Montana 2025 2025 Regular Session

Montana House Bill HB4 Introduced / Bill

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69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 4
2 INTRODUCED BY L. JONES
3 BY REQUEST OF THE OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM PLANNING
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5 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT APPROPRIATING MONEY THAT WOULD USUALLY BE 
6 APPROPRIATED BY BUDGET AMENDMENT TO VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 
7 ENDING JUNE 30, 2025; PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE INTO STATE AND 
8 FEDERAL FISCAL YEARS 2026 AND 2027; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
9
10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12 NEW SECTION. Section 1.  The appropriations contained in [section 2] are intended to 
13 provide necessary expenditures for the years for which the appropriations are made. The unspent balance of 
14 an appropriation reverts to the fund from which it was appropriated on conclusion of the final fiscal year for 
15 which its expenditures are authorized by [section 2] and this section.
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17 NEW SECTION. Section 2.  The following money is appropriated, subject to the 
18 terms and conditions of [section 1] and this section:
19 Agency and Program
20 JUDICIARY
21 Supreme Court Operations
22 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
23 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
24 - Fiscal year 2023 adult treatment court
25 - Fiscal year 2024 adult treatment court
26 GOVERNOR'S OFFICE
27 Office of Budget and Program Planning
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 continue into state fiscal year 2027:
2 - Local water and sewer infrastructure grants
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
4 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
5 - 31 CFR, part 35
6 SECRETARY OF STATE
7 Business and Government Services
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
9 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
10 - Help America Vote Act Elections Security Grant
11 OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
12 State Level Activities
13 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
14 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
15 - Elementary and secondary schools emergency relief fund
16 - American Rescue Plan Act for homeless children and youth
17 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
18 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
19 - Farm-to-school grants
20 - Alternative student testing program
21 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
22 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
23 - Assessment for middle school science
24 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
25 Legal Services Division
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 state budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
27 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
28 - Prescription drug prevention **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 3 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
2 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
3 - Upper Blackfoot mining complex operation and maintenance
4 Montana Highway Patrol
5 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
6 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
7 - High intensity drug trafficking areas program
8 Division of Criminal Investigation
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
10 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
11 - High intensity drug trafficking areas program
12 - Fiscal year 2023 national sexual assault kit initiative
13 Board of Crime Control
14 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
15 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
16 - State crisis intervention program formula solicitation
17 Forensic Science Division
18 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
19 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
20 - Fiscal year 2023 national sexual assault kit initiative
21 MONTANA ARTS COUNCIL
22 Promotion of the Arts
23 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
24 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
25 - Promotion of the arts partnership agreements
26 LIBRARY COMMISSION
27 Statewide Library Resources
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 continue into state fiscal year 2026:
2 - Montana natural heritage program
3 - North American bat monitoring program
4 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
5 continue into federal fiscal year 2026:
6 - Creating improved conservation planning through development, archiving, and distribution of 
7 geographic information system in the state
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
9 continue into state fiscal year 2027:
10 - Citizen botany program
11 All remaining fiscal year 2025 federal budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to 
12 continue into federal fiscal year 2027:
13 - State library supplemental award
14 - Managing current and comprehensive biodiversity information
15 - Custer Gallatin National Forest raptor survey and monitoring
16 - Assessment of occurrence, range, and habitat of the northern long-eared bat and tricolored bat
17 - Northern long-eared bat presence, range, and distribution
18 DEPARTMENT OF FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS
19 Fisheries Division
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
21 into state fiscal year 2027:
22 - Statewide fish habitat planning
23 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
24 into federal fiscal year 2027:
25 - Upper Missouri pallid sturgeon telemetry
26 - Trout fishery evaluation for southwest Montana
27 Wildlife Division
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 into state fiscal year 2026:
2 - Forest legacy program administration funding
