HB 776 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise residential landlord and tenant laws

HB 776 aimed to generally revise laws governing residential landlord and tenant relationships. The bill would have required property management companies to provide 90 days' notice to tenants for any changes to or termination of a rental agreement, specifically for tenancies exceeding one year. It also proposed updates to various definitions relevant to landlord-tenant interactions, including "property management company" and "case of emergency." Additionally, it would have adjusted the notice requirements for extending written rental agreements.
Bill status died 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC3253.pdf HB0776_1.pdf · 4 edits
MODERATE
The bill text has been updated from a committee version (LC 3253) to a formal House Bill version (HB 776.1), with sponsor names added and page numbers renumbered. The substantive legislative content regarding landlord-tenant law definitions appears unchanged in this diff.
Scope change
No substantive scope or applicability changes detected in this diff; primarily formatting and version tracking updates.
TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from LC 3253 to HB 776.1 indicating formal House Bill version

Added names of 22 sponsors to the bill introduction

Page numbering and formatting adjusted to match official House Bill format

DEFINITION

All substantive definitions and legal text remain identical between versions

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

4850
Failed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic42
41 Yea 1
97% Yea
R Republican58
7 Yea 50 Nay 1
86% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 6, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (48-50-2)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Josh Seckinger
Josh Seckinger
DDemocratic
MT
62