**** 69th Legislature 2025 HB 224.1 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 224 1 HOUSE BILL NO. 224 2 INTRODUCED BY E. STAFMAN 3 4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT PROHIBITING A JUDGE OR A JUDICIAL CANDIDATE FROM 5 KNOWINGLY SEEKING, ACCEPTING, USING, ADVERTISING, PROMOTING, OR OTHERWISE 6 KNOWINGLY SEEKING TO BENEFIT FROM A CONTRIBUTION OR AN ENDORSEMENT FROM A 7 POLITICAL PARTY. 8 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: 10 11 NEW SECTION. Section 1. 12 A judge or a judicial candidate may not knowingly seek, 13 accept, use, advertise, promote, or otherwise knowingly seek to benefit from a contribution or an endorsement 14 from a political party. 15 16 NEW SECTION. Section 2. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an 17 integral part of Title 13, chapter 35, part 2, and the provisions of Title 13, chapter 35, part 2, apply to [section 1]. 18 - END -