Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB545: Revise laws related to missing and murdered indigenous persons
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising laws related to missing and murdered indigenous persons; revising the name, membership, and duties of the missing indigenous persons task force; and amending sections 5-11-222, 44-2-411, and 44-2-412, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS PERSONS; REVISING THE NAME, MEMBERSHIP, AND DUTIES OF THE MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSONS TASK FORCE; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 5-11-222, 44-2-411, AND 44-2-412, MCA. Section 1. Section 5-11-222, MCA, is amended to read: "5-11-222. Reports to legislature. (1) (a) Except as provided in subsections (1)(b) and (5), a report to the legislature means a biennial report required by the legislature and filed in accordance with 5-11-210 on or before September 1 of each year preceding the convening of a regular session of the legislature. (b) If otherwise specified in law, a report may be required more or less frequently than the biennial requirement in subsection (1)(a). (2) Reports to the legislature include: (a) annual reports on the unified investment program for public funds and public retirement systems and state compensation insurance fund assets audits from the board of investments in accordance with Article VIII, section 13, of the Montana constitution; (b) federal mandates requirements from the governor in accordance with 2-1-407; (c) activities of the state records committee in accordance with 2-6-1108; (d) revenue studies from the director of revenue, if requested, in accordance with 2-7-104; (e) legislative audit reports from the legislative audit division in accordance with 2-8-112 and 23-7410; (f) the annual performance report of each department to the appropriate …
Sponsors
- Running Wolf, Tyson (D, 16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 22, 2025): 97 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 96 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 48 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 98 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 3, 2025): 97 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: Crimes, Indians
Common questions
- What is HB545?
- HB545 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to missing and murdered indigenous persons.
- What does HB545 do?
- In its own words: An act revising laws related to missing and murdered indigenous persons; revising the name, membership, and duties of the missing indigenous persons task force; and amending sections 5-11-222, 44-2-411, and 44-2-412, mca.
- What is the status of HB545?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB545?
- Running Wolf, Tyson (D, 16).
- Where is the official record for HB545?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2331
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