HB 443 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Repeal county licensing of transient retail merchants

HB 443 repeals existing state laws that require county governments to license transient retail merchants. This means traveling salespeople or temporary vendors will no longer need to obtain a license from counties to conduct business. The bill removes specific sections of the Montana Code Annotated that defined these merchants, outlined license requirements, fees, application processes, and enforcement provisions.
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 10, 2025 Signed May 5, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0443_X(3).pdf HB0443_X(4).pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill expanded the list of repealed Montana Code sections to include 7-21-2408 through 7-21-2411, which previously were not listed in the removal schedule. This change ensures that all related licensing provisions for transient retail merchants are fully eliminated from the statute book. The amendment also corrected formatting inconsistencies in the codification instructions and page headers.
Scope change
The repeal scope was expanded to cover additional sections (7-21-2408 through 7-21-2411) that were previously omitted from the removal list.
SCOPE

Added sections 7-21-2408 through 7-21-2411 to the list of repealed statutes, ensuring complete removal of transient retail merchant licensing laws.

TECHNICAL

Adjusted the codification instruction text to align with the updated list of repealed sections.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Mar 3, 2025

How they voted

471
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 14, 2025
D Democratic18
16 Yea 1 Nay 1
88% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% 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 (47-1-2)
senate
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
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 3, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (63-35-2)
house
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Braxton Mitchell
RRepublican
MT
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