HB 583 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws relating to the state lottery and review authority

HB 583 aimed to revise the powers and duties of the State Lottery and Sports Wagering Commission. The bill proposed to grant the commission new authority to provide input and approve all procurement decisions for vendor contracts used in the operation of the state lottery. This change would have expanded the commission's oversight role over the state lottery's vendor selection processes.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC4203.pdf HB0583_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 4203 to HB 583 and underwent minor formatting adjustments to align with standard legislative formatting. A new eligibility requirement was added stating that sales agent employees cannot be required to sell lottery tickets, expanding protections for sales agent staff.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on revising state lottery powers and duties, but now includes additional protections for sales agent employees.
ELIGIBILITY

Added a new provision stating that sales agent employees may not be required to sell lottery game tickets, chances, or wagers.

TECHNICAL

Changed bill title from LC 4203 to HB 583 and updated page headers to reflect the new bill number.

Adjusted line numbering and formatting throughout the document to align with standard legislative formatting conventions.

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

6236
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic42
29 Yea 13 Nay
69% Yea
R Republican58
33 Yea 23 Nay 2
56% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Mar 6, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (62-36-2)
house
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Ed Buttrey
Ed Buttrey
RRepublican
MT
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