# Montana HB 406: Revise election laws related to school election deadlines Montana HB 406, Revise election laws related to school election deadlines, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Fiona Nave (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB406-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana HB 406 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise election laws related to school election deadlines - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-05-15, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Fiona Nave (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Elections, Education - K-12, Local Government - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (437 yes, 58 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Earlier school election calls and ballots: mixed, low. Trustees must call a regular school election at least 145 days before the date. They can amend that call until 70 days before. Special elections must be called at least 70 days before. The county election administrator must get the resolution within 3 days after it passes. If the election is by mai… - New deadlines for school board candidates: mixed, low. To run for school board trustee, you must file between 145 and 85 days before the regular school election. Write-in trustee candidates must file by 5 p.m. on the 65th day before the election. You cannot withdraw after 5 p.m. on the final filing day. A late filing is allowed until 5 p.m. the day bef… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Fiona Nave (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Wendy McKamey (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | House | Do Concur | pass | 97 | 2 | | | 2025-04-16 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 43 | 5 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 41 | 8 | | | 2025-02-24 | House | Do Pass | pass | 72 | 27 | | | 2025-02-22 | House | Do Pass | pass | 84 | 16 | | ## Actions (25) - 2025-05-15: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-12: Signed by Governor (House) - 2025-05-05: Transmitted to Governor (House) - 2025-05-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-23: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-18: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-17: 3rd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-16: 2nd Reading Senate Amendments (House) - 2025-04-11: Returned to House with Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-04-07: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-24: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-22: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-06: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-06: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-06: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=0b54e188-3cda-4e39-8e5c-a57857991638) - As Amended (Version 3), 2025-04-08: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f74fbdb3-c111-4378-80f6-802a853e0359) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-19: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=13c80a7f-072d-4df2-aacd-9261ff7fb3c2) - Introduced, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ed6c9d00-461c-4bc3-9040-9c6200b38f54) ## 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=0b54e188-3cda-4e39-8e5c-a57857991638) - [As Amended (Version 3) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=f74fbdb3-c111-4378-80f6-802a853e0359) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=13c80a7f-072d-4df2-aacd-9261ff7fb3c2) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ed6c9d00-461c-4bc3-9040-9c6200b38f54) ## 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-HB406-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).