---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal county licensing of transient retail merchants"
description: "Repeal county licensing of transient retail merchants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 443"
citation: "Montana HB 443 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 36
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-27T19:25:13+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T15:56:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1bfb06b-6ee5-408e-b531-5c8b736f1e86"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2006?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "ab67200470ee2d8399354fdfa209dd1cc97d649bb2868586503f622199171590"
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 443 (2025) — Repeal county licensing of transient retail merchants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0443.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284689)
2. **HB0443_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280898)
3. **HB0443_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288499)
4. **HB0443_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288500)
5. **HB0443_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288501)
6. **HB0443_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288502)
7. **HB0443_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280497)
8. **HB0443_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288504)
9. **HB0443_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310151)
10. **HB0443_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288512)
11. **HB0443_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288513)
12. **HB0443_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288586)
13. **HB0443_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288592)
14. **HB0443_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288606)
15. **HB0443_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291810)
16. **HB0443_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296917)
17. **HB0443_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310149)
18. **HB0443_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288503)
19. **HB0443_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310157)
20. **HB0443_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320563)
21. **HB0443_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321487)
22. **HB0443_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321488)
23. **HB0443_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321489)
24. **HB0443_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324661)
25. **HB0443_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326446)
26. **HB0443_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327638)
27. **HB0443_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310158)
28. **HB0443_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310381)
29. **HB0443_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310382)
30. **HB0443_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310383)
31. **HB0443_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310386)
32. **HB0443_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310387)
33. **HB0443_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311100)
34. **HB0443_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316994)
35. **HB0443_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310152)
36. **LC2006.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279074)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-27T19:25:13+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-03T15:22:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-03T16:54:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-05T17:43:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-05T19:16:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-05T20:53:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-06T14:46:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-10T19:38:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-10T19:45:32+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-11T17:40:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T18:27:00+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-02-11T20:01:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13T18:51:48+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Local Government
- **2025-02-17T19:04:27+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-02-26T00:30:37+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26T20:33:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-01T21:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T22:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T23:19:11+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-04T20:26:40+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T00:53:05+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T16:51:11+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-03-21T21:55:52+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2025-03-24T20:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T17:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-14T17:56:20+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-15T16:33:16+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T13:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T15:56:31+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/c1bfb06b-6ee5-408e-b531-5c8b736f1e86`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).