HB 938 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise lobbying laws relating to state and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations

HB 938 revises lobbying laws, primarily affecting lobbyists who work for state or local government agencies or nongovernmental organizations. It requires these lobbyists to file a sworn disclosure stating whether their client receives federal funds. Additionally, lobbyists must verify under oath that their compensation is not derived from federal money, supported by a disclosure tracing the use of those federal funds. The bill also establishes a $10 filing fee for this disclosure and outlines penalties for non-compliance or false statements.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Mar 31, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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LC3082.pdf → HB0938_1.pdf · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was renumbered from LC 3082 to HB 938.1 and updated with the sponsor's name. The most significant substantive change is the addition of a new definition for 'Lobbying' (subsection 11), which expands the bill's scope by clarifying what activities are considered lobbying under the law.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded by adding a new definition for 'Lobbying', which likely clarifies the specific activities covered by the new lobbying laws.

TECHNICAL

The bill title and header were updated from 'LC 3082' to 'HB 938.1' and the sponsor was identified as N. Nicol.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the text, such as changing 'MONEY' to 'money' and adjusting line breaks in the definitions section.

DEFINITION

A new definition for 'Lobbying' was added to clarify what specific activities constitute lobbying under the act.

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Amendments

Apr 1, 2025

Amended

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

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Committee

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

lower

Mar 31, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors