HB 69 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise hard rock and rock products mining fees

HB 69 revises the fees for hard rock and rock products mining operations, directly affecting mining companies and small miners. It introduces several new fees, such as an annual administrative fee for small miners, exploration license renewal fees, and various operating and annual permit fees. The bill establishes a "Hard-rock mining permitting program account" to collect these fees, which the Department of Environmental Quality will use for administering and enforcing mining regulations. Additionally, it updates existing requirements for small miners regarding reclamation, bonding, and the use of specific processing methods.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Dec 12, 2024 Signed May 16, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was cleaned up by removing a stray period at the end of the 'Effective Date' section, ensuring the document ends cleanly without punctuation errors. This is a minor formatting correction that does not alter any laws, dates, or requirements.
TECHNICAL

Removed an extra period at the end of the 'Effective Date' section to correct a punctuation error.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

491
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1 Nay
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
42
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 12, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-1)
senate
Apr 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Jan 27, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-8-2)
house
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Dec 12, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Steve Gist
Steve Gist
RRepublican
MT
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