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House rejects senate changes to petition‑gatherer disclosure bill, sends measure to conference committee
Summary
Lawmakers voted to not concur in Senate amendments to House Bill 201, preserving the House's requirement that paid petition circulators verbally disclose they are paid and wear badges; the matter was sent to a free conference committee.
The Montana House on Wednesday voted to not concur in Senate amendments to House Bill 201 and directed the matter to a free conference committee, preserving the House’s intent to require paid petition signature gatherers to disclose compensation.
Representative Mitchell, who led the floor discussion, described the bill as aimed at disclosure for paid initiative circulators: “What this bill does is it makes it so any paid petition signature gatherer within the state…would disclose verbally and with…
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