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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Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025
How they voted
46–4
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 18, 2025
D
Democratic18
77% Yea
R
Republican32
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
Lukas Schubert
RRepublican
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