SB 43 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise injunctive powers of the judiciary

SB 43 revises Montana court procedures to limit when courts can issue injunctions (court orders stopping a law's enforcement). It specifically prohibits district courts from granting injunctions to stop state laws from being enforced against people not involved in the lawsuit (nonparties), and requires any injunction seeking statewide effect to be appealed directly to the Montana Supreme Court instead of being enforced locally. The bill amends Montana Code sections 27-19-101 and 27-19-103 to clarify these restrictions, directly affecting how courts handle lawsuits challenging state laws. These changes aim to align court practices with established legal principles about injunction scope and nonparty rights.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 12, 2024 Last action May 23, 2025
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The bill includes a minor stylistic change to the title of Section 1, capitalizing the words 'SECTION' and 'IS' for emphasis. No substantive policy changes, such as new definitions, funding amounts, or eligibility criteria, were identified in the provided text.
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Capitalization of the section header was changed from 'section 1. section...' to 'SECTION 1. SECTION...'

Floor votes · Senate Feb 15, 2025

How they voted

3119
Passed
Total votes 50
Feb 15, 2025
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican32
13 Yea 19 Nay
59% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Feb 15, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (31-19)
senate
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Dec 12, 2024
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Daniel Emrich
Daniel Emrich
RRepublican
MT
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