SB 533 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise accessibility laws related to trails/roads

SB 533 would establish a $5 non-transferable "Nonambulatory Motorized Recreation Pass" for people with permanent mobility disabilities to use motorized equipment (like wheelchairs) on state-managed recreational trails and roads. It requires medical certification from a physician, classifies all public trails into three accessibility categories (Class I: fully accessible, Class II: partially accessible, Class III: inaccessible), and mandates the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks to post trail classifications. Violations like using equipment without the pass would incur fines up to $250. The bill died in committee in May 2025 and did not become law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC4341.pdf SB0533_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 4341 to SB 533.1 and underwent significant formatting cleanup, including correcting a typo in the 'Motorized equipment' definition and standardizing the layout. Substantively, the text remains largely unchanged, though the page headers were updated to reflect the new bill number and 'Authorized Print Version' status.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 4341 to SB 533.1, and the document title was updated to 'Authorized Print Version - SB 533'.

Formatting and spacing were adjusted throughout the document to align with standard legislative drafting conventions.

DEFINITION

A typo in the definition of 'Motorized equipment' was corrected by removing the capitalized 'THE STATE' and replacing it with lowercase 'the state' to ensure grammatical consistency.

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Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
18
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Apr 1, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Sara Novak
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