HB 181 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex

HB 181 amends Montana law (Section 44-1-1003, MCA) to explicitly include the Capitol complex in the areas where patrol officers may make arrests or serve warrants for offenses involving motor vehicles or vehicle registration. This change directly affects patrol officers, granting them police officer authority for these actions at the Capitol complex, and impacts anyone committing such offenses there. The key mechanism is updating the existing statute to add "capitol complex" to the list of locations covered, aligning it with highways and rest areas. The bill became effective immediately upon the Governor's signature on March 4, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Signed Mar 4, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House Jan 23, 2025

How they voted

445
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Feb 19, 2025
D Democratic18
13 Yea 5 Nay
72% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 4, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (44-5-1)
senate
Feb 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 23, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (80-20)
house
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 13, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Katie Zolnikov
Katie Zolnikov
RRepublican
MT
44