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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LC4304.pdf
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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
30–20
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 3, 2025
D
Democratic18
100% Yea
R
Republican32
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
Dave Fern
DDemocratic
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