SB 506 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Authorize legislators to use e-mail account of choice for electronic communications

SB 506 would have allowed Montana legislators to use a personal email address of their choice instead of the official legislative branch email for official communications and public contact. It required legislators who chose a personal email to manage all legislative-related communications in compliance with Montana's public records laws and the legislative branch's records management plan. The bill was procedural in nature, focusing solely on email account management, and did not involve substantive policy changes. It died in committee during the 2025 legislative session and never became law.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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LC0703.pdf SB0506_1.pdf · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 0703 to SB 506.1 and the sponsor was formally identified as S. Morigeau. The effective date provision was updated to clarify that the act becomes effective upon passage and approval.
TECHNICAL

Bill number changed from LC 0703 to SB 506.1

Primary sponsor S. Morigeau was explicitly named

Effective date text was slightly rephrased for clarity

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Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Shane Morigeau
DDemocratic
MT
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