Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB569: Revise laws related to perjury and false swearing
Status: Failed, May 22, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to perjury and false swearing; requiring the investigation of credible allegations of perjury and false swearing; revising penalties; providing mandatory minimums; and amending sections 45-7-201 and 45-7-202, mca.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REVISING LAWS RELATED TO PERJURY AND FALSE SWEARING; REQUIRING THE INVESTIGATION OF CREDIBLE ALLEGATIONS OF PERJURY AND FALSE SWEARING; REVISING PENALTIES; PROVIDING MANDATORY MINIMUMS; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 45-7-201 AND 45-7-202, MCA." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 45-7-201, MCA, is amended to read: "45-7-201. Perjury. (1) A person commits the offense of perjury if in any official proceeding the person knowingly makes a false statement under oath or equivalent affirmation or swears or affirms the truth of a statement previously made when the statement is material. (2) A person convicted of perjury shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison county jail STATE PRISON for any a term of not less than 6 months not to exceed or more than 10 years 1 year 10 YEARS or and may be additionally punished by a fine of not more than $50,000, or both. (3) Falsification is material, regardless of the admissibility of the statement under rules of evidence, if it could have affected the course or outcome of the proceeding. It is no defense that the declarant mistakenly believed the falsification to be immaterial. Whether a falsification is material in a given factual situation is a question of law. (4) It is not a …
Sponsors
- Klakken, Shane (R, 37) · primary sponsor
- Manzella, Theresa (R, 44)
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed
- : (S) 2nd Reading
- : (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- : (S) Committee Report
- : (S) Committee Executive Action
- : (S) Motion
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Hearing
Votes
- Indefinitely Postpone -McGillvray (April 14, 2025): 33 yea, 13 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 14, 2025): 23 yea, 23 nay, failed
- Take HB 569 from Comm-Usher (April 10, 2025): 23 yea, 24 nay, failed
- Do Pass (March 1, 2025): 61 yea, 36 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 28, 2025): 71 yea, 27 nay, passed
Subjects: Crimes, Courts
Common questions
- What is HB569?
- HB569 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise laws related to perjury and false swearing.
- What does HB569 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act revising laws related to perjury and false swearing; requiring the investigation of credible allegations of perjury and false swearing; revising penalties; providing mandatory minimums; and amending sections 45-7-201 and 45-7-202, mca.".
- What is the status of HB569?
- Failed as of May 22, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 22, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB569?
- Klakken, Shane (R, 37), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB569?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4145
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