HB 725 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Require that individuals may not be a precinct committee representative of more than one political party

House Bill 725 amends state law regarding precinct committee representatives for political parties. It establishes a new rule that an individual cannot be appointed or elected to serve as a committee representative for more than one political party during the same 2-year term. This change directly affects individuals who hold or seek to hold these representative positions, ensuring they represent only a single party at a time. The bill revises Section 13-38-201 of the Montana Code Annotated, which governs the election or appointment of these representatives.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Signed May 19, 2025
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The bill text was modified to remove the period at the end of the section amendment description, likely to indicate that the amendment continues on a subsequent page or is part of a larger text block. No substantive policy changes, scope adjustments, or new requirements were identified in the provided text.
TECHNICAL

Removed the final period from the phrase 'AMENDING SECTION 13-38-201, MCA.' in the bill title or description.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

464
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 18, 2025
D Democratic18
14 Yea 4 Nay
77% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
37
Key actions
9
Committee
6
May 13, 2025
Signed into law
(H) Signed by Governor
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (46-4)
senate
Apr 5, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Apr 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (81-18-1)
house
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Lukas Schubert
Lukas Schubert
RRepublican
MT
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