Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB540: Alllow DOC to contract with private corporations to establish and maintain certain facilities and programs
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the powers and duties of the department of corrections; allowing the department of corrections to contract with private corporations to establish and maintain certain facilities and programs; and amending section 53-1-203, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; ALLOWING THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE CORPORATIONS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CERTAIN FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS; AND AMENDING SECTION 53-1-203, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 53-1-203, MCA, is amended to read: "53-1-203. Powers and duties of department of corrections. (1) The department of corrections shall: (a) subject to subsection (6), adopt rules (ii) for the expansion of treatment facilities or programs previously established by contract through a competitive procurement process; (iii) for the establishment and maintenance of residential methamphetamine treatment programs; and (iv) for the admission, custody, transfer, and release of persons in department programs and state prisons, as defined in 53-30-101, except as otherwise provided by law; (b) subject to the functions of the department of administration, lease or purchase lands for use by correctional facilities and classify those lands to determine those that may be most profitably used for agricultural purposes, taking into consideration the needs of all correctional facilities for the food products that can be grown or produced on the lands and the relative value of agricultural programs in the treatment or rehabilitation of the persons confined in correctional facilities; (c) contract with private, nonprofit Montana …
Sponsors
- Kelly, Steven (R, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: Corrections
Common questions
- What is HB540?
- HB540 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Alllow DOC to contract with private corporations to establish and maintain certain facilities and programs.
- What does HB540 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising the powers and duties of the department of corrections; allowing the department of corrections to contract with private corporations to establish and maintain certain facilities and programs; and amending section 53-1-203, mca.".
- What is the status of HB540?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB540?
- Kelly, Steven (R, 9).
- Where is the official record for HB540?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2317
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