Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB130: Revise elected official recall laws
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act providing for the recall of a public officer holding an elective office without requiring a statement of reasons or grounds for recall; providing that the sufficiency of any statement of reasons or grounds for recall provided voluntarily in a petition for recall be a question for the qualified electors of montana; revising the form of a recall petition; and amending sections 2-16-603, 2-16616, 2-16-617, 2-16-621, 2-16-633, 5-7-305, and 20-4-114, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RECALL OF A PUBLIC OFFICER HOLDING AN ELECTIVE OFFICE WITHOUT REQUIRING A STATEMENT OF REASONS OR GROUNDS FOR RECALL; PROVIDING THAT THE SUFFICIENCY OF ANY STATEMENT OF REASONS OR GROUNDS FOR RECALL PROVIDED VOLUNTARILY IN A PETITION FOR RECALL BE A QUESTION FOR THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA; REVISING THE FORM OF A RECALL PETITION; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 2-16-603, 2-16616, 2-16-617, 2-16-621, 2-16-633, 5-7-305, AND 20-4-114, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 2-16-603, MCA, is amended to read: "2-16-603. Officers subject to recall -- grounds for recall not required. (1) Any person holding a public office of the state or any of its political subdivisions, either by election or appointment, is subject to recall from office. (2) A public officer holding an elective office may be recalled by the qualified electors entitled to vote for the elective officer's successor. A public officer holding an appointive office may be recalled by the qualified electors entitled to vote for the successor or successors of the elective officer or officers who have the authority to appoint a person to that position. (3) Physical or mental lack of fitness, incompetence, violation of the oath of office, official misconduct, or conviction of a felony offense enumerated in Title …
Sponsors
- Trebas, Jeremy (R, 10) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Motion
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
Subjects: Elections, Public Officers and Employees
Common questions
- What is SB130?
- SB130 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise elected official recall laws.
- What does SB130 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act providing for the recall of a public officer holding an elective office without requiring a statement of reasons or grounds for recall; providing that the sufficiency of any statement of reasons or grounds for recall provided voluntarily in a petition for recall be a question for the qualified electors of montana; revising the form of a recall petition; and amending sections 2-16-603, 2-16616, 2-16-617, 2-16-621, 2-16-633, 5-7-305, and 20-4-114, mca.".
- What is the status of SB130?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB130?
- Trebas, Jeremy (R, 10).
- Where is the official record for SB130?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0521
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