****
69th Legislature 2025 HB 201.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 201
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 201
2 INTRODUCED BY B. MITCHELL, D. EMRICH, J. FULLER, W. GALT, C. GLIMM, G. HUNTER, W. MCKAMEY,
3 T. MCGILLVRAY, B. PHALEN, T. TEZAK, J. TREBAS, D. ZOLNIKOV, E. ALBUS, B. BARKER, L. BENNETT,
4 M. BERTOGLIO, L. BREWSTER, E. BUTTREY, E. BYRNE, C. COCHRAN, J. DARLING, L. DEMING, N.
5 DURAM, S. ESSMANN, J. ETCHART, T. FALK, P. FIELDER, S. FITZPATRICK, S. GIST, R. GREGG, C.
6 HINKLE, J. HINKLE, S. KELLY, B. LER, K. LOVE, S. MANESS, B. MERCER, T. MILLETT, R. MINER, V.
7 MOORE, F. NAVE, A. NICASTRO, N. NICOL, M. NIKOLAKAKOS, G. NIKOLAKAKOS, G. OBLANDER, G.
8 OVERSTREET, G. PARRY, A. REGIER, C. SCHOMER, L. SCHUBERT, K. SEEKINS-CROWE, T. SHARP, C.
9 SPRUNGER, E. TILLEMAN, M. VINTON, K. WALSH, Z. WIRTH, K. ZOLNIKOV
10
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.”
14
15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
16
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.
23
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].
26
27 NEW SECTION. Section 3. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
28 - END -