Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB642: Revise civil liability laws
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising public nuisance laws to provide that camping in violation of an ordinance or statute constitutes a public nuisance; and amending section 45-8-111, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING PUBLIC NUISANCE LAWS TO PROVIDE THAT CAMPING IN VIOLATION OF AN ORDINANCE OR STATUTE CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC NUISANCE; AND AMENDING SECTION 45-8-111, MCA. Section 1. Section 45-8-111, MCA, is amended to read: "45-8-111. Public nuisance. (1) "Public nuisance" means any of the following: (a) a condition that endangers safety or health, is offensive to the senses, or obstructs the free use of property so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property by an entire community or neighborhood or by any considerable number of persons. For the purposes of this subsection (1)(a), camping in violation of an ordinance or statute constitutes a public nuisance.; (b) any premises where persons gather for the purpose of engaging in unlawful conduct; or (c) a condition that renders dangerous for passage any public highway or right-of-way or waters used by the public. (2) A person commits the offense of maintaining a public nuisance if the person knowingly creates, conducts, or maintains a public nuisance. (3) Any act that affects an entire community or neighborhood or any considerable number of persons, as specified in subsection (1)(a), is no less a nuisance because the extent of the annoyance or damage inflicted upon individuals is unequal. (4) An agricultural or farming operation, a place, an establishment, or a facility or any …
Sponsors
- Overstreet, Greg (R, 88) · primary sponsor
- Ricci, Vince (R, 27)
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
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 15, 2025): 34 yea, 16 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 14, 2025): 31 yea, 17 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
Subjects: Liability
Common questions
- What is HB642?
- HB642 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise civil liability laws.
- What does HB642 do?
- In its own words: An act revising public nuisance laws to provide that camping in violation of an ordinance or statute constitutes a public nuisance; and amending section 45-8-111, mca.
- What is the status of HB642?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB642?
- Overstreet, Greg (R, 88), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB642?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2448
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