New Montana laws taking effect January 1, 2027
1 law takes effect January 1, 2027.
Of the 778 bills enacted since 2025, 774 have an effective date and 4 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 11:39 a.m. EDT.
Healthcare (1)
SB 560 · 2025 Regular SessionPublished
Provide for a hospital community benefit fee
How we got this date
Published by the legislature:
All Sections: 2027-01-01
.Parts of this act take effect on other dates.
Enacted, but not yet dated (4)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2027 too; the record doesn't say.
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- HB 447ContingentEnact the Respiratory Care Interstate CompactEffective on the date the compact is legislatively enacted into law by the seventh member state
- HB 56ContingentEstablish ambulance provider assessment fee programApproval by the United States department of health and human services of all waivers and approvals necessary to implement the assessment fee and supplemental payments
- SB 233ContingentAdopting the interstate massage compactCompact legislatively enacted into law by the seventh member state
- SB 279ContingentAdopt the dietitian licensure compactThe compact has been legislatively enacted into law by the seventh member state.