SB 462 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise department of motor vehicles laws

SB 462 proposes changes to Montana's driver licensing laws. It would lower the minimum age for restricted licenses from 16 to 15 (with specific conditions), allow counties to request monthly driver examinations instead of requiring them monthly statewide, and add a requirement for the DMV to verify non-citizens' lawful U.S. presence using federal systems. The bill directly affects Montana residents seeking licenses, particularly teens, non-citizens, and local counties managing exam scheduling. These changes were proposed but did not become law, as the bill died in committee in May 2025.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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LC3222.pdf SB0462_1.pdf · 3 edits
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The bill number was updated from LC 3222 to SB 462, and the document title was changed to reflect the Senate Bill number. The primary sponsor information was added, identifying S. Novak and S. Demarois as the introducers. These are technical and administrative updates that standardize the bill's identification and attribution.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 3222 to SB 462

Primary sponsors S. Novak and S. Demarois were added to the header

Page headers updated to reflect the new bill number and authorized print version status

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Amendments
1
Mar 3, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Sara Novak
Sara Novak
DDemocratic
MT
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