Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB598: Require ballot issue signers to be active registered voters
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring petition signatories to be active electors; amending section 13-27-102, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING PETITION SIGNATORIES TO BE ACTIVE ELECTORS; AMENDING SECTION 13-27-102, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 13-27-102, MCA, is amended to read: "13-27-102. Who may petition and gather signatures. (1) A petition may be signed only by a qualified elector an active elector, as defined in 13-1-101, of the state of Montana. (2) A person gathering signatures for a petition may not be paid anything of value based upon the number of signatures gathered." NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval. - END - - 1 - Authorized Print Version - HB
Sponsors
- Wirth, Zack (R, 17) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Ballot Issues, Elections
Common questions
- What is HB598?
- HB598 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require ballot issue signers to be active registered voters.
- What does HB598 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring petition signatories to be active electors; amending section 13-27-102, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB598?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB598?
- Wirth, Zack (R, 17).
- Where is the official record for HB598?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1636
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