3 - Grizzly bear management assistance
4 - Kootenai River operational loss assessment
5 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
6 into federal fiscal year 2026:
7 - Legacy administration
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
9 into state fiscal year 2027:
10 - Cooperative weed management
11 - Evaluating habitat carnivore abundance and elk vital rates in Pilgrim Creek
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Game bird hunters' opportunity expansion
15 - Habitat conservation leases
16 - Northern continental divide ecosystem grizzly bear monitoring
17 - Large mammal monitoring in northwest Montana
18 - Adaptive management of bighorn sheep and mountain goats
19 - Marten monitoring study
20 - Evaluating contact risk between wild and domestic sheep
21 Parks and Outdoor Recreation Division
22 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
23 into state fiscal year 2026:
24 - Ethnographic research and preliminary report
25 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
26 into state fiscal year 2027:
27 - Smith River corridor management
28 Capital Outlay **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 6 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
2 into state fiscal year 2026:
3 - Great outdoors conservation legacy project
4 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
5 into state fiscal year 2027:
6 - Pre-preservation planning for Pictograph Cave state park
7 - Upper Thompson connectivity project
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
9 into federal fiscal year 2027:
10 - Habitat conservation leases
11 Communication and Education Division
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Preventing the introduction and spread of aquatic invasive species
15 Administration
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
17 into federal fiscal year 2027:
18 - Landowner-led carnivore conflict reduction in western Montana
19 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
20 Water Quality Division
21 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
22 into state fiscal year 2026:
23 - Fiscal year 2023 water management planning supplemental grant
24 - Fiscal year 2021 nonpoint source project grant
25 - 2023-2025 106 monitoring initiative grant
26 - Fiscal year 2024 water quality management planning base grant
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
28 into federal fiscal year 2026: **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 - Fiscal year 2025 water quality management planning base grant
2 - Water quality management planning supplemental grant
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
4 into state fiscal year 2027:
5 - Fiscal year 2022 nonpoint source project grant
6 - 2024-2026 106 monitoring initiative grant
7 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
8 into federal fiscal year 2027:
9 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund replacement grant
10 - Fiscal year 2023 Montana drinking water state revolving fund
11 - Fiscal year 2023 Montana clean water state revolving fund
12 - Fiscal year 2023 Montana clean water state revolving fund emerging contaminants grant
13 - Fiscal year 2023 nonpoint source project grant
14 - Fiscal year 2024 clean water state revolving fund supplemental grant
15 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water revolving fund supplemental grant
16 - Fiscal year 2024 nonpoint source project grant
17 - Emerging contaminants in small or disadvantaged communities grant
18 - Sewer overflow and storm water reuse municipal grant program
19 Waste Management and Remediation Division
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
21 into state fiscal year 2026:
22 - Fiscal year 2023 abandoned mine lands administration
23 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
24 into federal fiscal year 2026:
25 - Fiscal year 2023 solid waste infrastructure for recycling
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
27 into federal fiscal year 2027:
28 - Fiscal year 2022 brownfields infrastructure investment and job acts **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law program for abandoned mine lands
2 - Infrastructure funding for additional coal work
3 - Brownfields assessment cooperative agreement
4 - Environmental services for housing project
5 Air, Energy, and Mining Division
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
7 into state fiscal year 2026:
8 - Coal e-permitting
9 - Monitor national ambient air quality standards pollutants
10 - Statewide PM2.5 monitoring project
11 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
12 into state fiscal year 2027:
13 - Fiscal year 2024 energy efficiency and conservation block grant program
14 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
15 into federal fiscal year 2027:
16 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law program
17 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law program
18 - Fiscal year 2024 air monitoring fenceline
19 - Fiscal year 2025 bipartisan infrastructure bill smart manufacturing
20 - Climate pollution reduction planning grant
21 - Operation and maintenance of water treatment facilities at Zortman and Landusky gold mines
22 - Air quality monitoring and trends analysis
23 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
24 Highway and Engineering
25 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
26 into federal fiscal year 2026:
27 - Kagy Boulevard reconstruction
28 - Reconnecting east Missoula **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 - US 93 North Ninepipe corridor reconstruction project
2 - Mineral County I-90 improvement project
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
4 into federal fiscal year 2027:
5 - Fiscal year 2022 rural surface transportation grant program
6 - Severe flooding in and around Yellowstone
7 - Rebuilding American infrastructure with sustainability and equity program
8 - Wildlife crossing pilot program
9 - Federal share for certain safety projects
