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69th Legislature 2025 HB 201.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 201
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 201
2 INTRODUCED BY B. MITCHELL, W. GALT, L. SCHUBERT, M. NIKOLAKAKOS, M. VINTON, S. KELLY, E.
3 ALBUS, K. LOVE, A. NICASTRO, G. OVERSTREET, T. SHARP, E. BYRNE, R. GREGG, L. BENNETT, C.
4 SCHOMER, V. MOORE, C. COCHRAN, T. MILLETT, E. TILLEMAN, D. ZOLNIKOV, M. BERTOGLIO, E.
5 BUTTREY, D. EMRICH, J. FULLER, S. GIST, C. HINKLE, G. HUNTER, W. MCKAMEY, N. NICOL, A.
6 REGIER, C. SPRUNGER, D. FERN, S. FITZPATRICK, C. GLIMM, B. LER, K. WALSH, R. MINER, G.
7 OBLANDER, K. ZOLNIKOV, J. ETCHART, L. DEMING, F. NAVE, B. BARKER, L. BREWSTER, N. DURAM, T.
8 FALK, P. FIELDER, T. MCGILLVRAY, B. MERCER, G. NIKOLAKAKOS, G. PARRY, K. SEEKINS-CROWE, J.
9 TREBAS, Z. WIRTH, S. MANESS, T. TEZAK, S. ESSMANN, J. HINKLE, J. DARLING, B. PHALEN
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11 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REQUIRING PAID SIGNATURE GATHERERS TO DISCLOSE
12 THEIR STATUS AND TO PROVIDE THEIR STATE OF LEGAL RESIDENCE; AND PROVIDING AN
13 IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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17 NEW SECTION. Section 1. (1) A paid
18 signature gatherer, as defined in 13-27-112, shall disclose their status as a paid signature gatherer verbally and
19 by wearing a badge stating this information to anyone the paid signature gatherer approaches about signing a
20 petition.
21 (2) The disclosure provided for in subsection (1) must include the state the paid signature gatherer
22 legally resides in.
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24 NEW SECTION. Section 2. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
25 integral part of Title 13, chapter 27, and the provisions of Title 13, chapter 27, apply to [section 1].
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27 NEW SECTION. Section 3. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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