Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB660: Require rules to limit GHG emissions
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring department rulemaking to limit greenhouse gas emissions; providing rulemaking authority; and amending section 752-112, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING DEPARTMENT RULEMAKING TO LIMIT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; PROVIDING RULEMAKING AUTHORITY; AND AMENDING SECTION 752-112, MCA." WHEREAS, the Legislature has provided the Montana Department of Environmental Quality with authority to regulate air pollutants; and WHEREAS, the Montana Supreme Court has found that the department's authority includes the ability to regulate greenhouse gases; and WHEREAS, greenhouse gases are already having a negative impact on public health, safety, and welfare, on the environment, and on Montana's economy and are predicted to have increasingly negative impacts; and WHEREAS, those negative impacts will worsen if the state continues ignoring the impacts of greenhouse gases; and WHEREAS, actions taken by the state to limit greenhouse gases will have significant health benefits to Montanans; and WHEREAS, the Legislature, mindful of its obligation under Article IX, section 1(3), is directing the department to limit greenhouse gases in order to provide adequate remedies for the protection of the environmental life support systems from degradation and provide adequate remedies to prevent unreasonable depletion and degradation of natural resources. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB **** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 660.1 Section 1. Section 75-2-112, MCA, is amended to read: "75-2-112. Powers and responsibilities of department. (1) The department …
Sponsors
- Powers, Debo (D, 3) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Fiscal Note Requested
Subjects: Rule Making, Environmental Protection
Common questions
- What is HB660?
- HB660 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require rules to limit GHG emissions.
- What does HB660 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring department rulemaking to limit greenhouse gas emissions; providing rulemaking authority; and amending section 752-112, mca.".
- What is the status of HB660?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB660?
- Powers, Debo (D, 3).
- Where is the official record for HB660?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1392
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