---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require homeowners' associations to seek permission for entry on real property"
description: "Require homeowners' associations to seek permission for entry on real property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "Montana HB 416 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jedediah Hinkle"]
version_count: 34
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-11-12T01:58:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T18:43:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11f9aaf7-7cba-4ffa-a33a-0a1fd1657892"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1282?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "fc31b17a2493a46e0fcc1203e9ee758d99a8476b968bca6b087d4d5c0057aa2e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
---

# Montana HB 416 (2025) — Require homeowners' associations to seek permission for entry on real property

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0416.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285202)
2. **HB0416.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285209)
3. **HB0416_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280063)
4. **HB0416_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285704)
5. **HB0416_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285705)
6. **HB0416_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285706)
7. **HB0416_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285707)
8. **HB0416_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279620)
9. **HB0416_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285709)
10. **HB0416_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285712)
11. **HB0416_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285713)
12. **HB0416_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285840)
13. **HB0416_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288749)
14. **HB0416_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296558)
15. **HB0416_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312377)
16. **HB0416_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312380)
17. **HB0416_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285708)
18. **HB0416_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312383)
19. **HB0416_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320732)
20. **HB0416_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322135)
21. **HB0416_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322136)
22. **HB0416_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322137)
23. **HB0416_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324818)
24. **HB0416_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326132)
25. **HB0416_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312384)
26. **HB0416_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313581)
27. **HB0416_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313582)
28. **HB0416_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313583)
29. **HB0416_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313584)
30. **HB0416_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314308)
31. **HB0416_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314309)
32. **HB0416_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317173)
33. **HB0416_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312382)
34. **LC1282.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277698)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **56–44** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **60–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jedediah Hinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2024-11-12T01:58:59+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-29T19:24:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-29T20:06:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-31T16:43:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-31T19:52:12+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-31T22:27:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-04T01:08:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-05T15:50:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-06T20:14:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-07T18:06:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T20:05:13+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07T23:08:30+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-02-21T19:00:26+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T22:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T22:42:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-27T20:45:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-15T14:36:05+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18T15:14:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-21T16:44:56+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-21T20:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T19:32:29+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-19T12:45:56+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T22:30:17+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T18:30:45+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:33:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T18:43:51+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11f9aaf7-7cba-4ffa-a33a-0a1fd1657892`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).