Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB539: Revise laws related to veto override polls
Status: Passed one chamber, May 8, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising veto override poll process laws; requiring the secretary of state to conduct a daily tally of legislator veto override votes during the polling process; amending section 5-4-306, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING VETO OVERRIDE POLL PROCESS LAWS; REQUIRING THE SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONDUCT A DAILY TALLY OF LEGISLATOR VETO OVERRIDE VOTES DURING THE POLLING PROCESS; AMENDING SECTION 5-4-306, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1. Section 5-4-306, MCA, is amended to read: "5-4-306. Return when legislature not in session. (1) 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 made. (2) (a) If the legislature is not in session when the governor vetoes a bill, the governor shall return the bill with the reasons for the veto to the secretary of state. (b) If the bill was not approved by two-thirds of the members voting on the final vote on the bill, the secretary of state shall within 5 working days of …
Sponsors
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52) · primary sponsor
- Hayman, Denise (D, 32)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (S) 3rd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
Votes
- Do Concur (April 15, 2025): 50 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 14, 2025): 44 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 93 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 84 yea, 12 nay, passed
Subjects: Legislature, State Government
Common questions
- What is HB539?
- HB539 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to veto override polls.
- What does HB539 do?
- In its own words: An act revising veto override poll process laws; requiring the secretary of state to conduct a daily tally of legislator veto override votes during the polling process; amending section 5-4-306, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.
- What is the status of HB539?
- Passed one chamber as of May 8, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 8, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB539?
- Mercer, Bill (R, 52), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB539?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3445
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