HB 816 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise DUI penalties

HB 816, titled "Generally revise DUI penalties," aims to update laws related to Driving Under the Influence. The bill proposes to increase penalties for DUI offenses, directly affecting individuals convicted of these crimes. It also includes amendments to the definition of "misdemeanor" and other general definitions within the Montana Code Annotated.

Issues: ✗ Criminal Justice

Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC0857.pdf → HB0816_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 857 to HB 816.1 and updated with new sponsor names. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a new definition for 'frisk' in the list of legal terms, clarifying it as a search by patting a person's clothing.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on driving under the influence laws, but the addition of the 'frisk' definition expands the bill's applicability to include this specific search method within its legal framework.

DEFINITION

Added a new definition for 'frisk' to clarify that it refers to a search by external patting of a person's clothing.

TECHNICAL

Updated bill number from LC 857 to HB 816.1 and changed sponsor names to F. Nave and B. Mitchell.

Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

58–41

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 100

Mar 7, 2025

D Democratic42

2 Yea 40 Nay

95% Nay

R Republican58

56 Yea 1 Nay 1

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 7, 2025

Amended

(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary

upper

Mar 19, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary

upper

Mar 7, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (58-41-1)

house

Mar 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations

lower

Mar 6, 2025

Committee

(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary

lower

Mar 4, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors