Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB307: Reallocate Montana marijuana tax revenue
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing that a portion of marijuana tax revenue be used for prevention services, marijuana law enforcement operations, and local marijuana law enforcement grants; creating a marijuana tax revenue accountability council; increasing the distribution to the healing and ending addiction through recovery and treatment account; providing for a marijuana impact report; providing definitions; providing rulemaking authority; expanding reporting requirements; amending sections 10-2108, 16-12-111, 16-12-122, 23-1-105, 23-2-108, 53-21-1111, and 87-5-121, mca…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING THAT A PORTION OF MARIJUANA TAX REVENUE BE USED FOR PREVENTION SERVICES, MARIJUANA LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS, AND LOCAL MARIJUANA LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS; CREATING A MARIJUANA TAX REVENUE ACCOUNTABILITY COUNCIL; INCREASING THE DISTRIBUTION TO THE HEALING AND ENDING ADDICTION THROUGH RECOVERY AND TREATMENT ACCOUNT; PROVIDING FOR A MARIJUANA IMPACT REPORT; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; EXPANDING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; AMENDING SECTIONS 10-2108, 16-12-111, 16-12-122, 23-1-105, 23-2-108, 53-21-1111, AND 87-5-121, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Marijuana prevention account -- rules. (1) There is a marijuana prevention account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. The account consists of money transferred to the account pursuant to 16-12-111. (2) Money in the account must be used by the department of public health and human services to fund the marijuana tax revenue accountability council provided for in [section 2] and to provide grants for primary substance misuse prevention and youth suicide prevention in consultation with the council. (3) The programs must be designed to: (a) improve access to, utilization of, and engagement and retention in primary substance misuse prevention services; and (b) expand the availability of community-based services that reflect best practices or are evidencebased. (4) The department of public health and …