HB 61 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise inter-entity loan process

HB 61 amends Montana's inter-entity loan rules to allow state agencies managing federal special revenue funds to maintain a negative cash balance at fiscal year-end, provided they will be reimbursed from federal funds. This directly affects state agencies administering federal grants (like those for healthcare or education programs) that require advance spending. The key change removes the previous prohibition on negative balances for these specific funds, as long as the agency can demonstrate timely billing for reimbursements and the negative balance doesn't exceed 7 working days. The bill also adds reporting requirements for agencies with repeated negative balances or extended loans.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Dec 18, 2024 Signed Mar 27, 2025
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What changed between versions

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MINOR
The legislative text shows a minor formatting adjustment where a period was removed from the end of the phrase 'AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE' in the bill title. This change is purely stylistic and does not alter the bill's legal meaning, scope, or requirements.
TECHNICAL

A trailing period was removed from the end of the bill title line, which is a non-substantive formatting correction.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 25, 2025 · House Jan 15, 2025

How they voted

3811
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Feb 25, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
21 Yea 11 Nay
65% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
41
Key actions
9
Committee
6
Mar 27, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-11-1)
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 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 15, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (94-6)
house
Jan 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Dec 20, 2024
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Dec 18, 2024
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Gary Parry
Gary Parry
RRepublican
MT
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