HB 711 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Prohibit selection of redistricting chair with recent major party contributions

HB 711 revises the process for selecting the presiding officer of the Districting and Apportionment Commission. This commission is responsible for drawing legislative district boundaries. If the initial four commissioners cannot agree on a fifth member, the Supreme Court makes the selection. Under this bill, the Supreme Court is prohibited from choosing an individual for this role who has made a campaign contribution to a major party candidate for state or federal office within the last 10 years.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

May 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Feb 24, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025

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The bill text was finalized by removing the 'END' marker and correcting a punctuation error in the section amendment header. These are purely technical formatting corrections that do not alter the bill's legal content or policy.

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Removed the '- END -' marker, indicating the bill text is now complete.

Corrected a punctuation error in the section header by removing a stray quotation mark.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 14, 2025 · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

29–19

Passed · 2 other

Total votes 50

Apr 14, 2025

D Democratic18

17 Nay 1

94% Nay

R Republican32

29 Yea 2 Nay 1

90% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

May 1, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

Apr 29, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 14, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (29-19-2)

senate

Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary

upper

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary

upper

Mar 7, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (57-42-1)

house

Mar 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary

lower

Mar 1, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 24, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors