Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SJ24: Joint resolution supporting the national popular vote initiative
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A joint resolution of the senate and the house of representatives of the state of montana supporting having the state join the national popular vote initiative.
From the engrossed text:
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA SUPPORTING HAVING THE STATE JOIN THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE INITIATIVE. WHEREAS, the first proposal to change the electoral college system by constitutional amendment was introduced in 1800, and since then more than 700 proposals to reform or eliminate the electoral college have been introduced in Congress; and WHEREAS, the electoral college does not provide for direct democratic elections; and WHEREAS, the electoral college results in presidential elections predict most state election outcomes before each election and direct the overwhelming majority of campaign resources and attention to the voters of a few states; and WHEREAS, the electoral college makes it possible for candidates to win an electoral college majority and the presidency while gaining fewer votes nationwide than their principal opponents in the popular election; and WHEREAS, under the current system, of the nation's 47 presidents won the election without winning the popular vote; and WHEREAS, the National Popular Vote Initiative was founded in 2006, promoting an interstate compact that would establish direct popular election of the President and Vice President without a constitutional amendment while retaining the structure of the electoral college system; and WHEREAS, the National Popular Vote would guarantee that the presidential candidates who win the most popular votes nationwide always win …
Sponsors
- Windy Boy, Jonathan (D, 16) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for Revenue Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: General Joint Resolution, Elections
Common questions
- What is SJ24?
- SJ24 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Joint resolution supporting the national popular vote initiative.
- What does SJ24 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution of the senate and the house of representatives of the state of montana supporting having the state join the national popular vote initiative.
- What is the status of SJ24?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SJ24?
- Windy Boy, Jonathan (D, 16).
- Where is the official record for SJ24?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4286
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