HB 375 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise statewide ballot issue laws

HB 375 revises statewide ballot issue laws. It requires the Secretary of State to conduct a poll of all legislators on statewide initiatives after their petitions are submitted. Legislators would vote to support, not support, or take no position on each initiative. The bill mandates that the summary results of this legislative poll, or the legislative referral vote for referendums, appear in the voter information pamphlet and directly on the ballot, categorized by the majority vote within each political party.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 31, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC1734.pdf → HB0375_1.pdf · 1 edit

MINOR

The bill was renamed from LC 1734 to HB 375.1, and the sponsor list was updated to reflect the current legislators. The substantive text regarding legislative polls, voter information pamphlets, and ballot certification remains identical to the previous version, indicating no changes to the bill's policy or legal requirements.

TECHNICAL

Bill title changed from LC 1734 to HB 375.1, and the list of primary sponsors was updated with new names.

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Amendments

Mar 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Taken from Table in Committee - (H) State Administration

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) State Administration

lower

Feb 14, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) State Administration

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration

lower

Jan 31, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors