SB 28 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Extend vehicle titling grace period to 60 days

SB 28 extends Montana's grace period for titling and registering vehicles after a transfer from 40 to 60 days. It directly affects new vehicle owners who must complete title applications and registration within this timeframe. The bill amends sections of Montana law to change "40-day" to "60-day" for the grace period under titling requirements (Section 61-3-218), registration deadlines (Section 61-3-220), and new registration rules (Section 61-3-317). It also extends the expiration date for temporary registration permits to 60 days. The change simplifies compliance by giving owners more time to fulfill these administrative requirements.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 10, 2024 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0961.pdf SB0028_1.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was officially renumbered from LC0961 to SB 28 and the sponsor's name was added to the introduction line. These changes are primarily administrative updates to formalize the bill's identity within the legislative session rather than altering the underlying policy or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC0961 to SB 28, and the sponsor's name (B. Beard) was added to the introduction line.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 7, 2025

How they voted

490
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Feb 7, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Feb 19, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Transportation
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)
senate
Feb 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Jan 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Dec 10, 2024
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Becky Beard
Becky Beard
RRepublican
MT
38