HB719 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise election laws related to an elector's date of birth.

What is the status of HB719?

Signed into law as of May 8, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 8, 2025).

Mitchell, Braxton (R, 5), with 1 co-sponsor.

Where is the official record for HB719?

On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2654

Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session

Montana HB719: Revise election laws related to an elector's date of birth

Q: What does HB719 do?

In its own words: An act revising voting laws related to an elector's date of birth; requiring an elector to provide their date on birth when registering to vote; requiring absentee electors to provide their date of birth on the signature envelope when returning an absentee ballot; requiring the election administrator to verify an elector's date of birth before counting the elector's absentee ballot; and amending sections 13-2-110, 13-13-201, 13-13-213, 13-13-232, 13-13-241, 13-13-245, 13-13-246, 13-15201, 13-17-212, 13-19-106, 13-19-301, 13-19-304, and 13-19-312, mca.

Status: Signed into law, May 8, 2025

What the bill says

An act revising voting laws related to an elector's date of birth; requiring an elector to provide their date on birth when registering to vote; requiring absentee electors to provide their date of birth on the signature envelope when returning an absentee ballot; requiring the election administrator to verify an elector's date of birth before counting the elector's absentee ballot; and amending sections 13-2-110, 13-13-201, 13-13-213, 13-13-232, 13-13-241, 13-13-245, 13-13-246, 13-15201, 13-17-212, 13-19-106, 13-19-301, 13-19-304, and 13-19-312, mca.

From the engrossed text:

AN ACT REVISING VOTING LAWS RELATED TO AN ELECTOR'S DATE OF BIRTH; REQUIRING AN ELECTOR TO PROVIDE THEIR DATE ON BIRTH WHEN REGISTERING TO VOTE; REQUIRING ABSENTEE ELECTORS TO PROVIDE THEIR DATE OF BIRTH ON THE SIGNATURE ENVELOPE WHEN RETURNING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT; REQUIRING THE ELECTION ADMINISTRATOR TO VERIFY AN ELECTOR'S DATE OF BIRTH BEFORE COUNTING THE ELECTOR'S ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND AMENDING SECTIONS 13-2-110, 13-13-201, 13-13-213, 13-13-232, 13-13-241, 13-13-245, 13-13-246, 13-15201, 13-17-212, 13-19-106, 13-19-301, 13-19-304, AND 13-19-312, MCA. Section 1. Section 13-2-110, MCA, is amended to read: "13-2-110. Application for voter registration -- sufficiency and verification of information -- identifiers assigned for voting purposes. (1) An individual may apply for voter registration in person or by mail, postage paid, by completing and signing the standard application form for voter registration provided for in 13-1-210 and providing the application to the election administrator in the county in which the elector resides. (2) Each application for voter registration must be accepted and processed as provided in rules adopted under 13-2-109. (3) An applicant for voter registration shall provide the applicant's date of birth. (3)(4) Except as provided in subsection (4) subsection (5), an applicant for voter registration shall also provide the applicant' (b) Montana state identification card number issued pursuant to 61-12-501; or (c) the last four digits of the applicant's social …

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