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HB83 • 2025

Establish state special revenue account for Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

Establish state special revenue account for Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Tyson Running Wolf
Last action
2025-03-24
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about how much money will be deposited into the account each year or additional appropriations beyond the initial $1.

Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force Account

This law creates a special fund for the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force and sets rules for how money in this fund can be used.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new account called the 'Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force Account' within the state's special revenue fund.
  • Allows money from various sources, like gifts or grants, to be put into this account.
  • Requires that all funds in the account must be used for costs approved by the task force and follows specific rules set out in Montana law.
  • Appropriates $1 from the new account to the Department of Justice starting July 1, 2025, for a two-year period.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Department of Justice
  • Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

Terms To Know

Special Revenue Account
A fund where money is kept for a specific purpose, like the one created for the task force.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how much money will go into the account each year.
  • Only $1 is appropriated from the account for now, but more funding details may come later.
  • The law ends on June 30, 2033.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

FLOOR

Plain English: Amendment 1 to HB83 adds a requirement for the secretary of state to notify each federally recognized tribal government in Montana about the establishment of the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force account.

  • Adds Section 3, which requires the secretary of state to send a copy of the act to each federally recognized tribal government in Montana.
  • The amendment does not specify how or when these notifications should be made beyond requiring them.
COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment 2 to HB83 adds a new section requiring the secretary of state to notify each federally recognized tribal government in Montana about the establishment of the Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force account.

  • Adds a requirement for the secretary of state to send copies of the act to all federally recognized tribal governments in Montana.
  • The amendment text does not provide additional details on how or when these notifications should be made, leaving some aspects unclear.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-24 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  2. 2025-02-27 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-02-20 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  4. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  5. 2025-02-19 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-02-14 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  7. 2025-02-12 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  8. 2025-02-12 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  9. 2025-02-12 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  10. 2025-02-11 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  11. 2025-02-11 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  12. 2025-02-07 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  13. 2025-02-07 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  14. 2025-02-05 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  15. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  16. 2025-01-27 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  17. 2025-01-27 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  18. 2025-01-24 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  19. 2025-01-24 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  20. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received

  21. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed

  22. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  23. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed

  24. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  25. 2025-01-23 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed

  26. 2025-01-22 HOUSE

    (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested

  27. 2025-01-20 HOUSE

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

  28. 2025-01-20 HOUSE

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

  29. 2025-01-20 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended

  30. 2025-01-07 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  31. 2025-01-07 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Signed

  32. 2025-01-07 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  33. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  34. 2025-01-06 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  35. 2024-12-26 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  36. 2024-12-18 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  37. 2024-12-12 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  38. 2024-12-12 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  39. 2024-11-18 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  40. 2024-11-17 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  41. 2024-11-12 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  42. 2024-10-30 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  43. 2024-10-29 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  44. 2024-09-26 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  45. 2024-09-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Establish state special revenue account for Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 83
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 83
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT CREATING THE MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSONS TASK FORCE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE
ACCOUNT; PROVIDING THAT THE FUNDS IN THE ACCOUNT ARE SUBJECT TO THE LEGISLATIVE
AUDIT ACT; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A
TERMINATION DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Missing indigenous persons task force account -- audit. (1) There is a missing
indigenous persons task force account in the state special revenue fund established in 17-2-102. The account
is administered by the department of justice.
(2) Money transferred from any lawful source, including but not limited to gifts, grants, donations,
securities, and other assets, public or private, may be deposited in the account.
(3) Money deposited in the account must be used pursuant to 44-2-411 and is subject to audits as
required by Title 5, chapter 13, part 3.
(4) Funds deposited in the account each year must be used by the department only for allowable
costs as determined by the department and approved by the missing indigenous persons task force.
(5) Interest and income earned on the account and any unspent or unencumbered money in the
account at the end of a fiscal year must remain in the account.
Section 2. Appropriation. There is appropriated $1 from the missing indigenous persons task force
account established in [section 1] to the department of justice for the biennium beginning July 1, 2025, for the
purposes described in 44-2-411.
Section 3. Notification to tribal governments. The secretary of state shall send a copy of [this act]
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 HB 83
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 83
ENROLLED BILL
to each federally recognized tribal government in Montana.
Section 4. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title
44, chapter 2, part 4, and the provisions of Title 44, chapter 2, part 4, apply to [section 1].
Section 5. Effective date. [This act] is effective July 1, 2025.
Section 6. Termination. [This act] terminates June 30, 2033.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 83, 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. 83
INTRODUCED BY T. RUNNING WOLF
BY REQUEST OF THE STATE TRIBAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
AN ACT CREATING THE MISSING INDIGENOUS PERSONS TASK FORCE STATE SPECIAL REVENUE
ACCOUNT; PROVIDING THAT THE FUNDS IN THE ACCOUNT ARE SUBJECT TO THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT
ACT; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A TERMINATION
DATE.”