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HB724 • 2025

Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May

Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May

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Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Lukas Schubert
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
(H) Died in Process
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May

Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May

What This Bill Does

  • Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Lukas Schubert - (H) State Administration - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Rebecca Power, HB0724.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 724 HOUSE BILL NO.

  • Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Lukas Schubert - (H) State Administration - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Rebecca Power, HB0724.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 724 HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 724 1 INTRODUCED BY L.
  • SCHUBERT 2 3 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT CHANGING THE DATE FOR HOLDING PRIMARY ELECTIONS; 4 MOVING THE PRIMARY ELECTION TO THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY; MOVING SCHOOL ELECTIONS TO 5 THE THIRD TUESDAY IN APRIL; AND AMENDING SECTION SECTIONS 13-1-107, 13-1-504, AND 20-20-6 105, MCA.” 7 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: 9 10 Section 1.
  • Section 13-1-107, MCA, is amended to read: 11 "13-1-107.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-20 HOUSE

    (H) Died in Process

  2. 2025-03-12 HOUSE

    (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal

  3. 2025-03-04 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Printed

  4. 2025-03-03 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Received

  5. 2025-03-03 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Signed

  6. 2025-02-28 HOUSE

    (H) Tabled in Committee

  7. 2025-02-26 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  8. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  9. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) Fiscal Note Requested

  10. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  11. 2025-02-25 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  12. 2025-02-24 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  13. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  14. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  15. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  16. 2025-02-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  17. 2025-02-17 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  18. 2025-02-17 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  19. 2025-02-14 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold

  20. 2024-11-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

  21. 2024-11-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft On Hold

Official Summary Text

Changing the date of the primary election to the third Tuesday in May

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 724.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 724
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 724
2 INTRODUCED BY L. SCHUBERT
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT CHANGING THE DATE FOR HOLDING PRIMARY ELECTIONS;
5 MOVING THE PRIMARY ELECTION TO THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY; AND AMENDING SECTION 13-1-
6 107, MCA.”
7
8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
9
10Section 1. Section 13-1-107, MCA, is amended to read:
11 "13-1-107. Times for holding primary elections -- cost of municipal election. (1) On the first
12 Tuesday after the first Monday in June third Tuesday in May preceding a general election held in an even-
13 numbered year, a primary election must be held throughout the state.
14 (2) On the Tuesday following the second Monday in September preceding a general election held
15 in an odd-numbered year, a primary election, if required, must be held throughout the state.
16 (3) The cost of a municipal election must be paid by the municipality."
17
18 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Notification to tribal governments. The secretary of state shall send a
19 copy of [this act] to each federally recognized tribal government in Montana.
20 - END -