HB248 • 2025

Revise election laws related to voter cancellation

Elections

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Braxton Mitchell
Last action: 2025-04-18
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

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Revise election laws related to voter cancellation

What This Bill Does

Revise election laws related to voter cancellation

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Bill History

2025-04-18 HOUSE
Chapter Number Assigned
2025-04-17 HOUSE
(H) Signed by Governor
2025-04-09 SENATE
(S) Signed by President
2025-04-09 HOUSE
(H) Transmitted to Governor
2025-04-07 HOUSE
(H) Signed by Speaker
2025-04-02 HOUSE
(H) Returned from Enrolling
2025-04-01 SENATE
(S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
2025-04-01 SENATE
(S) 3rd Reading Concurred
2025-04-01 HOUSE
(H) Sent to Enrolling
2025-03-31 SENATE
(S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
2025-03-31 SENATE
(S) 2nd Reading Concurred
2025-03-26 SENATE
(S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
2025-03-21 SENATE
(S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
2025-03-17 SENATE
(S) Hearing
2025-02-20 SENATE
(S) Referred to Committee
2025-02-10 SENATE
(S) First Reading
2025-02-07 HOUSE
(H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
2025-02-07 HOUSE
(H) 3rd Reading Passed
2025-02-07 HOUSE
(H) Transmitted to Senate
2025-02-06 HOUSE
(H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
2025-02-06 HOUSE
(H) 2nd Reading Passed
2025-01-31 HOUSE
(H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
2025-01-31 HOUSE
(H) Committee Report--Bill Passed
2025-01-23 HOUSE
(H) Hearing
2025-01-20 HOUSE
(H) Referred to Committee
2025-01-20 HOUSE
(H) First Reading
2025-01-17 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
2025-01-17 HOUSE
(H) Introduced
2025-01-16 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Assembly
2025-01-16 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
2025-01-15 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
2025-01-15 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
2025-01-14 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Edit
2025-01-13 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
2025-01-13 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Legal Review
2025-01-02 HOUSE
(LC) Draft On Hold
2024-12-10 HOUSE
(LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Revise election laws related to voter cancellation

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 248
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 248
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REVISING ELECTION LAWS RELATED TO 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 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 an 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 248
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – HB 248
ENROLLED BILL
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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I hereby certify that the within bill,
HB 248, originated in the House.
___________________________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
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President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
HOUSE BILL NO. 248
INTRODUCED BY B. MITCHELL
AN ACT REVISING ELECTION LAWS RELATED TO REGISTRATION CANCELLATION; AMENDING SECTION
13-2-402, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.