HB 798 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Constitutional amendment repealing the ban on same sex marriage

HB 798 proposes a constitutional amendment to repeal Article XIII, Section 7 of the Montana Constitution. This section currently prohibits same-sex marriage, so its repeal would remove this specific ban. If passed by the legislature with a two-thirds vote, the proposed amendment would then be put before Montana's voters in the November 2026 general election for their approval. If approved by the electorate, the change would take effect on January 1, 2027, directly impacting same-sex couples seeking to marry in Montana.

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 26, 2025 Last action May 20, 2025

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The bill text was updated to reflect a change in the legislative sponsors, with several names removed and new ones added to the introduction list. The substantive policy content, including the repeal of a constitutional section and the requirements for a two-thirds vote, remains unchanged.

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The list of sponsors introduced the bill was modified; several original sponsors were removed and new names were added to reflect changes in legislative authorship.

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Committee

Amendments

Mar 24, 2025

Amended

(H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 26, 2025

Introduced

(H) Introduced

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors