HB 561 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Repeal county licensing of itinerant vendors

HB 561 repeals state laws that govern county licensing of itinerant vendors. This bill eliminates the existing legal framework that defined these licenses, set fees, and outlined application and enforcement procedures. As a result, individuals and businesses operating as itinerant vendors will no longer be required to obtain these specific county licenses.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB0561_X(3).pdf HB0561_X(4).pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill text shows minor formatting inconsistencies in the list of repealed sections, specifically the removal of a leading space before section 7-21-2308 in one instance. No substantive policy changes, new requirements, or scope modifications were identified in the provided diff.
TECHNICAL

Removed a leading space before section number 7-21-2308 in the list of repealed sections, likely a formatting correction.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 11, 2025 · House Mar 4, 2025

How they voted

480
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 11, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
31 Yea 1
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
36
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 8, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 11, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (48-0-2)
senate
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 5, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 4, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (97-2-1)
house
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Julie Darling
Julie Darling
RRepublican
MT
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