Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB499: Revise voter list maintenance procedures to apply to permanent address changes
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing that certain voter list maintenance procedures apply to voters with permanent address changes and not temporary address changes; and amending sections 13-2-220 and 13-13-212, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES APPLY TO VOTERS WITH PERMANENT ADDRESS CHANGES AND NOT TEMPORARY ADDRESS CHANGES; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 13-2-220 AND 13-13-212, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 13-2-220, MCA, is amended to read: "13-2-220. Maintenance of active and inactive voter registration lists for elections -- rules by secretary of state. (1) The rules adopted by the secretary of state under 13-2-108 must include the following procedures, at least one of which an election administrator shall follow annually: (a) compare the entire list of registered electors, including electors on the absentee ballot list, against the national change of address files and provide appropriate confirmation notice to those individuals whose permanent addresses have apparently changed; (b) mail a nonforwardable, first-class, "return if undeliverable--address correction requested" notice to all registered electors, including electors on the absentee ballot list, of each jurisdiction to confirm their addresses and provide the appropriate confirmation notice to those individuals who return the notices; (c) mail a targeted mailing to electors, including electors on the absentee ballot list, who failed to vote in the preceding federal general election, applicants who failed to provide required information on registration forms, and provisionally registered electors by: (i) sending the list of …
Sponsors
- McKamey, Wendy (R, 12) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft On Hold
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
Subjects: Elections
Common questions
- What is SB499?
- SB499 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise voter list maintenance procedures to apply to permanent address changes.
- What does SB499 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act providing that certain voter list maintenance procedures apply to voters with permanent address changes and not temporary address changes; and amending sections 13-2-220 and 13-13-212, mca.".
- What is the status of SB499?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB499?
- McKamey, Wendy (R, 12).
- Where is the official record for SB499?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0312
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