# Montana HB 624: Revise agriculture laws related to beehives

Montana HB 624, Revise agriculture laws related to beehives, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Eric Tilleman (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 624
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise agriculture laws related to beehives
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-21
- Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Eric Tilleman (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Agriculture
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (491 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More hives and sites for hobbyists: benefit, low. This law lets hobbyist beekeepers keep more hives and register more sites in Montana. You can own up to 10 hives on your registered hobbyist apiary site (up from 5). You can hold up to 5 hobbyist apiary site registrations as an individual (up from 1). A family unit can hold up to 5 registrations (u…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Eric Tilleman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 98 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 1 |   |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-05 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 48 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-07 | House | Do Pass | pass | 99 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 98 | 0 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (House)
- 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-05-07: Transmitted to Governor (House)
- 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-05-02: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-28: Returned from Enrolling (House)
- 2025-04-17: Sent to Enrolling (House)
- 2025-04-17: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-16: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House)
- 2025-04-07: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-05: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-03-07: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-05: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-02-28: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-02-27: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-02-25: Hearing (House)
- 2025-02-21: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-02-21: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-02-21: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=94108df5-4dcc-403c-9e11-d25359a277a8)
- As Amended (Version 2), 2025-04-02: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=806dc3c4-c7b6-4628-b079-9420fdd44d6d)
- Introduced, 2025-02-21: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=db8c76da-f307-42fa-a112-008ad083c595)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=94108df5-4dcc-403c-9e11-d25359a277a8)
- [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=806dc3c4-c7b6-4628-b079-9420fdd44d6d)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=db8c76da-f307-42fa-a112-008ad083c595)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB624-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).