HB 301 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise statutes of limitations laws relating to real property

HB 301 changes when property owners must file claims for damage to their land. It sets the start date for the legal time limit as when the damaging act finishes AND the owner knows or should know about the injury. This means the clock begins running immediately upon these conditions, not later when damage is discovered. If a claim isn't filed within this period, it is permanently barred for both the current owner and all future owners of the property.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC2130.pdf HB0301_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill number was changed from LC 2130 to HB 301, and the sponsor information was updated to list four specific legislators. The text renumbered several subsections of the statute of limitations, shifting items from (3) to (2)(3) and from (4) to (3)(4), which appears to be a technical formatting adjustment rather than a substantive policy change.
TECHNICAL

Bill number and sponsor names were updated to reflect the new legislative version.

Subsection numbering was reorganized (e.g., (3) became (2)(3)) without changing the actual legal content or requirements.

Floor votes · House Feb 11, 2025

How they voted

5445
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Feb 11, 2025
D Democratic42
1 Yea 40 Nay 1
95% Nay
R Republican58
53 Yea 5 Nay
91% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
26
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Mar 28, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Taken from Table in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
upper
Feb 11, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (54-45-1)
house
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 24, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Kerri Seekins-Crowe
Kerri Seekins-Crowe
RRepublican
MT
39