HB 755 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Prohibit ownership of private property within state by certain foreign individuals and entities

HB 755 sought to prohibit certain non-resident aliens and foreign entities from owning real property within the state. The bill defined "alien" as any person not a U.S. citizen or national and not a resident of the state, and "foreign entity" as one organized or principally based in a foreign country. If an affected individual or entity owned property, they would be required to divest within six months, after which the property could be sold at public auction. The Attorney General or county attorney would have been able to enforce these provisions, which were set to apply to property purchased on or after January 1, 2026.
Bill status died 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC1740.pdf HB0755_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill was renumbered from LC 1740 to HB 755.1, indicating it was introduced as a House Bill rather than a committee or legislative council document. The substantive content appears unchanged, with only formatting and versioning updates applied to the document header and page markers.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 1740 to HB 755.1, reflecting its introduction as a House Bill in the 69th Legislature 2025 session.

Added sponsor name 'L. SCHUBERT' to the bill introduction line, identifying the legislative sponsor.

Page headers updated from 'LC 1740' to 'HB 755' with 'Authorized Print Version' designation added.

Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025

How they voted

1485
Failed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Mar 6, 2025
D Democratic42
1 Yea 41 Nay
97% Nay
R Republican58
13 Yea 44 Nay 1
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Mar 6, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (14-85-1)
house
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Lukas Schubert
Lukas Schubert
RRepublican
MT
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