Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB810: Revise tenant landlord laws
Status: Signed into law, June 12, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising rental laws; specifying acceptable forms of payment; prohibiting additional fees based on rent payment type except to recoup an electronic bank fee incurred for electronic payment; providing a definition; amending sections 70-24103, 70-24-201, 70-33-103, and 70-33-201, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING RENTAL LAWS; SPECIFYING ACCEPTABLE FORMS OF PAYMENT; PROHIBITING ADDITIONAL FEES BASED ON RENT PAYMENT TYPE EXCEPT TO RECOUP AN ELECTRONIC BANK FEE INCURRED FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT; PROVIDING A DEFINITION; AMENDING SECTIONS 70-24103, 70-24-201, 70-33-103, AND 70-33-201, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 70-24-103, MCA, is amended to read: "70-24-103. General definitions. Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent sections and unless the context otherwise requires, in this chapter the following definitions apply: (1) "Abandon" means to give up possession of the premises unless the landlord does not accept abandonment or surrender as provided in 70-24-426 or unless the rental agreement has been terminated as provided by law. (2) "Action" includes recoupment, counterclaim, setoff suit in equity, and any other proceeding in which rights are determined, including an action for possession. (3) "Actual and reasonable cost" means the actual amount of expenses and labor incurred or expended and the reasonable amount of expenses and labor estimated to be incurred or expended. (4) "Case of emergency" means an extraordinary occurrence beyond the tenant's control requiring immediate action to protect the premises or the tenant. A case of emergency may include the interruption of essential services, including heat, electricity, gas, running water, hot water, and sewer and septic system service, or life-threatening events in which the …
Sponsors
- Caferro, Mary (D, 81) · primary sponsor
- Neumann, Cora (D, 30)
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
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 91 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 12, 2025): 38 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 33 yea, 14 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Landlord and Tenant
Common questions
- What is HB810?
- HB810 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise tenant landlord laws.
- What does HB810 do?
- In its own words: An act revising rental laws; specifying acceptable forms of payment; prohibiting additional fees based on rent payment type except to recoup an electronic bank fee incurred for electronic payment; providing a definition; amending sections 70-24103, 70-24-201, 70-33-103, and 70-33-201, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB810?
- Signed into law as of June 12, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (June 12, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB810?
- Caferro, Mary (D, 81), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB810?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0879
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