SB 275 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Allow revocation of agricultural covenant on lands annexed into municipality

SB 275 allows a local governing body to revoke an agricultural covenant on land that has been annexed into a municipality. This means that if agricultural land, previously exempt from subdivision review due to such a covenant, becomes part of a city or town, the covenant can be removed. Once revoked under these conditions, any subsequent division of that land can proceed without undergoing the standard subdivision review process.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

Apr 2025

Introduced Feb 6, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB0275_1(5).pdf → SB0275_X.pdf · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was finalized and enrolled for signature, removing draft markings and adding certification signatures. The substantive legal text remains unchanged, maintaining the rule that agricultural covenants can be revoked if land is annexed into a municipality, allowing subdivision review to proceed without delay.

Scope change

The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the document transitioned from a draft version to an official enrolled bill ready for the Governor's signature.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft headers, page numbers, and internal markup symbols indicating the document was a working version.

Added official certification blocks for the Secretary of the Senate, President of the Senate, and Speaker of the House to validate the bill as an enrolled law.

Reformatted the title and act summary to align with the official enrolled bill style.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2025 · House Mar 31, 2025

How they voted

34–16

Passed

Total votes 50

Feb 18, 2025

D Democratic18

3 Yea 15 Nay

83% Nay

R Republican32

31 Yea 1 Nay

96% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

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

Mar 31, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (98-1-1)

house

Mar 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary

lower

Mar 19, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 18, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (34-16)

senate

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced

(S) Introduced

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors