Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB800: Revise landlord and tenant laws
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing that the montana residential landlord and tenant act and montana residential mobile home lot rental act do not apply to invitees who have not established a landlord-tenant relationship; providing that invitees who refuse to leave when asked are subject to prosecution; providing for removal of unauthorized persons or trespassers; revising laws related to an action for possession after termination of lease; revising laws related to disposition of personal property abandoned by a tenant after the termination of lease…
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING THAT THE MONTANA RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT AND MONTANA RESIDENTIAL MOBILE HOME LOT RENTAL ACT DO NOT APPLY TO INVITEES WHO HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED A LANDLORD-TENANT RELATIONSHIP; PROVIDING THAT INVITEES WHO REFUSE TO LEAVE WHEN ASKED ARE SUBJECT TO PROSECUTION; PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL OF UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS OR TRESPASSERS; REVISING LAWS RELATED TO AN ACTION FOR POSSESSION AFTER TERMINATION OF LEASE; REVISING LAWS RELATED TO DISPOSITION OF PERSONAL PROPERTY ABANDONED BY A TENANT AFTER THE TERMINATION OF LEASE; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 70-24-104, 70-24-113, 70-24-427, 70-24-430, 70-33-104, 70-33-427, AND 70-33-430, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 70-24-104, MCA, is amended to read: "70-24-104. Exclusions from application of chapter. Unless created to avoid the application of this chapter, the following arrangements are not governed by this chapter: (1) residence at a public or private institution if incidental to detention or the provision of medical, geriatric, educational, counseling, religious, or similar service, including all housing provided by the Montana university system and other postsecondary institutions; (2) occupancy under a contract of sale of a dwelling unit or the property of which it is a part if the occupant is the purchaser or a person who succeeds to the purchaser's interest; (3) occupancy by a member of a fraternal …
Sponsors
- Maness, Shannon (R, 70) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Reconsidered Previous Action
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
Votes
- ReconsAction - Maness (March 6, 2025): 44 yea, 52 nay, failed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 46 yea, 53 nay, failed
Subjects: Property, Landlord and Tenant
Common questions
- What is HB800?
- HB800 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise landlord and tenant laws.
- What does HB800 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act providing that the montana residential landlord and tenant act and montana residential mobile home lot rental act do not apply to invitees who have not established a landlord-tenant relationship; providing that invitees who refuse to leave when asked are subject to prosecution; providing for removal of unauthorized persons or trespassers; revising laws related to an action for possession after termination of lease; revising laws related to disposition of personal property abandoned by a tenant after the termination of lease…
- What is the status of HB800?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB800?
- Maness, Shannon (R, 70).
- Where is the official record for HB800?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4039
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