HB 673 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Revise donor privacy laws for certain political contributions

HB 673 proposes to revise donor privacy laws for certain political contributions in Montana. The bill establishes that the identity of individuals who contribute less than $1,000 to organizations designated as 501(c)(4) under federal tax law will remain confidential and not subject to public disclosure. It directs the Commissioner of Political Practices to adopt rules to implement this confidentiality provision and makes conforming changes to existing campaign finance disclosure requirements.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC4127.pdf → HB0673_1.pdf · 2 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 4127 to HB 673.1 and updated with the names of the primary sponsors, R. Gregg and B. Mitchell. The text also includes minor formatting adjustments to the definition numbering, shifting from a multi-line format to a compact single-line style for terms like 'Commissioner' and 'Public office'.

TECHNICAL

The bill identifier changed from LC 4127 to HB 673.1, and the header was updated to reflect the new bill number and sponsors.

Formatting in the definitions section was adjusted to remove line breaks between definition numbers, consolidating them into a single line.

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Amendments

Feb 26, 2025

Amended

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

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Feb 24, 2025

Committee

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

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Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors