Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB381: Provide for Montana’s future homesteading act
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act making certain state lands available for homesteading; requiring the department of natural resources and conservation to identify state-owned lands for homesteading; providing qualified homesteader requirements; requiring the department to sell homestead deeds for the full market value of the property; and providing rulemaking authority.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT MAKING CERTAIN STATE LANDS AVAILABLE FOR HOMESTEADING; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION TO IDENTIFY STATE-OWNED LANDS FOR HOMESTEADING; PROVIDING QUALIFIED HOMESTEADER REQUIREMENTS; REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT TO SELL HOMESTEAD DEEDS FOR THE FULL MARKET VALUE OF THE PROPERTY; AND PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. State land available for homesteading -- requirements -- rulemaking. (1) By [1 year after the effective date of this act], the department shall identify all state lands of less than contiguous acres in size that are suitable for homesteading pursuant to subsection (2). (2) State lands are suitable for homesteading (b) the land is undeveloped; (c) the property is not designated as a state park or fishing access site; (d) the property does not have physical barriers making development impracticable; and (e) the property does not have legal restrictions that prevent the sale and development of the property for homesteading. (3) A qualified homesteader is a person who has been a continuous Montana resident for the past 10 years. (4) The department shall make the property identified under subsection (1) available for homesteading by qualified homesteaders in parcels no larger than 5 acres in size. The sale of homestead deeds under this section …
Sponsors
- Emrich, Daniel (R, 11) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Subjects: Rule Making, Planning, State Lands
Common questions
- What is SB381?
- SB381 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Provide for Montana’s future homesteading act.
- What does SB381 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act making certain state lands available for homesteading; requiring the department of natural resources and conservation to identify state-owned lands for homesteading; providing qualified homesteader requirements; requiring the department to sell homestead deeds for the full market value of the property; and providing rulemaking authority.".
- What is the status of SB381?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB381?
- Emrich, Daniel (R, 11).
- Where is the official record for SB381?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1425
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