HB 540 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Alllow DOC to contract with private corporations to establish and maintain certain facilities and programs

This bill, HB 540, aims to revise the powers of the Department of Corrections (DOC) by allowing it to contract with private corporations to establish and maintain certain facilities and programs. Specifically, it amends existing law regarding who the DOC can contract with for services like prerelease and treatment centers, residential methamphetamine treatment programs, and residential sexual offender treatment programs. While existing law already allows contracting with private,
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC2317.pdf HB0540_1.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill was renamed from LC 2317 to HB 540, indicating it is now a House bill rather than a committee or legislative council bill. The sponsor information was added, listing five legislators (S. Kelly, S. Klakken, T. Sharp, A. Regier, and G. Kmetz) as the bill's authors. The document header was updated to reflect the new bill number throughout the authorized print version.
TECHNICAL

Added sponsor names (S. Kelly, S. Klakken, T. Sharp, A. Regier, G. Kmetz) to the bill introduction line.

Changed bill identifier from LC 2317 to HB 540 in all document headers and footers.

Floor votes · House Feb 26, 2025

How they voted

200
Passed
Total votes 20
Feb 26, 2025
D Democratic8
8 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
22
Key actions
1
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Feb 26, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (20-0)
house
Feb 26, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Steve Kelly
Steve Kelly
RRepublican
MT
9