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HB193 • 2025

Require signature for voter registration cancellation

Require signature for voter registration cancellation

Elections
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Julie Darling
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide detailed information about updates to other reasons for cancellation or additional safeguards beyond requiring a signed request.

Require Voter Signature for Registration Cancellation

This law requires voters to sign a written request if they want to cancel their voter registration.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a requirement that voters must submit a signed, written request to cancel their voter registration.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Voters who want to cancel their voter registration
  • Election administrators responsible for managing voter registrations

Terms To Know

elector
A person registered to vote in an election.
election administrator
The official who manages the process of registering voters and conducting elections.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if a voter cannot sign their request due to disability or other reasons.
  • Effective date is on passage and approval, but specific dates are not provided in the text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 HOUSE

    Chapter Number Assigned

  2. 2025-05-01 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Governor

  3. 2025-04-22 SENATE

    (S) Signed by President

  4. 2025-04-22 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Governor

  5. 2025-04-18 HOUSE

    (H) Signed by Speaker

  6. 2025-04-10 HOUSE

    (H) Returned from Enrolling

  7. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  8. 2025-04-09 SENATE

    (S) 3rd Reading Concurred

  9. 2025-04-09 HOUSE

    (H) Sent to Enrolling

  10. 2025-04-08 SENATE

    (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  11. 2025-04-08 SENATE

    (S) 2nd Reading Concurred

  12. 2025-03-26 SENATE

    (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred

  13. 2025-03-21 SENATE

    (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred

  14. 2025-03-17 SENATE

    (S) Hearing

  15. 2025-02-18 SENATE

    (S) Referred to Committee

  16. 2025-02-05 SENATE

    (S) First Reading

  17. 2025-02-04 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading

  18. 2025-02-04 HOUSE

    (H) 3rd Reading Passed

  19. 2025-02-04 HOUSE

    (H) Transmitted to Senate

  20. 2025-02-03 HOUSE

    (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading

  21. 2025-02-03 HOUSE

    (H) 2nd Reading Passed

  22. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  23. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed

  24. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed

  25. 2025-01-15 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  26. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  27. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  28. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  29. 2025-01-14 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  30. 2025-01-11 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  31. 2025-01-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  32. 2025-01-10 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  33. 2025-01-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  34. 2025-01-09 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  35. 2024-12-13 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Require signature for voter registration cancellation

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
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69th Legislature 2025 HB 193
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 193
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REQUIRING A SIGNATURE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION CANCELLATION; AMENDING SECTION
13-2-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 13-2-402, MCA, is amended to read:
"13-2-402. Reasons for cancellation. The election administrator shall cancel the registration of an
elector if:
(1) the elector submits a signed written request for cancellation;
(2) a certificate of the death of the elector is filed or if the elector is reported to the election
administrator as deceased by the department of public health and human services in the department's reports
submitted to the county under 50-15-409 or through a newspaper obituary;
(3) the elector is of unsound mind as established by a court;
(4) the incarceration of the elector in a penal institution for a felony conviction is legally
established;
(5) a certified copy of a court order directing the cancellation is filed with the election administrator;
(6) a notice is received from the secretary of state or from another county or state that the elector
has registered in another county or state;
(7) the elector:
(a) fails to respond to certain confirmation mailings;
(b) is placed on the inactive list; and
(c) then fails to vote in two consecutive federal general elections; or
(8) the elector fails to meet any voter qualification that is listed in 13-1-111."
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69th Legislature 2025 HB 193
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 193
ENROLLED BILL
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
- END -
I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 193, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 193
INTRODUCED BY J. DARLING
AN ACT REQUIRING A SIGNATURE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION CANCELLATION; AMENDING SECTION
13-2-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.