Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB193: Require signature for voter registration cancellation
Status: Signed into law, May 5, 2025
What the bill says
An act requiring a signature for voter registration cancellation; amending section 13-2-402, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REQUIRING A SIGNATURE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION CANCELLATION; AMENDING SECTION 13-2-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 13-2-402, MCA, is amended to read: "13-2-402. Reasons for cancellation. The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an elector (2) a certificate of the death of the elector is filed or if the elector is reported to the election administrator as deceased by the department of public health and human services in the department's reports submitted to the county under 50-15-409 or through a newspaper obituary; (3) the elector is of unsound mind as established by a court; (4) the incarceration of the elector in a penal institution for a felony conviction is legally established; (5) a certified copy of a court order directing the cancellation is filed with the election administrator; (6) a notice is received from the secretary of state or from another county or state that the elector has registered in another county or state; (7) the (b) is placed on the inactive list; and (c) then fails to vote in two consecutive federal general elections; or (8) the elector fails to meet any voter qualification that is listed in 13-1-111." - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB 193 ENROLLED BILL **** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 193 Section 2. Effective date. [This act] …
Sponsors
- Darling, Julie (R, 84) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 9, 2025): 48 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 8, 2025): 47 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 4, 2025): 100 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 3, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Elections
Common questions
- What is HB193?
- HB193 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require signature for voter registration cancellation.
- What does HB193 do?
- In its own words: An act requiring a signature for voter registration cancellation; amending section 13-2-402, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB193?
- Signed into law as of May 5, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 5, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB193?
- Darling, Julie (R, 84).
- Where is the official record for HB193?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3193
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