HB 147 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise laws related to covenants to provide definition of enforcement action

HB 147 revises laws related to property covenants, directly affecting homeowners associations and parcel owners. It defines an "enforcement action" for a covenant as one that has been equally and consistently applied to all properties subject to the covenant for at least a two-year period. The bill allows a parcel owner to assert a covenant has been abandoned if no enforcement action has been undertaken for a prescribed period. Additionally, it prohibits associations that have not met for 15 years from enforcing covenants, with exceptions for essential matters like legal compliance or infrastructure maintenance.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Jan 8, 2025 Signed May 8, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was cleaned up by removing redundant closing punctuation and extra line breaks. The effective date provision remains unchanged, stating the law takes effect immediately upon passage and approval. These are purely technical formatting adjustments with no impact on the bill's policy, scope, or legal requirements.
TECHNICAL

Removed redundant closing punctuation and extra blank lines at the end of the document.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 16, 2025 · House Jan 27, 2025

How they voted

3416
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 16, 2025
D Democratic18
2 Yea 16 Nay
88% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
45
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Apr 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-16)
senate
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Jan 27, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (90-7-3)
house
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 9, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Photo of Jedediah Hinkle
Jedediah Hinkle
RRepublican
MT
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