SB 255 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Revise recreational marijuana laws to require a marijuana identification card

SB 255 would have required adults 21+ in Montana to obtain a state-issued marijuana identification card to purchase recreational marijuana or products. The bill specified a $200 fee, mandated proof of Montana residency and a photo on the card, and required cardholders to carry the card and show it to law enforcement upon request. It also established rules for card expiration (1 year), renewal, and temporary 60-day cards. However, the bill was withdrawn by its sponsor in February 2025 and died in process, so it never became law.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC1812.pdf → SB0255_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 1812 to SB 255.1 and the primary sponsor was identified as G. Hertz. The document format was updated to reflect an 'Authorized Print Version' for the Senate bill, while the substantive legislative text regarding recreational marijuana laws appears unchanged in this excerpt.

TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1812 to SB 255.1, and the primary sponsor was added as G. Hertz.

Page headers and footers were updated to reflect the new Senate bill number and authorized print version status.

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Committee

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

(S) Introduced

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors