SB 496 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Providing a use policy for the executive residence when the governor has an alternate residence

SB 496 would have established rules for when Montana's governor does not occupy the state-owned executive residence (located at 2 Carson Street in Helena). It required the Department of Administration to make the residence available for rent to temporary legislative employees during sessions and breaks, with priority given to employees with disabilities. The bill directed the Department of Administration and Legislative Services Division to create specific rules on rental fees, occupancy limits, and other details. This procedural bill, which died in committee in May 2025, aimed to provide a clear policy for using the property but did not become law.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025

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What changed between versions

LC2041.pdf → SB0496_1.pdf · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 2041 to SB 496.1, indicating it was introduced in the Senate rather than the House. The primary substantive change is the addition of the bill number and sponsor information (M. Dunwell), while the core policy text regarding the executive residence use policy remains unchanged.

TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 2041 to SB 496.1, reflecting its introduction in the Senate.

Added sponsor name (M. Dunwell) and bill title formatting to the header section.

Added 'Authorized Print Version' designation to the page header.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 4, 2025

Amended

(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) State Administration

upper

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration

upper

Feb 25, 2025

Introduced

(S) Introduced

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors