HB 374 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise gambling laws

HB 374, titled "Revise gambling laws," aimed to allow nonprofit entities to conduct an expanded casino night. The bill would have permitted additional types of games to be played during these expanded casino nights. To achieve this, it proposed amendments to specific sections of the Montana Code Annotated (MCA), including definitions related to gambling activities.

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

House Passage

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC2533.pdf → HB0374_1.pdf · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill text was reformatted from a committee version (LC 2533) to an authorized print version (HB 374.1), with sponsor names added and page numbering updated. No substantive policy changes to gambling laws were made in this diff.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 2533 to HB 374.1, indicating transition from committee to final version

Sponsor names (A. Griffith, J. Reavis, B. Edwards, P. Strand, J. Weber, M. Cunningham, T. Running Wolf, D. Baum, E. Stafman, D. Joy) added to bill header

Page numbering and formatting adjusted to match authorized print version standards

DEFINITION

All substantive definitions and gambling law provisions remain identical between versions

Floor votes · House Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

20–0

Passed

Total votes 20

Feb 18, 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 18, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (20-0)

house

Feb 18, 2025

Amended

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

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors