HB 588 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Defining and regulating motorized scooters

HB 588 revises existing transportation laws by establishing a legal definition for "motorized scooter." The bill also provides specific regulations for the operation and use of these devices. It achieves this by amending various sections of the Montana Code Annotated to integrate motorized scooters into the state's vehicle and traffic laws.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 19, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0588_2(16).pdf HB0588_X(8).pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill text was updated from a draft version to an enrolled version, indicating it has been finalized and approved for signing. The substantive content regarding the definition of a 'motorized scooter' and the list of amended statutes remains unchanged, though the list of affected sections was expanded to include 61-8-609 and 61-9-417 in the enrolled version.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's impact was slightly expanded by adding two additional sections to the list of amended statutes, though the core definitions and regulations remain the same.
TECHNICAL

The bill title and header were updated to reflect the enrolled status, changing 'HB0588.2' to 'HB 588' and adding 'ENROLLED BILL'.

The list of amended sections was updated to include 61-8-609 and 61-9-417, expanding the scope of statutes affected by this legislation.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the layout and spacing of the text.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2025 · House Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

3713
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 3, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
19 Yea 13 Nay
59% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 17, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (89-10-1)
house
Apr 3, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (37-13)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Mar 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Transportation
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Transportation
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation
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 Neil Duram
Neil Duram
RRepublican
MT
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