Revise laws relating to raffles conducted by certain nonprofit entities to allow credit cards
House Bill 141 revises Montana's gambling laws to permit certain entities to accept credit cards for raffle entries. Specifically, nonprofit organizations, colleges, universities, and school districts are now allowed to use credit cards when conducting raffles. The bill achieves this by updating the legal definitions of "credit gambling" and "internet gambling" to exempt these specific raffle transactions from prior restrictions. This change enables these designated organizations to offer credit card payment options for their raffles.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025
Signed May 6, 2025
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The bill was converted from a draft version to an enrolled bill, indicating it has been finalized and approved for signing. The substantive text of the legislation remains unchanged, continuing to legalize the use of credit cards for raffles by nonprofits, colleges, universities, and school districts while updating definitions of gambling activities.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on revising Montana's gambling laws to permit specific entities to use credit cards for raffles; no new entities or activities were added in this version.
TECHNICAL
The document header was updated from a draft status ('1st Reading') to 'ENROLLED BILL', reflecting the legislative process completion.
Formatting inconsistencies were corrected, such as aligning the bill title and removing redundant draft metadata.
DEFINITION
A new definition for 'Heads or tails' was added to the list of gambling activities, clarifying that coin toss games where incorrect players are eliminated are considered gambling.
Floor votes · Senate Apr 9, 2025 · House Jan 27, 2025
How they voted
34–15
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Apr 9, 2025
D
Democratic18
77% Yea
R
Republican32
62% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
44
Key actions
11
Committee
8
Amendments
1
May 1, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-15-1)
senate
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
upper
Jan 27, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (94-4-2)
house
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Buttrey
RRepublican
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