HB366

Provide appropriation to DOJ for Lake County reimbursement related to PL 280

Failed·5/20/25

Montana HB366 provides $2.5 million annually to the Department of Justice for Lake County reimbursement related to PL 280.

Montana HB366 allocates $2.5 million annually from the general fund to the Department of Justice to reimburse Lake County for assuming felony criminal jurisdiction over members of a federally recognized tribe and over Indian territory of the Flathead Indian reservation. This appropriation is intended to be part of the ongoing base for the next biennium and every biennium until the state retrocedes from Public Law 280. The bill is effective July 1, 2025.

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Roll Call Votes

22 Yea

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1 Nay

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Calendar

Apr 1, 2025

2:00 PM

House Appropriations Hearing

Feb 10, 2025

8:00 AM

House Judiciary Hearing

History

May 20, 2025

House

(H) Died in Process

Apr 9, 2025

House

(H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal

Apr 3, 2025

House

(H) Tabled in Committee (H) Appropriations