SB 405 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Provide additional funding for the housing Montana fund

SB 405 proposed transferring $50 million from Montana's general fund to the Housing Montana Fund within 15 days of enactment, directly supporting state housing programs and affordable housing initiatives. It required the Department of Commerce to update administrative rules related to housing by the start of the 70th legislative session. The bill would have taken effect July 1, 2025, but died in committee on May 23, 2025, after being tabled in April 2025. This was a substantive funding bill, not a procedural measure, with no further legislative action taken.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC4304.pdf SB0405_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 4304 to SB 405, indicating a change in legislative status from a committee report or substitute to the official Senate bill. The primary substantive change is a minor formatting adjustment in the rules section, removing the capitalized word 'THE' before '70th legislative session' to improve readability. No changes were made to the bill's scope, funding, eligibility, or effective dates.
TECHNICAL

Removed the capitalized word 'THE' in the rules adoption timeline to correct formatting.

Updated the bill header to reflect its new number, SB 405, and added the sponsor's name.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 3, 2025

How they voted

3020
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 3, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
12 Yea 20 Nay
62% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
5
Committee
7
Amendments
1
Apr 18, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (30-20)
senate
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 6, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 22, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Dave Fern
Dave Fern
DDemocratic
MT
2