Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB594: Clarify prohibition on power of local government to require additional licensing or permitting
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act clarifying the prohibition on the power of local governments to require additional licensing or permitting; amending section 7-1-111, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT CLARIFYING THE PROHIBITION ON THE POWER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL LICENSING OR PERMITTING; AMENDING SECTION 7-1-111, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 7-1-111, MCA, is amended to read: "7-1-111. Powers denied. A local government unit with self-government powers is prohibited from exercising the following: (1) any power that applies to or affects any private or civil relationship, except as an incident to the exercise of an independent self-government power; (2) any power that applies to or affects the provisions of 7-33-4128 or Title 39, except that subject to those provisions, it may exercise any power of a public employer with regard to its employees; (3) any power that applies to or affects the public school system, except that a local unit may impose an assessment reasonably related to the cost of any service or special benefit provided by the unit and shall exercise any power that it is required by law to exercise regarding the public school system; (4) any power that prohibits the grant or denial of a certificate of compliance or a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Title 69, chapter 12; (5) any power that establishes a rate or price …
Sponsors
- Seekins-Crowe, Kerri (R, 39) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Committee Report
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Votes
- Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray (April 10, 2025): 47 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 10 yea, 38 nay, failed
- AMD-HB0594.003.001 Zolnikov D/PASS (April 10, 2025): 16 yea, 32 nay, failed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 58 yea, 40 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
Subjects: Cities and Towns, Counties, Local Government
Common questions
- What is HB594?
- HB594 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Clarify prohibition on power of local government to require additional licensing or permitting.
- What does HB594 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act clarifying the prohibition on the power of local governments to require additional licensing or permitting; amending section 7-1-111, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB594?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB594?
- Seekins-Crowe, Kerri (R, 39).
- Where is the official record for HB594?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3401
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