Montana Increase to the Residency Requirement for State Legislators Amendment (2022)
| Montana Increase to the Residency Requirement for State Legislators Amendment | |
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| Election date November 8, 2022 | |
| Topic State legislatures | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The Montana Increase to the Residency Requirement for State Legislators Amendment was not on the ballot in Montana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 8, 2022.[1]
The amendment would have amended the Montana Constitution to increase the residency requirement for state legislators from one year to five years.[2]
Text of measure
Ballot question
The ballot question would have been as follows:[2]
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An act submitting to the qualified electors of Montana an amendment to Article v, section 4 of the Montana Constitution to increase the residency requirement for legislative candidates; and providing an effective date. [ ] YES on Constitutional Amendment [ ] NO on Constitutional Amendment[3] |
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Constitutional changes
- See also: Article V, Montana Constitution
The measure would have amended section 4 of Article V of the state constitution. The following underlined text would have been added, and struck-through text would have been deleted:[2]
Qualifications
A candidate for the legislature shall be a resident of the state for at least one year next5 years preceding the general election. For six6 months next preceding the general election, hethe candidate shall be a resident of the county if it contains one or more districts or of the district if it contains all or parts of more than one county.[3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Montana Constitution
To put a legislatively referred constitutional amendment before voters, a two-thirds (66.67%) vote is required in both the Montana State Senate and the Montana House of Representatives.
House Bill 322 (HB 322) was introduced on February 4, 2021, by Rep. Jimmy Patelis (R). The state House approved the bill on February 19, 2021, in a vote of 77 to 22 with one excused. It was introduced into the state Senate on February 20, 2021. It did not receive a vote by the state Senate by the time the legislature adjourned on April 29, 2021.[1]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Montana State Legislature, "Overview of HB 322," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Montana State Legislature, "Text of HB 322," accessed February 22, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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