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69th Legislature 2025 HB0201.3
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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
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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 VERBALLY disclose their FIRST NAME, THE STATE IN WHICH THEY
19, AND THEIR status as a paid signature gatherer verbally and by wearing a badge stating this
20 information to anyone the paid signature gatherer approach es about signing a petition TO ANYONE THEY
21. T SHALL ALSO WEAR A BADGE STATING THIS
22, INCLUDING THEIR FULL FIRST NAME AND LAST INITIAL.
23 (2) The disclosure provided for in subsection (1) must include the state the paid signature gatherer
24 legally resides in.
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26 NEW SECTION. Section 2. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an
27 integral part of Title 13, chapter 27, and the provisions of Title 13, chapter 27, apply to [section 1].
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1 NEW SECTION. SECTION 3. SEVERABILITY. I[] IS INVALID, ALL VALID PARTS THAT ARE
2.IF A PART OF [THIS ACT] IS INVALID IN ONE OR MORE OF ITS
3, THE PART REMAINS IN EFFECT IN ALL VALID APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SEVERABLE FROM THE INVALID
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6 NEW SECTION. Section 4. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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