Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB541: Revise DUI laws to include controlled substances
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to driving under the influence; adding driving while under the influence of alcohol and a certain controlled substance substances as an offense; providing penalties; and amending sections 61-8-1002 and 61-8-1007, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; ADDING DRIVING WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL AND A CERTAIN CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SUBSTANCES AS AN OFFENSE; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 61-8-1002 AND 61-8-1007, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 61-8-1002, MCA, is amended to read: "61-8-1002. Driving under influence. (1) A person commits the offense of driving under the influence if the person drives or is in actual physical control of: (a) a vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle upon the ways of this state open to the public while under the influence of alcohol, any drug, or a combination of alcohol and any drug; (b) a noncommercial vehicle upon the ways of this state open to the public while the person's alcohol concentration, as shown by analysis of the person's blood, breath, or other bodily substance, is 0.08 or more; (c) a commercial motor vehicle within this state while the person's alcohol concentration, as shown by analysis of the person's blood, breath, or other bodily substance, is 0.04 or more; (d) a noncommercial vehicle or commercial motor vehicle within this state while the person's tetrahydrocannabinol level, excluding inactive metabolites, as shown by analysis of the person's blood or other bodily substance, is …
Sponsors
- Kelly, Steven (R, 9) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Committee
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (H) Transmitted to Senate
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (March 3, 2025): 61 yea, 37 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 1, 2025): 64 yea, 34 nay, passed
Subjects: Crimes, Alcohol
Common questions
- What is HB541?
- HB541 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise DUI laws to include controlled substances.
- What does HB541 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to driving under the influence; adding driving while under the influence of alcohol and a certain controlled substance substances as an offense; providing penalties; and amending sections 61-8-1002 and 61-8-1007, mca.".
- What is the status of HB541?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB541?
- Kelly, Steven (R, 9).
- Where is the official record for HB541?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2314
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