HB 192 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise county clerk and recorder fee for recording documents

HB 192 increases the fees charged by county clerk and recorders for recording various documents. It sets the fee for recording a standard document or when using mechanical means to $20 for the first page and $10 for each additional page. The bill also doubles the portion of these fees deposited into the county's records preservation fund from $1 to $2 per document. Additionally, beginning July 1, 2027, the Department of Revenue will biennially adjust these recording fees for inflation. These changes will apply to documents recorded on or after October 1, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0192_X(2).pdf HB0192_X(3).pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting adjustments and the removal of a closing bracket in the applicability section, but the core policy content remains unchanged. The effective date and applicability rules are still set for documents recorded on or after October 1, 2025. These changes appear to be technical corrections rather than substantive policy shifts.
Scope change
No change to the bill's scope; the applicability date remains October 1, 2025.
TECHNICAL

Removed a stray closing quotation mark and bracket at the end of the bill title and applicability section.

Adjusted the formatting of the 'Introduced By' line and the final title text to remove redundant punctuation.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Apr 18, 2025

How they voted

445
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Apr 9, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1 Nay
94% Yea
R Republican32
27 Yea 4 Nay 1
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
48
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 18, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-2-2)
house
Apr 9, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (44-5-1)
senate
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Julie Darling
Julie Darling
RRepublican
MT
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