HB 674 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise code commissioner duties to include repealing unconstitutional policies from Montana code

HB 674 proposes to update the responsibilities of Montana's Code Commissioner. It would add a new duty requiring the commissioner to recommend legislation that eliminates laws from the Montana Code that courts have found to be unconstitutional and permanently blocked from being enforced. This change aims to ensure the published code reflects only valid, enforceable statutes. It directly affects the Code Commissioner's review process and the accuracy of the official state legal code.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Failed
Apr 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC3788.pdf HB0674_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill number and title were updated to reflect the new House Bill 674.1. The most significant substantive change is the reordering of the list of materials the Code Commissioner must publish with the Montana Code Annotated; the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were swapped in position within the list. This change is primarily technical and organizational, as the legal requirement to include both documents remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

The order of items in the list of required publications was swapped, moving the Declaration of Independence to item (d) and the U.S. Constitution to item (e).

The bill number was changed from LC 3788 to HB 674.1, and the sponsor list was updated to reflect the current legislative sponsors.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 28, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

1930
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Apr 28, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
1 Yea 30 Nay 1
93% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 28, 2025
Vote failed
Senate Vote: fail (19-30-1)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (65-34-1)
house
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Zooey Zephyr
Zooey Zephyr
DDemocratic
MT
95