SB 165 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance

SB 165 establishes a new $5 "trail enhancement rental fee" for individuals renting snowmobiles or motorized equipment from licensed businesses in Montana. Rental vendors will collect this fee from renters and remit it monthly to the state department. The collected funds are specifically designated to support the statewide snowmobile trail grooming program, including repairs for grooming vehicles. Additionally, a portion of these funds will be distributed to local entities responsible for maintaining trails in areas where rental businesses operate. This bill aims to revise existing business laws concerning snowmobile rentals and their contribution to trail maintenance funding.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was slightly cleaned up by removing redundant spacing and a closing marker at the end of the document. No substantive policy changes, such as new fees, funding amounts, or eligibility rules, were introduced in this version.
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Removed extra blank lines and a closing 'END' marker from the end of the bill text.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2025 · House Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

437
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 14, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
25 Yea 7 Nay
78% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
50
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 1, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 28, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (43-7)
senate
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Feb 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Jan 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Jan 30, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Barry Usher
Barry Usher
RRepublican
MT
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