Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB460: Amending the constitution to provide for electors of a county to call a grand jury
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act submitting to the qualified electors of montana an amendment to article ii, section 20, of the montana constitution to provide a process in which a grand jury may be called by the electors of any county in montana; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II, SECTION 20, OF THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE A PROCESS IN WHICH A GRAND JURY MAY BE CALLED BY THE ELECTORS OF ANY COUNTY IN MONTANA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." WHEREAS, in the spirit of Abraham Lincoln's quote: "We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution"; and WHEREAS, the founding fathers deemed the grand jury and its power of the people to be so important that they carried the grand jury process to the United States Constitution through the Fifth Amendment in the Bill of Rights; and WHEREAS, the grand jury by petition is the oldest and closest to the original intent of the founding fathers and was chiseled into the United States Constitution through the Bill of Rights as a restraining mechanism for possible abuse by institutional power; and WHEREAS, the citizens' grand jury is the link in the chain that resists tyranny, because the citizens' grand jury's purpose was never to serve as a lapdog of power but as a watchdog for the people. The grand jury meets and deliberates in private to protect the jurors and the …
Sponsors
- Millett, Tom (R, 2) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Referendum Proposal Transmittal
- : (H) 2nd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend
- : (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (H) Committee Report
- : (H) Committee Executive Action
- : (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- : (H) Fiscal Note Received
Votes
- Do Pass (March 25, 2025): 40 yea, 59 nay, failed
- AMD-HB0460.001.001 Millett DO PASS (March 25, 2025): 49 yea, 49 nay, failed
Subjects: Constitutional Amendment Proposals, Juries and Jurors
Common questions
- What is HB460?
- HB460 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Amending the constitution to provide for electors of a county to call a grand jury.
- What does HB460 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act submitting to the qualified electors of montana an amendment to article ii, section 20, of the montana constitution to provide a process in which a grand jury may be called by the electors of any county in montana; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB460?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB460?
- Millett, Tom (R, 2).
- Where is the official record for HB460?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3066
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