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MT HB413

Bill

Status

Passed

5/1/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jane Gillette

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 13-1-112, MCA to clarify that individuals cannot gain residency in a county or the state of Montana if they relocate for temporary purposes such as temporary work, training, or educational programs without intending to make Montana their permanent home

  • Explicitly requires that the individual must not intend to make the county or state their permanent home "at the conclusion of the temporary work, training, or educational program" to be denied residency

  • Changes terminology from "comes in" to "relocates" when describing temporary movement into the state

  • Expands the residency restriction from applying only to county-level residency to include state-level residency as well

  • Effective immediately upon passage and approval

Legislative Description

Revise election laws regarding residency

Elections

Last Action

Chapter Number Assigned

5/5/2025

Committee Referrals

State Administration3/3/2025
State Administration2/7/2025

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