HB 103 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Creating a railroad track inspection program

HB 103 aimed to establish a Montana Rail Inspection Program to supervise and inspect railroads operating within the state. The bill proposed creating a dedicated Montana rail inspection account in the state special revenue fund. This account would be funded by diverting 8% of taxes collected from railroad car company property. The program was mandated to employ specific inspectors for motive power, equipment, track, and operating practices, along with administrative staff.

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Jan 2025

House Passage

Jan 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Dec 16, 2024 Last action May 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC0236.pdf → HB0103_1.pdf · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 0236 to HB 103.1, indicating it has been formally introduced in the House rather than remaining as a committee document. The header information was updated to include the primary sponsor, K. Zolnikov, and the document was marked as an 'Authorized Print Version.' No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, dates, or eligibility criteria were altered in this version.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 0236 to HB 103.1 to reflect its official introduction in the House.

Primary sponsor name, K. Zolnikov, was added to the bill header.

Page headers were updated to reflect the new bill number and include the 'Authorized Print Version' designation.

Floor votes · House Jan 23, 2025

How they voted

98–2

Passed

Total votes 100

Jan 23, 2025

D Democratic42

42 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican58

56 Yea 2 Nay

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 3, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations

lower

Jan 23, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (98-2)

house

Jan 23, 2025

Committee

(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations

lower

Jan 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations

lower

Dec 20, 2024

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations

lower

Dec 16, 2024

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors