Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB770: Revise candidate campaign finance reporting laws
Status: Signed into law, May 19, 2025
What the bill says
An act revising campaign finance reporting requirements and consequences for failure to file; clarifying that candidates shall file reports even if no contributions or expenditures were made; clarifying that failure to report results in removal from the ballot in an election; and amending section 13-37-226, mca.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT REVISING CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR FAILURE TO FILE; CLARIFYING THAT CANDIDATES SHALL FILE REPORTS EVEN IF NO CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES WERE MADE; CLARIFYING THAT FAILURE TO REPORT RESULTS IN REMOVAL FROM THE BALLOT IN AN ELECTION; AND AMENDING SECTION 13-37-226, MCA. Section 1. Section 13-37-226, MCA, is amended to read: "13-37-226. Time for filing reports. (1) Except as provided in 13-37-206 and 13-37-225(3), a candidate shall file reports required by 13-37-225(1)(a), even if the candidate has no contributions or expenditures to report, containing the information required by 13-37-229, 13-37-231, and 13-37-232 as follows: (a) quarterly, due on the 5th day following a calendar quarter, beginning with the calendar quarter in which funds are received or expended during the year or years prior to the election year that the candidate expects to be on the ballot and ending in the final quarter of the year preceding the year of an election in which the candidate participates; (b) except as provided in subsection (4)(a), the 20th day of March, April, May, June, August, September, October, and November in the year of an election in which the candidate participates; (c) except as provided in subsection (6), within 2 business days of receiving a contribution equal to the applicable limitation provided in 13-37-216 for the candidate if the contribution …
Sponsors
- Etchart, Jodee (R, 51) · primary sponsor
- Manzella, Theresa (R, 44)
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (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
Votes
- Do Concur (April 22, 2025): 48 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 39 yea, 5 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 56 yea, 43 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 6, 2025): 55 yea, 43 nay, passed
Subjects: Elections
Common questions
- What is HB770?
- HB770 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise candidate campaign finance reporting laws.
- What does HB770 do?
- In its own words: An act revising campaign finance reporting requirements and consequences for failure to file; clarifying that candidates shall file reports even if no contributions or expenditures were made; clarifying that failure to report results in removal from the ballot in an election; and amending section 13-37-226, mca.
- What is the status of HB770?
- Signed into law as of May 19, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB770?
- Etchart, Jodee (R, 51), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB770?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2880
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