10 - National significant federal lands and tribal projects
11 - Belgrade urban improvements
12 - Stone Creek north reconstruction project
13 - Gore Hill interchange reconstruction project
14 - I-90 Missoula to Garrison wildlife crossing feasibility study
15 Motor Carrier Services Division
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
17 into federal fiscal year 2026:
18 - Fiscal year 2022 high-priority ITD grant program
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
20 into federal fiscal year 2027:
21 - Fiscal year 2023 high-priority ITD grant program
22 - Fiscal year 2024 high-priority ITD grant program
23 Aeronautics Program
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
25 into federal fiscal year 2027:
26 - Airport improvement program
27 - Airport improvement program at Yellowstone airport
28 Rail, Transit, and Planning **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 10 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
2 into federal fiscal year 2026:
3 - Fiscal year 2023 areas of persistent poverty project
4 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
5 into federal fiscal year 2027:
6 - I-90 Missoula to Garrison wildlife crossing feasibility study
7 Department of Livestock
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
9 into state fiscal year 2026:
10 - National animal disease preparedness and response program foreign animal disease outbreak 
11 in African swine fever and foot and mouth disease
12 - Fiscal year 2024 farm bill funding program
13 DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
14 Oil and Gas Conservation Division
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
16 into federal fiscal year 2027:
17 - Underground injection control Class VI grant
18 Conservation and Resource Development Division
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
20 into state fiscal year 2026:
21 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund
22 - Fiscal year 2022 clean water revolving fund
23 - Fiscal year 2022 clean water state revolving fund grant
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
25 into federal fiscal year 2026:
26 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund grant
27 - 406 grazing academy
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 11 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 into state fiscal year 2027:
2 - Small, underserved, and disadvantaged communities grant
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
4 into federal fiscal year 2027:
5 - Fiscal year 2022 clean water state revolving fund grant
6 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund replacement grant
7 - Fiscal year 2022 drinking water state revolving fund emerging contaminants grant
8 - Fiscal year 2023 drinking water state revolving fund
9 - Fiscal year 2023 clean water state revolving fund supplemental grant
10 - Fiscal year 2023 drinking water state revolving funds emerging contaminants grant
11 - Fiscal year 2023 drinking water state revolving fund base grant
12 - Fiscal year 2023 clean water state revolving fund grant
13 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water revolving fund emerging contaminants grant
14 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water revolving fund supplemental cap grant
15 - Fiscal year 2024 drinking water state revolving fund base cap grant
16 - Fiscal year 2024 clean water state revolving fund supplemental capitalization grant
17 - Reducing stormwater and septic leachate toxic pollution in the headwaters of the Columbia 
18 River basin
19 - Web application and support
20 - Prevent the spread of invasive species
21 - Rangeland resources
22 - Powerline removal restoration project
23 - Grassland partnership conservation effort
24 - Climate pollution reduction grants implementation grant
25 Water Resources Division
26 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
27 into state fiscal year 2026:
28 - Fiscal year 2023 cooperating technical partners program **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 12 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 - Fiscal year 2024 fall national dam safety program
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
3 into federal fiscal year 2026:
4 - Fiscal year 2022 cooperating technical partners program
5 - Fiscal year 2024 cooperating technical partners grant program
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
7 into federal fiscal year 2027:
8 - Fiscal year 2023 cooperating technical partners program
9 - Fiscal year 2024 cooperating technical partners program
10 Forest Trust Lands
11 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
12 into state fiscal year 2026:
13 - Fiscal year 2021 consolidated forestry program grant
14 - Fiscal year 2022 consolidated forestry program grant
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
16 into state fiscal year 2027:
17 - Fiscal year 2022 wood and biomass program administration
18 - Fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law state forest action plans
19 - Fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law state fire assistance
20 - Fiscal year 2022 bipartisan infrastructure law volunteer fire assistance
21 - Fiscal year 2022 consolidated forestry programs grant
22 - Joint chief—fire adapted Bitterroot
23 - Community wildfire assistance in the Clark-Fork face
24 - Marshall community forest and mountain park technical assistance
25 - Hazardous fuels reduction northern region and joint chief connecting fuels Salish Mountains 
26 and Whitefish Range project treatment
27 - Bipartisan infrastructure law temporary bridge
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 into federal fiscal year 2027:
2 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law state forest action plans
3 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law state fire assistance
4 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law volunteer fire assistance
5 - Fiscal year 2023 Inflation Reduction Act urban and community forestry state allocations
