# Montana HB 125: Revise laws related to the conduct of school district elections

Montana HB 125, Revise laws related to the conduct of school district elections, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by David Bedey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-08 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB125-2025
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Montana HB 125
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise laws related to the conduct of school district elections
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-05-08, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Elections, Education - K-12
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (294 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New rules for school election judges: benefit, low. The law updates who can serve as a school election judge. Judges must be qualified registered voters of the school district. If the county runs the election under state law 20-20-417, judges must be registered voters in that county. A judge cannot be a candidate, or a candidate’s parent, child, bro…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David Bedey (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Denise Hayman (Democrat), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 47 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-12 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 49 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Do Pass | pass | 98 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Do Pass | pass | 100 | 0 |   |

## Actions (25)

- 2025-05-08: Chapter Number Assigned (House)
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor (House)
- 2025-04-25: Transmitted to Governor (House)
- 2025-04-25: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-16: Returned from Enrolling (House)
- 2025-04-14: Sent to Enrolling (House)
- 2025-04-14: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-12: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-11: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-03-25: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-28: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Transmitted to Senate (House)
- 2025-01-27: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-01-24: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-01-21: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-01-21: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-01-14: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-08: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-07: Introduced (House)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9e3fc2cc-ee6b-4e93-ba94-b60f53d083af)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=46601ff4-a348-40ab-90e9-09d20d0cb16c)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9e3fc2cc-ee6b-4e93-ba94-b60f53d083af)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=46601ff4-a348-40ab-90e9-09d20d0cb16c)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills)
- [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana)
- [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB125-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).