Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB815: Creating a process and timeline to transfer school elections to county election administrators
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act creating a process and timeline for transferring administration of school elections from school clerks to county election administrators; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT CREATING A PROCESS AND TIMELINE FOR TRANSFERRING ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL ELECTIONS FROM SCHOOL CLERKS TO COUNTY ELECTION ADMINISTRATORS; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Oversight of school elections -- timeline -- role of school districts and county election administrators. (1) The legislature intends that no later than July 1, 2029, all Montana school elections will be administered by county election administrators. (2) The office of public instruction, county superintendents of schools, and county election administrators shall, no later than March 1, 2026, provide a report to the state administration and veterans' affairs interim committee on the statewide plan for moving administration of school elections from school clerks to county election administrators. The report must include: (a) a description of the existing structure for administering school elections, including but not limited to the types of school elections, current school election deadlines, and the current division of responsibilities between the school clerks and the county election administrators; (b) any financial and logistical concerns identified while developing the statewide plan; (c) a timeline for the transition of duties; and (d) any other information the office of public instruction, county superintendents of schools, and county election administrators considers relevant to provide …
Sponsors
- Nave, Fiona (R, 56) · 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: Elections, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB815?
- HB815 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Creating a process and timeline to transfer school elections to county election administrators.
- What does HB815 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act creating a process and timeline for transferring administration of school elections from school clerks to county election administrators; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of HB815?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB815?
- Nave, Fiona (R, 56).
- Where is the official record for HB815?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0861
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