Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB658: Revise local board of health sanitation powers and rules
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising local board of health powers related to sanitation; removing the ability to adopt sanitation-related rules that are more stringent than state standards; providing that subsurface onsite wastewater treatment systems already installed and functioning are not subject to amendments or updates to local board of health rules; amending sections 50-2-116 and 50-2-130, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH POWERS RELATED TO SANITATION; REMOVING THE ABILITY TO ADOPT SANITATION-RELATED RULES THAT ARE MORE STRINGENT THAN STATE STANDARDS; PROVIDING THAT SUBSURFACE ONSITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS ALREADY INSTALLED AND FUNCTIONING ARE NOT SUBJECT TO AMENDMENTS OR UPDATES TO LOCAL BOARD OF HEALTH RULES; AMENDING SECTIONS 50-2-116 AND 50-2-130, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 50-2-116, MCA, is amended to read: "50-2-116. Powers and duties of local boards of health. (1) Except as provided in subsection (5), in order to carry out the purposes of the public health system, in collaboration with federal, state, and local partners, each local board of health shall: (a) recommend to the governing body the appointment of a local health officer who (ii) a person with a master's degree in public health; or (iii) a person with equivalent education and experience, as determined by the department; (b) elect a presiding officer and other necessary officers; (c) adopt bylaws to govern meetings; (d) hold regular meetings at least quarterly and hold special meetings as necessary; (e) identify, assess, prevent, and ameliorate conditions of public health importance (ii) screening and testing; (iii) isolation and quarantine measures; …
Sponsors
- Hinkle, Jedediah (R, 67) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Committee
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (H) Transmitted to Senate
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 57 yea, 42 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 57 yea, 41 nay, passed
Subjects: Environmental Protection, Planning, Counties, Local Government, Health
Common questions
- What is HB658?
- HB658 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise local board of health sanitation powers and rules.
- What does HB658 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising local board of health powers related to sanitation; removing the ability to adopt sanitation-related rules that are more stringent than state standards; providing that subsurface onsite wastewater treatment systems already installed and functioning are not subject to amendments or updates to local board of health rules; amending sections 50-2-116 and 50-2-130, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB658?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Committee (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB658?
- Hinkle, Jedediah (R, 67).
- Where is the official record for HB658?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2201
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