SB 423 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise the route of the Lewis and Clark Highway

This bill revises the route of Montana's Lewis and Clark Highway specifically through Missoula, changing the path between South Higgins Avenue and Arthur Avenue north of 6th Street. It prohibits the highway from running through that residential area and requires the transportation department, with input from Missoula County and the city, to identify an alternate route that avoids residential neighborhoods. The rest of the highway route - connecting Idaho to Lolo, then to Missoula via U.S. Highway 93, and continuing east to North Dakota - remains unchanged. The bill directly affects Missoula residents in the affected neighborhoods and transportation planning officials.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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LC1941.pdf SB0423_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 1941 to Senate Bill 423 and updated to reflect the 69th Legislature session. The text of the bill itself remains substantively unchanged, retaining the same route definition for the Lewis and Clark Highway through Montana.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1941 to SB 423, and the header was updated to reflect the 69th Legislature session.

The sponsor information was updated to list E. Boldman as the introduced sponsor.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the route description text, including the addition of a semicolon and reflowing of lines, without altering the legal meaning.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Ellie Boldman
Ellie Boldman
DDemocratic
MT
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