# Montana HB 849: Provide for special motorcycle plates promoting motorcycle safety Montana HB 849, Provide for special motorcycle plates promoting motorcycle safety, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Joshua Seckinger (Democrat); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB849-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 849 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Provide for special motorcycle plates promoting motorcycle safety - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-03-20 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Joshua Seckinger (Democrat) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Motor Vehicles, Transportation, Appropriations, Revenue, State, Rule Making - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (261 yes, 36 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Plate donations fund motorcycle safety grants: benefit, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, for each special plate, $5 goes to the state general fund and $20 goes to a special account. The Department of Transportation uses the $20 donations to give grants to Montana nonprofits that teach motorcycle safety and awareness. These funds are statutorily appropriated,… - Optional motorcycle safety plate and fees: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, you can request a special motorcycle or quadricycle plate in Montana. You must be a Montana resident and the registered owner. The plate has a black background with a design picked by the Department of Justice that honors Montana motorcycle safety nonprofits. You pay $30… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Joshua Seckinger (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Jennifer Lynch (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Russ Tempel (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 36 | 14 | | | 2025-04-18 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 35 | 14 | | | 2025-04-05 | House | Do Pass | pass | 93 | 5 | | | 2025-04-04 | House | Do Pass | pass | 97 | 3 | | ## Actions (36) - 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) - 2025-04-27: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-22: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-22: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-18: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-12: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-04-07: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-05: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-04-05: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-04: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-04-03: Revised Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-04-02: Revised Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-04-01: Committee Report (House) - 2025-04-01: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-31: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-31: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-31: Revised Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-29: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-28: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-26: Fiscal Note Printed (House) - 2025-03-25: Fiscal Note Signed (House) - 2025-03-25: Fiscal Note Received (House) - 2025-03-21: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-21: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-21: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-20: Fiscal Note Requested (House) - 2025-03-20: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-23: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=30822b2e-88a5-45ff-9260-48d8c08301d4) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-03-29: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=309f85ef-c305-4062-8e33-487b92876224) - Introduced, 2025-03-20: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8778e62c-797c-4d53-aa4e-02c33713b3c2) ## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) ## Sources - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=30822b2e-88a5-45ff-9260-48d8c08301d4) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=309f85ef-c305-4062-8e33-487b92876224) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=8778e62c-797c-4d53-aa4e-02c33713b3c2) ## 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 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB849-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).