HB 705 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to county and city central committees

HB 705 revises Montana's election laws to require county and city central committees to notify representatives of upcoming county conventions via email instead of physical mail. The bill directly affects local political party committees responsible for organizing conventions, changing their communication method for convention notices. Key provisions amend Section 13-38-205, MCA, to specify that the presiding officer must send the convention call "through electronic mail" to precinct committee representatives at least four days before the event. This is a procedural change focused solely on streamlining notification processes for party committees.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Last action May 22, 2025
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HB0705_1(5).pdf HB0705_2.pdf · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill adds 'traditional mail' as an alternative to electronic mail for sending convention calls to precinct representatives, ensuring communication methods remain accessible if digital options fail. Additionally, the bill reorganizes the text structure, moving the definition of a qualified elector to an earlier section for better logical flow.
REQUIREMENT

Expanded the required communication methods for county conventions to include both electronic mail and traditional mail for notifying precinct committee representatives.

TECHNICAL

Reordered the bill text to place the definition of a qualified elector earlier, improving the document's logical structure.

Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

990
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 100
Mar 7, 2025
D Democratic42
42 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican58
57 Yea 1
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 7, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (99-0-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Terry Falk
Terry Falk
RRepublican
MT
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