6 - Fiscal year 2023 hazardous fuels reduction northern region
7 - Fiscal year 2023 consolidated forestry programs grant
8 - Fiscal year 2024 consolidated forestry program grant
9 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law state forest action plans
10 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law state fire assistance
11 - Fiscal year 2024 bipartisan infrastructure law volunteer fire assistance
12 - Restoration activities on the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
13 - Kootenai complex restoration projects
14 - Restoration activities on the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
15 - Good neighbor authority capacity building
16 - Restoration activities on the Lolo National Forest
17 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grants for Lincoln County
18 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grants for Treasure County
19 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant for Blackfoot watershed
20 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant for north Gallatin front wildland 
21 urban interface mitigation project
22 - Restoration activities on the Bitterroot National Forest
23 - Native seed network
24 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant comprehensive wildfire 
25 protection plan update and modernization
26 - Bipartisan infrastructure law community wildfire defense grant base funding
27 - Fire-safe Flathead and Fire-safe Swan
28 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Flathead and Kootenai National Forests **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
- 14 - Authorized Print Version – HB 4 
1 - Increase plant materials for revegetation efforts at Yellowstone National Park
2 - Good neighbor agreement for the Lolo National Forest
3 - Good neighbor forest restoration services
4 - Good neighbor agreement for the Flathead National Forest
5 - Good neighbor agreement for east-side forests restoration
6 - Good neighbor projects Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
7 - Northern Rockies fire contract operations support
8 - Good neighbor agreement for the Bitterroot National Forest
9 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Custer Gallatin National Forest
10 - Prescribed fire assistance to Lolo National Forest
11 - Statewide good neighbor agreement prescribed fire support
12 - Nonfederal lands hazard mitigation
13 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
14 - Statewide good neighbor program
15 - Inflation Reduction Act forest landowner support
16 - Prescribed fire assistance to the Bitterroot National Forest
17 - Inflation Reduction Act urban and community forestry trees for indigenous nations
18 - Climate pollution reduction grants implementation grant
19 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION
20 Architecture and Engineering Program
21 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
22 into federal fiscal year 2027:
23 - Broadband equity, access, and deployment planning grant program
24 - State and local water and sewer infrastructure grants
25 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
26 Central Management Division
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
28 into federal fiscal year 2026: **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 - Fiscal year 2023 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
3 into state fiscal year 2027:
4 - Fiscal year 2022 cooperative invasive plant cost share program
5 - Resilient food systems infrastructure cooperative agreement
6 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
7 into federal fiscal year 2027:
8 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law forest health invasive species
9 - Fiscal year 2024 invasive plant program cooperative cost share
10 - Fiscal year 2024 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
11 - Fiscal year 2024 invasive plant program cooperative cost share
12 - Northwest and Rocky Mountain regional food business center
13 - Bipartisan infrastructure law invasive species—EDRR project and capacity building
14 Agricultural Sciences Division
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
16 into state fiscal year 2027:
17 - Fiscal year 2022 cooperative invasive plant cost share program
18 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
19 into federal fiscal year 2027:
20 - Fiscal year 2023 bipartisan infrastructure law forest health invasive species
21 - Bipartisan infrastructure law invasive species—EDRR project and capacity building
22 - Bipartisan infrastructure law forest health invasive species western weed action plan
23 Agricultural Development Division
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
25 into federal fiscal year 2026:
26 - Fiscal year 2023 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
27 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
28 into state fiscal year 2027: **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 - Resilient food systems infrastructure cooperative agreement
2 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
3 into federal fiscal year 2027:
4 - Fiscal year 2024 specialty crops block grant farm bill application
5 - Northwest and Rocky Mountain regional food business center
6 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
7 Rehabilitation and Programs
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
9 into federal fiscal year 2026:
10 - Small, rural school achievement program
11 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
12 Business MT
13 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
14 into federal fiscal year 2026:
15 - Creating and expanding export opportunities for Montana small businesses
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
17 into federal fiscal year 2027:
18 - State small business credit initiative
19 Brand MT
20 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
21 into state fiscal year 2026:
22 - American Rescue Plan Act state travel, tourism, and outdoor recreation grant
