Revise laws for approval of bond elections and mill levy elections
HB 410 revises the laws for approving local government bond and mill levy elections, affecting how counties, cities, towns, and school districts can raise funds for various projects and services. The bill allows a simple majority vote to approve these measures if the election is held during a primary or general election in an even-numbered year. For elections held at other times, approval generally requires a majority vote along with a minimum 35% voter turnout. It also adjusts the minimum voter turnout requirements for certain elections that currently need 60% voter approval.
Bill status
died
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Mar 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 6, 2025
Last action May 20, 2025
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LC1726.pdf
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HB0410_1.pdf
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2 edits
MINOR
This bill updates the text of HB 410 to reflect its official title, sponsor list, and bill number, replacing the previous draft version (LC1726). It also reorganizes the body of the bill to ensure the legislative preamble and section headers appear in the correct order before the specific statutory amendments.
Scope change
The scope of the bill's substantive policy changes (amending specific MCA sections regarding bond elections and tax levies) remains unchanged; only the document structure and introductory text were modified.
TECHNICAL
Updated the header to change the bill identifier from LC1726 to HB 410 and added the full list of sponsors.
Reordered the text so that the 'BE IT ENACTED' preamble and Section 1 appear before the page break and footer, correcting the document layout.
Floor votes · House Mar 6, 2025
How they voted
27–71
Failed · 2 other
Total votes 100
Mar 6, 2025
D
Democratic42
95% Nay
R
Republican58
53% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
17
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 6, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (27-71-2)
house
Feb 24, 2025
Amended
(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 7, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration
lower
Feb 6, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Lukas Schubert
RRepublican
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