# Montana HB 413: Revise election laws regarding residency Montana HB 413, Revise election laws regarding residency, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) House bill sponsored by Jane Gillette (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-05 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB413-2025 - 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 413 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise election laws regarding residency - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-05-05, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Jane Gillette (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Elections - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 5 (217 yes, 178 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - No residency change while confined: benefit, low. You do not gain or lose residency because you are kept in a public institution. You also do not gain or lose residency because you are in prison. Living on a military reservation, by itself, does not change your residency. - Military stationing and Montana residency: mixed, low. Being stationed at a Montana base does not, by itself, make you a Montana resident. Working or being stationed at a U.S. training or transient camp in Montana also does not make you a resident by itself. If you are in the reserves and stationed outside Montana, you keep Montana residency so long as… - Rules for setting your voting home: mixed, low. The law defines your voting residence as the fixed home you plan to return to. You change residence only by moving out and intending to stay in the new place. The law presumes your residence is where your family lives. If you live somewhere else and mean to stay, that place is your residence. - Temporary moves and your voting home: mixed, low. If you leave for a temporary reason and plan to come back, you keep Montana residency. If you vote in the other state or district while away, you lose Montana residency. If you move to another state intending to live there, you stop being a Montana resident. Moving here for short-term work, trainin… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Jane Gillette (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Shelley Vance (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 30 | 18 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 31 | 19 | | | 2025-02-27 | House | Do Pass | pass | 56 | 42 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | AMD-HB0413.001.001 Strand DO PASS | fail | 45 | 54 | | | 2025-02-26 | House | Do Pass | pass | 55 | 45 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-05-05: Chapter Number Assigned (House) - 2025-05-01: 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) - 2025-04-15: Returned from Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-11: Sent to Enrolling (House) - 2025-04-11: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-04-10: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-28: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-27: Transmitted to Senate (House) - 2025-02-27: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-02-26: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-02-26: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (House) - 2025-02-24: Committee Report (House) - 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-02-18: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-07: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-07: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-06: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=ba80a549-6459-473d-904f-92cdc030c92b) - Introduced, 2025-02-06: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=4754f637-1751-42a4-8efb-9191755eeb13) ## 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=ba80a549-6459-473d-904f-92cdc030c92b) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=4754f637-1751-42a4-8efb-9191755eeb13) ## 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-HB413-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).