23 Housing MT
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
25 into state fiscal year 2026:
26 - Fiscal year 2018 housing trust fund grant agreement
27 - Community development block grant
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 into federal fiscal year 2026:
2 - American Rescue Plan Act homeowner assistance fund
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
4 into federal fiscal year 2027:
5 - American Rescue Plan Act home investment partnerships program
6 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY
7 Workforce Services Division
8 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
9 into state fiscal year 2027:
10 - National dislocated worker grants
11 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
12 into federal fiscal year 2027:
13 - Partners for reentry opportunities in workforce development
14 - Maximus subcontract agreement
15 Unemployment Insurance Division
16 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
17 into state fiscal year 2026:
18 - American Rescue Plan Act unemployment insurance integrity grant
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
20 into federal fiscal year 2027:
21 - American Rescue Plan Act IT modernization grant
22 DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS
23 Army National Guard Program
24 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
25 into state fiscal year 2026:
26 - West-central Montana wildfire and vulnerability assessments
27 Disaster and Emergency Services
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 into state fiscal year 2027:
2 - Fiscal year 2022 state and local cybersecurity grant program
3 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
4 into federal fiscal year 2027:
5 - Fiscal year 2023 state and local cybersecurity grant program
6 - Fiscal year 2024 nonprofit security grant program
7 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
8 Human and Community Services
9 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
10 into state fiscal year 2027:
11 - Infrastructure investment
12 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
13 into federal fiscal year 2027:
14 - Food stamp performance bonus
15 - Child nutrition discretionary grants
16 Child and Family Services
17 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
18 into federal fiscal year 2026:
19 - Fiscal year 2023 adoption and legal guardianship incentive program
20 Director's Office
21 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
22 into state fiscal year 2026:
23 - Home and community-based services
24 Public Health and Safety Division
25 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
26 into state fiscal year 2026:
27 - Sexually transmitted disease prevention and control
28 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue  **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 into state fiscal year 2027:
2 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease advanced molecular detection 
3 sequencing and analytics supplement
4 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease strengthening health care-
5 associated infections and antimicrobial resistance program capacity supplement
6 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease national wastewater surveillance 
7 system
8 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease laboratory data exchange
9 - Testing and contact tracing
10 - Testing, tracing, and mitigation
11 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease enhancing detection expansion
12 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for prevention and control of emerging infectious 
13 diseases
14 - Supporting clean air among priority populations in western Montana
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
16 into federal fiscal year 2027:
17 - Cooperative agreement for emergency response: public health crisis response 2018
18 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems
19 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems
20 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease strengthening health care-
21 associated infections and antimicrobial resistance program capacity supplemental
22 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease advanced molecular detection 
23 sequencing and analytics supplement
24 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease national wastewater surveillance 
25 system supplemental
26 - Epidemiology and laboratory capacity for infectious disease data modernization supplemental
27 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems modernizing 
28 immunization information systems **** 
69th Legislature 2025 	HB 4.1
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1 - Strengthening public health infrastructure, workforce, and data systems supplemental budget
2 - Juul Labs settlement
3 Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Division
4 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
5 into state fiscal year 2027:
6 - Healing and ending addiction through recovery and treatment demonstration
7 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
8 into federal fiscal year 2027:
9 - Transformation transfer initiative
10 Senior and Long-Term Care Division
11 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
12 into state fiscal year 2026:
13 - Advancing the Montana lifespan respite coalition
14 - Adult protective services formula grants
15 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
16 into federal fiscal year 2027:
17 - Community choice partnership
18 Early Childhood and Family Support Division
19 All remaining fiscal year 2025 budget amendment authority for the following is authorized to continue 
20 into federal fiscal year 2026:
21 - Maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting grant program
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23 NEW SECTION. Section 3.  [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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