Generally revise laws relating to campaign mailings
SB 557 would have required Montana's Commissioner of Political Practices to create and maintain a public website allowing voters to opt out of receiving political campaign mailings. Political committees and party organizations would have been required to pay a fee to cover the website's costs, and the list of opt-outs would have been shared with these groups. The bill aimed to streamline the opt-out process while funding the system through fees paid by political entities. This bill died in committee on May 23, 2025, and was never enacted.
Bill status
died
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 28, 2025
Last action May 23, 2025
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The bill underwent a transition from a legislative committee draft to an authorized print version, resulting in minor formatting updates and a shift in the bill number from LC 3316 to SB 557. The most significant substantive change is the removal of all-caps formatting in two sections regarding the political mailings opt-out fund, which standardizes the text for official publication without altering the legal requirements.
TECHNICAL
Removed all-caps formatting from the text regarding the deposit of fees and the use of funds for the political mailings opt-out website to standardize the document style.
Updated the bill header and footers to reflect the official Senate Bill number (SB 557) and the 'Authorized Print Version' status, replacing the previous committee draft identifier (LC 3316).
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Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Apr 3, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 31, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 28, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ellie Boldman
DDemocratic
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