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HB181 • 2025

Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex

Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Katie Zolnikov
Last action
2025-03-04
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on what kind of crimes patrol officers can arrest for at the capitol complex.

Allow Patrol Officers to Make Arrests at the Capitol

This law allows patrol officers to make arrests and serve warrants on the capitol complex.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends Montana's laws about criminal offenses on highways, rest areas, state highway properties, and now includes the capitol complex.
  • Specifies that patrol officers are considered police officers for making arrests or serving warrants at the capitol complex.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Patrol officers working in and around the Montana State Capitol building and nearby government buildings.
  • Individuals who commit crimes on the capitol complex grounds.

Terms To Know

Capitol Complex
The area where the Montana State Capitol building is located, including other government buildings nearby.
Patrol Officers
Officers who patrol and protect specific areas or properties.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what kind of crimes patrol officers can arrest for at the capitol complex.
  • The exact date when this law becomes active is not given, but it takes effect immediately after being passed.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  3. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  4. 2025-02-26 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  5. 2025-02-26 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  6. 2025-02-26 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  7. 2025-02-21 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  8. 2025-02-19 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  9. 2025-02-19 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  10. 2025-02-19 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  11. 2025-02-18 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  12. 2025-02-18 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  13. 2025-02-15 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  14. 2025-02-14 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  15. 2025-02-04 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  16. 2025-01-27 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  17. 2025-01-24 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  18. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  19. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  20. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  21. 2025-01-22 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  22. 2025-01-22 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  23. 2025-01-21 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  24. 2025-01-21 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  25. 2025-01-21 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  26. 2025-01-17 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  27. 2025-01-17 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Signed

  28. 2025-01-17 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  29. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  30. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  31. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  32. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  33. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  34. 2025-01-13 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  35. 2025-01-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  36. 2025-01-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  37. 2025-01-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  38. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  39. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  40. 2025-01-08 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  41. 2024-11-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Provide authority for patrol officers to make arrests on capitol complex

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
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69th Legislature 2025 HB 181
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 181
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REVISING CRIMINAL LAWS RELATING TO STATE PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE THE CAPITOL
COMPLEX; PROVIDING THAT PATROL OFFICERS ARE CONSIDERED POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF MAKING ARRESTS OR SERVING WARRANTS AT THE CAPITOL COMPLEX; AMENDING
SECTION 44-1-1003, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 44-1-1003, MCA, is amended to read:
"44-1-1003. Offenses on highways, rest areas, and state highway properties adjacent to the
highway, and capitol complex or involving motor vehicles. Patrol officers are considered police officers for
the purpose of making arrests for all offenses occurring on the highways, highway rest areas, state highway
properties adjacent to the highway, and the capitol complex as defined in 2-17-802 or involving the use of motor
vehicles or the registration thereof and for the purpose of serving warrants of arrest in connection with such
violations."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 181, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 181
INTRODUCED BY K. ZOLNIKOV, S. VINTON, S. FITZPATRICK, B. LER
AN ACT REVISING CRIMINAL LAWS RELATING TO STATE PROPERTIES TO INCLUDE THE CAPITOL
COMPLEX; PROVIDING THAT PATROL OFFICERS ARE CONSIDERED POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE
PURPOSES OF MAKING ARRESTS OR SERVING WARRANTS AT THE CAPITOL COMPLEX; AMENDING
SECTION 44-1-1003, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.