HB 305 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Establish the mobile home park dispute resolution program

HB 305 sought to establish the Montana Mobile Home Park Dispute Resolution Program, administered by the Department of Commerce, to help mobile home landlords and tenants resolve disputes. The program would provide educational materials on rights and responsibilities and allow either party to file complaints regarding alleged violations. The Department would investigate complaints, facilitate negotiations, and make determinations, with the power to impose remedies like fines or orders for rent refunds. The bill also required mobile home parks to register, pay fees to fund the program, and provide notice before a park's sale.

Issues: ✓ Housing

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Jan 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC1959.pdf → HB0305_1.pdf · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill text was updated from a draft version (LC 1959) to a formal House Bill number (HB 305), adding a list of specific sponsors and reformatting the title and introductory sections. The substantive legislative content regarding dispute resolution, complaint processes, and department duties remains unchanged, with the primary difference being the transition from a committee draft to a finalized bill ready for legislative action.

TECHNICAL

The bill number changed from LC 1959 to HB 305, and the document was rebranded from a committee draft to an Authorized Print Version.

A list of nine specific legislators was added as sponsors, replacing the blank introductory fields.

The bill title and summary were restructured to include the full list of sponsors and standard legislative formatting.

Floor votes · House Feb 21, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

Feb 21, 2025

D Democratic8

8 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican12

12 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Feb 21, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (20-0)

house

Feb 21, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Jan 24, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors