SB 85 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Establish a vending machine account in the special revenue fund

SB 85 creates a dedicated account within Montana's special revenue fund for the Department of Public Health and Human Services. It directs the department to collect a percentage of income from vending machines on federal or state property (excluding those operated by blind vendors) and deposit it into this account. Funds in the account are statutorily appropriated for the department's use, consistent with federal law, and cannot be used for other purposes. This bill primarily affects the department's financial management of vending machine revenue, with no changes to vending machine operations or regulations. The account becomes effective July 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Budget & Taxes

Bill status introduced 1 of 4 stages cleared

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Oct 2024

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Introduced Oct 2, 2024 Last action Nov 18, 2024

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LC0442.pdf → SB0085_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 0442 to SB 85.1, indicating it moved from a legislative committee to the Senate. A new provision was added to terminate a specific section of law (15-1-143) on June 30, 2027, which may affect ongoing legal or regulatory provisions related to that section.

Scope change

The bill's scope now includes a new termination date for section 15-1-143, extending the sunset provision for that law.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 0442 to SB 85.1, indicating procedural movement in the legislative process.

TIMELINE

Added termination date of June 30, 2027 for the inclusion of section 15-1-143, establishing when that law will expire.

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