Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB226: Require petition submittals be dropped off within a specific timeframe
Status: Signed into law, May 16, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising certification of petition signatures to add a filing timeline; amending section 13-27-302, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING CERTIFICATION OF PETITION SIGNATURES TO ADD A FILING TIMELINE; AMENDING SECTION 13-27-302, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 13-27-302, MCA, is amended to read: "13-27-302. Certification of signatures. (1) An affidavit, in substantially the following form, must be attached to each sheet or section submitted to the county official: I, (name of person who is the signature gatherer), swear that I gathered the signatures on the petition to which this affidavit is attached on the stated dates, that I believe the signatures on the petition are genuine, are the signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be, and are the signatures of Montana electors who are registered at the address or have the telephone number following the person's signature, and that the signers knew the contents of the petition before signing the petition.______________________________________(Date on which the first signature was gathered)______________________________________(Signature of petition signature gatherer)______________________________________(Address of petition signature gatherer) Subscribed and sworn to before me this ___ day of _________, 20__ Seal______________________________________(Person authorized to take oaths)______________________________________(Title or notarial information) (2) (a) (i) For an affidavit provided for in subsection (1) that is attached to a signature sheet with a collected signature dated 287 days or more prior to the final date provided in 13-27-104 for filing the petition, the signature gatherer or …
Sponsors
- Cuffe, Mike (R, 1) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Signed by Governor
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report
Votes
- Do Adopt (April 28, 2025): 95 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Adopt (April 25, 2025): 47 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Adopt (April 25, 2025): 98 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Adopt (April 24, 2025): 47 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Not Concur (April 11, 2025): 30 yea, 18 nay, failed
- Do Concur (April 9, 2025): 94 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Ballot Issues, Elections
Common questions
- What is SB226?
- SB226 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require petition submittals be dropped off within a specific timeframe.
- What does SB226 do?
- In its own words: An act revising certification of petition signatures to add a filing timeline; amending section 13-27-302, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of SB226?
- Signed into law as of May 16, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 16, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB226?
- Cuffe, Mike (R, 1).
- Where is the official record for SB226?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2577
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