Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB645: Require ballot issue signature gatherers to be Montana citizens and registered voters
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring signature gatherers for ballot issues to be montana residents and registered montana voters; amending sections 13-27-233 and 13-27-302, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING SIGNATURE GATHERERS FOR BALLOT ISSUES TO BE MONTANA RESIDENTS AND REGISTERED MONTANA VOTERS; AMENDING SECTIONS 13-27-233 AND 13-27-302, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 13-27-233, MCA, is amended to read: "13-27-233. Provision of finalized petition for signature. (1) When the requirements of 13-27-216, 13-27-217, 13-27-218, or 13-27-219 are complete and the proposed statewide ballot issue has been found legally sufficient pursuant to 13-27-226, the secretary of state shall immediately send to the person submitting the proposed statewide ballot issue a sample petition form, including the text of the proposed statewide ballot issue, the statement of purpose and implication, and the yes and no statement, as prepared by the petitioner, reviewed by the legislative services division, and approved by the attorney general and in the form provided by this part. (2) (a) A signature gatherer may circulate the petition only in the form of the sample prepared by the secretary of state. (b) An individual must be a Montana resident and a registered Montana voter in order to work as a signature gatherer. (3) The secretary of state shall immediately provide a copy of the sample petition form to any interested parties who have made a request …
Sponsors
- Schubert, Lukas (R, 8) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
Subjects: Ballot Issues, Elections
Common questions
- What is HB645?
- HB645 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Require ballot issue signature gatherers to be Montana citizens and registered voters.
- What does HB645 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act requiring signature gatherers for ballot issues to be montana residents and registered montana voters; amending sections 13-27-233 and 13-27-302, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB645?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB645?
- Schubert, Lukas (R, 8).
- Where is the official record for HB645?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1635
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