# Montana SB 165: Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance Montana SB 165, Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Barry Usher (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-18 (Chapter Number Assigned); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB165-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana SB 165 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-04-18, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Barry Usher (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Economic Development, Recreation, Revenue, State - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 4 (287 yes, 12 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Vendors keep $2 per pass: benefit, low. For each winter trail pass sold, a vendor that is not the department keeps $2. Fifty cents of each pass is a search-and-rescue surcharge. $1.50 pays for enforcement of snowmobile laws. The rest goes to the statewide trail grooming program. - New $5 fee on rentals: cost, low. When you rent a snowmobile or other motorized unit from a Montana-licensed rental business, you pay a $5 trail enhancement fee per unit each time. The rental company sends the fees to the state each month by the first week of the next month. The department keeps 2% to run and repair the grooming pr… - Winter trail pass prices and rules: mixed, low. To ride in groomed snowmobile areas funded by the department, you need a winter trail pass. The pass is $20 if your machine is registered in Montana or you are a Montana resident. That $20 pass is valid up to 2 years, not past June 30 of the second year. The pass is $35 if your machine is exempt fr… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Barry Usher (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Greg Oblander (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-01 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-03-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-02-14 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 43 | 7 | | | 2025-02-04 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 45 | 5 | | ## Actions (35) - 2025-04-18: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-07: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Returned from Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-01: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-31: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-31: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-29: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-28: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-28: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-26: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-25: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-17: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-17: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-17: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-14: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-02-14: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-02-07: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-04: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-01-30: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Fiscal Note Signed (Senate) - 2025-01-23: Fiscal Note Received (Senate) - 2025-01-18: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-17: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-01: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=134eb934-b9cb-4ec1-a041-00cb09be708d) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-01-31: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6fb02743-1fb5-4c71-851f-f501c44f68cd) - Introduced, 2025-01-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7fb92ae5-a6b0-40d8-a708-5b8f7148502e) ## 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=134eb934-b9cb-4ec1-a041-00cb09be708d) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6fb02743-1fb5-4c71-851f-f501c44f68cd) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=7fb92ae5-a6b0-40d8-a708-5b8f7148502e) ## 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-SB165-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).