB149?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2003
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