Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB248: Revise election laws related to voter cancellation
Status: Signed into law, April 18, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising election laws related to registration cancellation; amending section 13-2-402, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING ELECTION LAWS RELATED TO 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 an 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 248 ENROLLED BILL **** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 248 Section 2. Effective date. [This …
Sponsors
- Mitchell, Braxton (R, 5) · primary sponsor
- Tezak, Tony (R, 35)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : 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
Votes
- Do Concur (April 1, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (March 31, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 7, 2025): 97 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 6, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Elections
Common questions
- What is HB248?
- HB248 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise election laws related to voter cancellation.
- What does HB248 do?
- In its own words: An act revising election laws related to registration cancellation; amending section 13-2-402, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB248?
- Signed into law as of April 18, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB248?
- Mitchell, Braxton (R, 5), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB248?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2653
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