MontanaHB 6469th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)HouseWALLET

Repeal small business compliance assistance council

Sponsored By: Julie Darling (Republican)

Became Law

Environmental ProtectionLabor and Employment

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New advocate replaces small-business air council

The law ends the Small Business Compliance Assistance Advisory Council. It creates a Small Business Stationary Source Representative at the Department of Environmental Quality, outside its regulatory programs. If you run a small business with a stationary source, the representative helps you follow air rules, speaks for you before the department and other agencies, and helps with clear guidance and finding financing. Information you share with the representative is not given to the department for enforcement unless it shows an imminent and substantial danger to health, safety, or the environment.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Julie Darling
Republican • House

Cosponsors

Wylie Galt
Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 284 • No: 14

House vote • 2/15/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 43 • No: 5

House vote • 2/14/2025

Do Concur

Yes: 43 • No: 7

House vote • 1/23/2025

Do Pass

Yes: 99 • No: 1

House vote • 1/22/2025