HB 204 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise gambling laws related gambling addiction

HB 204, titled "Revise gambling laws related gambling addiction," sought to update state gambling regulations. The bill required that all video gambling machines display information about gambling addiction, including contact details for support organizations. This information would need to be placed on the front of the machine, clearly visible and legible to users. Machines that did not comply with this requirement would not be permitted for public use, with the changes applying starting October 1, 2025.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 15, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC1680.pdf → HB0204_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill's title and bill number were updated from LC 1680 to HB 204.1, reflecting its introduction in the House and renumbering. The primary sponsor information was added, listing K. Kortum, W. McKamey, and M. Yakawich. These are administrative updates that clarify the bill's origin and current status in the legislative process.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1680 to HB 204.1.

Names of the primary sponsors (K. Kortum, W. McKamey, M. Yakawich) were added to the header.

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Amendments

Jan 21, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Business and Labor

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor

lower

Jan 15, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors