Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB344: Revise process for governor's veto receipt and delivery to the legislature
Status: Passed one chamber, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising the process for what constitutes delivery and receipt of a vetoed bill and the governor's message when the legislature is in session; amending section 5-4-306, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING THE PROCESS FOR WHAT CONSTITUTES DELIVERY AND RECEIPT OF A VETOED BILL AND THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION; AMENDING SECTION 5-4-306, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE. Section 1. Section 5-4-306, MCA, is amended to read: "5-4-306. Return when legislature not in session. (1) (a) If, on the day the governor desires to return a bill without approval and with objections to the bill to the house in which it originated, that house has adjourned for the day, but not for the session, the governor may deliver the bill with the message to the presiding officer, secretary, clerk, or any member of that house. The delivery is as effectual as though returned in open session if the governor, on the first day the house is again in session, by message, notifies it of the delivery and of the time when and the person to whom the delivery was madeeither the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate. (b) Delivery is effectual if the originating house has adjourned for the day, but not for the session, or if either house is in session when the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate physically receives the bill with the message and …
Sponsors
- Hertz, Greg (R, 7) · primary sponsor
- Fitzpatrick, Steve (R, 24)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (S) Filed with Secretary of State
- : (S) Transmitted to Governor
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (S) Returned from Enrolling
- : (S) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 11, 2025): 90 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 10, 2025): 92 yea, 7 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 44 yea, 6 nay, passed
Subjects: Legislature, Public Officers and Employees
Common questions
- What is SB344?
- SB344 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise process for governor's veto receipt and delivery to the legislature.
- What does SB344 do?
- In its own words: An act revising the process for what constitutes delivery and receipt of a vetoed bill and the governor's message when the legislature is in session; amending section 5-4-306, mca; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.
- What is the status of SB344?
- Passed one chamber as of May 8, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB344?
- Hertz, Greg (R, 7), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB344?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2492
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