HB 658 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise local board of health sanitation powers and rules

HB 658 would have limited local health boards' authority to create sanitation rules stricter than state standards, affecting communities that previously could enforce tougher local requirements. It specifically protected existing subsurface wastewater systems (like septic systems) from being subject to new local rule changes. The bill amended Montana law (sections 50-2-116 and 50-2-130) to remove local boards' ability to adopt more stringent sanitation regulations and to ensure current systems remain exempt from future rule updates. This change would have shifted regulatory authority toward state standards for wastewater and sanitation compliance.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC2201.pdf HB0658_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill has been renumbered from LC 2201 to HB 658, reflecting a change in its legislative status from a committee substitute to the official House bill. The primary substantive change is the addition of specific sponsors (J. Hinkle, C. Hinkle, and L. Brewster) to the bill header, indicating who is officially introducing this legislation. No changes to the actual policy content, scope, or requirements were identified in the provided text.
TECHNICAL

Added names of three sponsors (J. Hinkle, C. Hinkle, and L. Brewster) to the bill header.

Removed the previous bill number LC 2201 and replaced it with the official House Bill number 658.

Updated page headers and footers to reflect the new bill number and 'Authorized Print Version' status.

Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

5742
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Mar 7, 2025
D Democratic42
42 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican58
57 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
27
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 7, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (57-42-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 22, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Jedediah Hinkle
Jedediah Hinkle
RRepublican
MT
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