Revise voter list maintenance procedures to apply to permanent address changes
SB 499 updates Montana's voter list maintenance rules to specifically require election administrators to verify permanent address changes (not temporary ones) using U.S. Postal Service data. It mandates sending address confirmation notices to voters who've changed their permanent address and moving non-responsive voters to an inactive list after 30 days. This affects voters who move permanently but don't update their address with the U.S. Postal Service, particularly those receiving absentee ballots. The bill also requires biennial address confirmations for absentee ballot voters to continue receiving ballots at their updated permanent address.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025
Last action May 23, 2025
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The bill text was updated from a legislative committee version (LC 0312) to the final Senate Bill number (SB 499.1), including the full list of sponsors. The substantive legal text regarding voter list maintenance and absentee ballot procedures remains unchanged, with only minor formatting adjustments to the page headers and footers.
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The bill identifier was changed from 'LC 0312' to 'SB 499.1' to reflect its final status in the Senate.
The list of bill sponsors was added to the header, replacing the placeholder text for the primary sponsor.
Page header and footer text were updated to match the official Senate Bill format, while the core legal content of Sections 1 and 2 remained identical.
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Committee
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Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Wendy McKamey
RRepublican
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