HB 390 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Provide for Montana right to repair agricultural equipment act

House Bill 390, titled the "Montana Agricultural Equipment Repair Bill of Rights Act," aims to ensure that owners and independent repair providers of agricultural equipment can access the necessary resources for diagnosis, maintenance, and repair. The bill requires original equipment manufacturers to make available documentation, parts, and tools, including updates, on fair and reasonable terms. It also prohibits manufacturers from using practices like "parts pairing" or other mechanisms that prevent the installation of functional replacement parts or reduce equipment functionality. This applies to various agricultural products, excluding standard motor vehicles and heavy construction equipment.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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LC2219.pdf HB0390_1.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted from a committee draft (LC 2219) to the final House version (HB 390), adding the full list of sponsoring legislators and updating page headers. The substantive legal content, including definitions, exemptions, and repair rights, remains unchanged.
Scope change
No change in the bill's scope, applicability, or legal provisions; only formatting and sponsorship attribution were updated.
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Updated the bill title header from 'LC 2219' to 'HB 390.1' and added the names of all sponsoring legislators to the introduction section.

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Total actions
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Committee
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Amendments
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Feb 18, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Business and Labor
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Feb 5, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
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Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Paul Tuss
DDemocratic
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