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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibit overnight camping on state highway right-of-way"
description: "Prohibit overnight camping on state highway right-of-way"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 940"
citation: "Montana HB 940 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Civil Procedure", "Motor Vehicles", "Rule Making", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anthony Nicastro"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-08T21:18:51+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T20:58:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c7548bf-b41f-46e4-a8a2-3662a76f92a5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2474?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "f98630294943e822642f0883c201e839ced3001552a620508d1c91c9b1fe1117"
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 940 (2025) — Prohibit overnight camping on state highway right-of-way
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0940_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301542)
2. **HB0940_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306580)
3. **HB0940_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312134)
4. **HB0940_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316331)
5. **HB0940_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316333)
6. **HB0940_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301459)
7. **HB0940_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316337)
8. **HB0940_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326610)
9. **HB0940_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326992)
10. **HB0940_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326993)
11. **HB0940_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326994)
12. **HB0940_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326995)
13. **HB0940_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327865)
14. **HB0940_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317342)
15. **HB0940_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318220)
16. **HB0940_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318221)
17. **HB0940_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320940)
18. **HB0940_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323210)
19. **HB0940_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323211)
20. **HB0940_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323212)
21. **HB0940_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325048)
22. **HB0940_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316334)
23. **LC2474.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300670)
## Votes
- be_concurred_in — **62** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **3812** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **889** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **909** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **131** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3713** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Anthony Nicastro — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-08T21:18:51+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T21:18:51+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-12-09T18:23:32+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-03-19T14:31:07+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-03-24T19:21:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-25T16:27:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-30T22:34:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-31T00:34:18+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-31T14:57:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-31T18:02:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-31T18:20:16+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-03-31T18:28:10+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-31T18:28:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T18:43:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-03-31T19:11:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31T23:02:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T23:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-05T14:07:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-05T14:42:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-04-06T18:39:37+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T23:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T19:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:44:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-04-09T20:01:14+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-10T16:22:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10T18:25:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-11T13:30:22+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-11T13:34:41+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-16T21:48:15+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-17T21:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T20:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:05:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T18:06:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T20:20:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T20:58:39+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/5c7548bf-b41f-46e4-a8a2-3662a76f92a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).