HB 624 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise agriculture laws related to beehives

HB 624 revises agriculture laws concerning hobbyist beekeepers. It increases the maximum number of beehives a hobbyist may own from five to ten. The bill also expands the number of apiary site registrations allowed for an individual applicant from one to five, and for a family unit from two to ten. This aims to update regulations for individuals managing small-scale beekeeping operations.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025

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HB0624_X(5).pdf → HB0624_X(6).pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill text was updated to remove the closing quotation mark and the 'END' marker, indicating the end of the legislative document. These changes are purely technical and formatting-related, ensuring the document is clean and ready for final publication without altering any substantive policy, eligibility rules, or funding amounts.

TECHNICAL

Removed the closing quotation mark at the end of the bill title.

Removed the 'END' marker that previously appeared in the document.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2025 · House Apr 17, 2025

How they voted

49–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 50

Apr 7, 2025

D Democratic18

17 Yea 1

94% Yea

R Republican32

32 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 13, 2025

Signed into law

(H) Signed by Governor

lower

May 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

May 2, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 17, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (98-1-1)

house

Apr 7, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)

senate

Apr 7, 2025

Introduced

(S) Returned to House with Amendments

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

upper

Apr 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation

upper

Feb 28, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Agriculture

lower

Feb 27, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Agriculture

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors