Revise criteria for historic grant preservation program
HB 756 revises the criteria for making recommendations for grants awarded under the Montana Historic Preservation Grant Program. This affects eligible entities like historic sites, historical societies, and history museums seeking funding for preservation projects. The bill adds new criteria for grant recommendations, including protecting a building's structure and utility systems, and the expected ongoing economic benefit to the state. It also requires projects to provide significant public access and use, and specifies that for-profit entities must provide a dollar-for-dollar match for grant funding received.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Signed May 19, 2025
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The bill text was updated to reflect its final 'Enrolled' status, indicating it has passed both legislative chambers and is ready for the Governor's signature. The changes include minor formatting adjustments to section headers and a renumbering of the grant recommendation criteria, which shifts items from (b) to (h) to ensure a logical sequence. These are primarily administrative and technical updates rather than substantive policy changes.
TECHNICAL
The document title and footer were updated to 'Enrolled Bill' and 'Authorized Print Version' to signify the bill has completed the legislative process.
Formatting inconsistencies in the grant recommendation list were corrected by removing extra spaces and renumbering the criteria from (b) through (h) for better readability.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 22, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025
How they voted
44–6
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 22, 2025
D
Democratic18
66% Yea
R
Republican32
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
38
Key actions
9
Committee
6
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 22, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (44-6)
senate
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (67-32-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
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