Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB13: Remove Supreme Court original jurisdiction for ballot review
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act eliminating all supreme court original jurisdiction other than of writs of habeas corpus and providing for district court review of ballot measures; amending section 13-27-605, mca; repealing section 3-2-202, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ELIMINATING ALL SUPREME COURT ORIGINAL JURISDICTION OTHER THAN OF WRITS OF HABEAS CORPUS AND PROVIDING FOR DISTRICT COURT REVIEW OF BALLOT MEASURES; AMENDING SECTION 13-27-605, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 3-2-202, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 13-27-605, MCA, is amended to read: "13-27-605. Court review of attorney general opinion or approved petitioner statements. (1) If the proponents of a statewide ballot issue believe that the ballot statements approved by the attorney general do not satisfy the requirements of 13-27-212 or 13-27-213 or believe that the attorney general was incorrect in determining that the petition was legally deficient, they may, within 10 days of the attorney general's determination regarding legal sufficiency provided for in 13-27-226, file an original proceeding in the supreme court district court challenging the adequacy of the statement or the attorney general's determination and requesting the court to alter the statement or modify the attorney general's determination. (2) If the opponents of a statewide ballot issue believe that the petitioner ballot statements approved by the attorney general do not satisfy the requirements of 13-27-212 or 13-27-213 or believe that the attorney general was incorrect in determining that the petition was legally sufficient, they may, within 10 …
Sponsors
- Emrich, Daniel (R, 11) · primary sponsor
- Millett, Tom (R, 2)
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (S) Transmitted to House
- : (S) 3rd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 27 yea, 72 nay, failed
- Do Pass (January 24, 2025): 31 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do Pass (January 23, 2025): 32 yea, 18 nay, passed
Subjects: Judges and Justices, Courts, Ballot Issues
Common questions
- What is SB13?
- SB13 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Remove Supreme Court original jurisdiction for ballot review.
- What does SB13 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act eliminating all supreme court original jurisdiction other than of writs of habeas corpus and providing for district court review of ballot measures; amending section 13-27-605, mca; repealing section 3-2-202, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of SB13?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB13?
- Emrich, Daniel (R, 11), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB13?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1433
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