SR 4 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Senate resolution to support United States constitutional amendment for campaign finance limits

Montana's Senate Resolution 4 urges the U.S. Congress to propose a constitutional amendment that would allow states and the federal government to prohibit corporate campaign contributions and expenditures, while also enabling limits on overall political spending in elections. The resolution references Montana's historical campaign finance regulations - including a 1912 law and a 2012 voter-approved initiative - that were overturned by the 2010 *Citizens United* Supreme Court decision. It calls for Congress to send the proposed amendment to the states for ratification, emphasizing that campaign finance rules should prioritize democratic self-governance over corporate influence.
Bill status died 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 28, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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What changed between versions

LC0656.pdf SR0004_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 0656 to SR 4 and the sponsor list was expanded to include additional legislators. The substantive text of the resolution, which urges Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning corporate campaign spending, remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

The bill number changed from LC 0656 to SR 4, and the header was updated to reflect the new Senate Resolution number.

The list of sponsors was updated to include additional names (A. Olsen, S. Novak, D. Powers, etc.) compared to the previous version.

The page headers were updated to reflect the new bill number (SR 4) and removed the old LC 0656 references.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 7, 2025

How they voted

3216
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 50
Apr 7, 2025
D Democratic18
5 Yea 13 Nay
72% Nay
R Republican32
27 Yea 3 Nay 2
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Apr 7, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-16-2)
senate
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) State Administration
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) State Administration
upper
Feb 15, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Andrea Olsen
Andrea Olsen
DDemocratic
MT
48