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Montana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 509: Revise ownership laws related to farm equipment embedded software- electronic control unit, sensor, switches, and controls

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 509 is a bill introduced in the Montana Senate on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Revise ownership laws related to farm equipment embedded software- electronic control unit, sensor, switches, and controls. Primary sponsor: Willis Curdy (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (May 23, 2025): (S) Died in Process.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Willis CurdyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. (S) Died in Process
  2. (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
  3. (S) Fiscal Note Printed
  4. (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
  5. (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
  6. (S) Fiscal Note Received
  7. (S) Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
  8. (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
  9. (S) 1st Reading
  10. (S) Fiscal Note Requested
  11. (S) Introduced
  12. (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source