2025 MTLeg Weekly Debrief: 2/10-2/14

The Frontier Institute has identified 6 new Key Bills and 18 Key Bill updates for the week of February 10-14

SB 254: Prohibit direct or indirect expenditure of public money to hire lobbyist
Sponsor: Senator Greg Hertz (R) SD 7
Status: Introduced

HB 414: Revise laws related to licensing applications
Sponsor: Representative Jodee Etchart (R) HD 51
Status: Hearing scheduled 2/14 @8am in House Business and Labor Committee
Note: HB 414 follows Frontier Institute’s recommendations to make permanent the successful COVID-era emergency measures to streamline approval for professionals already licensed in good-standing in other states.

SB 262: Exempt subdivision, water/sewer plans from environmental review
Sponsor: Senator Forrest Mandeville (R) SD 28
Status: Hearing scheduled 2/14 @3pm in Senate Local Government Committee

SB 266: Revise municipal zoning to allow for triplex and fourplex housing
Sponsor: Senator Jeremy Trebas (R) SD 10
Status: Hearing scheduled 2/14 @3pm in Senate Local Government Committee
Note: SB 266 follows Frontier Institute’s recommendations in our 2023 Pro-Housing Platform to broadly restore landowners’ right to build affordable middle-density starter home types like triplexes and fourplexes in addition to single family homes.

SB 265: Revise cryptocurrency laws to create Financial Freedom and Innovation Act
Sponsor: Senator Daniel Zolnikov (R) SD 22
Status: Introduced
Note: SB 265 follows Frontier Institute’s recommendations to address regulatory uncertainty for blockchain based businesses and protects self custody of digital assets.

Key Bill Updates:

HB 336: Hearing scheduled 2/20 @8am in House Business and Labor Committee.
SB 253: Hearing scheduled 2/14 @9am in Senate Taxiation Committee.
HB 320: Passed reading in House, hearing scheduled 2/11 @2pm in House Appropriations Committee.
HB 250: Passed the House floor unanimously.
HB 251: Passed House floor.
SB 177: Passed Senate floor.
HB 270: Passed in House Natural Resources Committee unanimously.
HB 285: Passed in House Natural Resources Committee.
SB 146: Passed in Senate Judiciary Committee.
HB 30: Hearing scheduled 2/13 @8am in Senate Judiciary Committee.
HB 35: Passed in Senate Judiciary Committee.
HB 36: Passed in Senate Judiciary Committee.
HB 39: Passed in Senate Judiciary Committee.
HB 20: Hearing scheduled 2/4 @9am in Senate Taxiation Committee.
SB 52: Withdrawn.
SB 101: Hearing scheduled 2/6 @8am in House Business and Labor Committee.
HB 231: Passed reading in House, hearing scheduled 2/10 @2pm in House Appropriations Committee.
HB 252:  Passed reading in House, hearing scheduled 2/11 @2pm in House Appropriations Committee.

Note: Our MTLeg Weekly Debrief series is meant only to help our subscribers follow along with key legislation related to these 3 issue areas that we feel deserve extra focus. The legislation listed in each weekly update will NOT necessarily represent legislation we support or oppose. Each week’s key bill analysis represents new legislation introduced up to midnight Monday of the current week.