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HB3 • 2025

Supplemental Appropriations Bill

Supplemental Appropriations Bill

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Sponsor
Llew Jones
Last action
2025-04-07
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact distribution of funds among all affected agencies is detailed in the full bill text and may be extensive. The summary provided here includes major allocations but does not list every single one.

Supplemental Appropriations Bill

This bill provides money to various state agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides funding of $27.2 million to the Health Facilities Division within the Department of Public Health and Human Services.
  • Allocates $4.1 million to the Montana Highway Patrol within the Department of Justice.
  • Gives $4.2 million to the Legal Services Division within the Department of Justice.
  • Appropriates $12.5 million to the Conflict Division within the Office of State Public Defender.
  • Provides $21.8 million to the Public Safety Division and $380,000 to the Rehabilitation & Programs Division within the Department of Corrections.
  • Allocates funds for other state agencies as specified in the bill.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State agencies receiving funding for fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
  • The public through services provided by these state agencies.

Terms To Know

Appropriations
Money set aside or allocated for a specific purpose.
Fiscal Year
A period of one year used for budgeting and financial reporting purposes.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the funds are not spent by the end of the fiscal year.
  • It is unclear how these appropriations will impact state agencies beyond the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.

Amendments

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-07 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  2. 2025-04-07 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  3. 2025-04-01 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  4. 2025-04-01 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  5. 2025-03-28 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-03-25 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  7. 2025-03-21 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  8. 2025-03-21 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate

  9. 2025-03-21 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  10. 2025-03-20 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  11. 2025-03-20 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred

  12. 2025-03-17 SENATE

    (S) Returned to House with Amendments

  13. 2025-03-15 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  14. 2025-03-15 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  15. 2025-03-14 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  16. 2025-03-14 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  17. 2025-02-28 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended

  18. 2025-02-25 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended

  19. 2025-02-17 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  20. 2025-02-13 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  21. 2025-01-29 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  22. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  23. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  24. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  25. 2025-01-22 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended

  26. 2025-01-21 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended

  27. 2025-01-07 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  28. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  29. 2024-12-20 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  30. 2024-12-06 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  31. 2024-12-06 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  32. 2024-12-04 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  33. 2024-12-04 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  34. 2024-12-02 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  35. 2024-12-02 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  36. 2024-11-26 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  37. 2024-11-25 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  38. 2024-10-31 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Supplemental Appropriations Bill

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 3
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 3
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 2025; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Time limits. The appropriations contained in [section 2] are intended to provide necessary
and ordinary expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. The unspent balance of any appropriation
must revert to the appropriate fund.
Section 2. Appropriations -- authorization to expend money. The following money is appropriated,
subject to the terms and conditions of [section 1]:
Agency and Program Amount Fund
Department of Public Health and Human Services Division
Health Facilities Division $27,200,000 General Fund
Department of Justice
Montana Highway Patrol $4,067,348 General Fund
Legal Services Division $4,167,744 General Fund
Office of State Public Defender
Conflict Division $12,500,000 General Fund
Department of Corrections
Public Safety Division $21,801,470 General Fund
Rehabilitation & Programs Division $380,000 General Fund
Office of Public Instruction
State Level Activities $617,000 General Fund
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 3
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 3
ENROLLED BILL
Distribution to Public Schools $26,655 General Fund
State Auditor's Office
Insurance Division $3,870,205 State Special
Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Parks
Wildlife Division $950,000 State Special
Administration Division $500,000 State Special
Section 3. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 3, 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. 3
INTRODUCED BY L. JONES, D. BEDEY
BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE
30, 2025; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.