HB 415 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws on a judge's ability to provide bail to certain defendants

HB 415 revises the laws concerning a judge's ability to admit defendants to bail. The bill specifically limits a judge's authority to grant or continue bail for individuals who have an active warrant from another jurisdiction. This means defendants with outstanding warrants from other jurisdictions will not be eligible for bail in the current proceeding.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Signed May 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0415_X(2).pdf HB0415_X(3).pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was updated to remove the 'END' marker, indicating the conclusion of the document, and to adjust the punctuation at the end of the amendment clause. These changes appear to be technical formatting updates rather than substantive policy modifications.
TECHNICAL

Removed the 'END' marker and blank lines that previously signaled the end of the bill text.

Adjusted the punctuation at the end of the amendment description to ensure proper formatting consistency.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Feb 21, 2025

How they voted

3414
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 14, 2025
D Democratic18
4 Yea 13 Nay 1
72% Nay
R Republican32
30 Yea 1 Nay 1
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-14-2)
senate
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 21, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (63-35-2)
house
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Amy Regier
Amy Regier
RRepublican
MT
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